Tag Archives: books

Library Aunty

Most of the children who came to her library knew her only as Library Aunty and the name stuck.

The Summer I Fell Deeply In Love — With Books!

For me, magic was in that room filled with books in my grandfather’s house.

Bring On The E-book Recommendations! Better Still, Make Them Free! 

To be fair, for every bestseller, there is an equal number of reasonably good books that just do not make it, for dubious commercial reasons.

How important are memories to humans?

Memories are the basis of our history, culture, heritage — the very civilisation.

The Book Thief – Death tells a story

At the cost of sounding morbid, I would say that Death personified by Markus Zusak in The Book Thief completely fascinates me. He is shown as not only having a heart, but also compassion.

The tale of my two books for children

Writing a biography is not easy. It gets tougher when it is about the childhood of eminent personalities. But it is most challenging when the target audience is children.

A date with Twitter

The Sunday Book Club is so informal and the discussions are such fun that to my greatest delight, even I tweet like mad, getting replies and retweets too!