How do Asian cultures treat homosexuals?
Review / February 10, 2014

Author: Benjamin Law
Publisher:Black Inc.
Year: 2013
ISBN:9781863956130
Rating: ★★★½☆
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Amid the nationwide furore over rights of homosexuals, this is one book you should read. Gaysia by Benjamin Law is a today’s novel. It deals with all the aspects of being a homosexual in the Asian continent with quiet aplomb. It is an unabashed description of what life for this community is like in the Asian continent. From Indonesia’s sleazy gay bars to Indian courtrooms, this book has got it all.

Fantasy Fiction for Grown Ups – Game of Thrones (the book, not the TV series!)
Review / February 6, 2014

Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Bantam Books
Year: 1996
ISBN: 9780553588484
Rating: ★★★★½
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What do you say about a book that someone hasn’t already said in the 29, 359 reviews and 588,106 ratings it has already received on just one website? There was a time when I was tired of looking at the tweets and Facebook updates about this book/series. Finally, after finishing this book (after two failed attempts), I was cursing my inept, impatient self for having overlooked this gem of a book for so long.

Review: The World In My Hands by K. Anis Ahmed
Review / February 5, 2014

Author: K. Anis Ahmed
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9788184003994
Rating: ★★★½☆
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Bangladeshi author K. Anis Ahmed pens a story of two friends’ journeys, right from their childhood to manhood. The point of interest in this story is that it is set in a time of a national emergency. Read on to discover how the author has dealt with this sensitive subject. 

Piper Kerman on Orange is the new Black
Authors Exclusive , News and Events / February 4, 2014

Orange is the new Black, an autobiographical story by Piper Kerman, has been making waves since it was published, so much that it was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name recently. Read on for a preview of what Ms. Kerman had to say about her book at The Ohio State University recently.