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Editor: David Davidar
Publisher: Aleph
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9789382277361
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A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces is an anthology containing 39 Indian short stories, edited by David Davidar. The editor of this book has been very straightforward about the rule he used to create this anthology: each of the stories had to have an Indian essence, and each of them had to have appealed to him on a personal level. So I’m going to review it using the same rule!

Hope springs eternal; and so, despite the disappointments and missed opportunities of 2014, I take a deep breath and resolve to do better in 2015. (Heck, don’t I always?) Here are some of my bookish resolutions. What are yours?

Author: Roopa Pai
Publisher: Red Turtle
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788129131225
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Roopa Pai, author of the Taranauts series for 8-12 year olds, is back with a book containing fun and easy-to-understand answers to 25 exciting scientific mysteries.

Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780857502827
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Jack Reacher aka Sherlock Homeless, is back in this racing new thriller Personal, the nineteenth in the Jack Reacher series, where he is chasing after an old enemy who seeks a malicious vendetta!

Author: Kingshuk Nag
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788129131270
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Narendra Modi’s landslide victory as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the Bharatiya Janta Party in the world’s largest election in 2014 was a stark moment in Indian history. It not only represented a great high for the BJP, but one of the lowest lows for the ruling party, the Congress.

Author: Cyrus Mistry
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9789382277170
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The book is a myriad collection of seven stories that are written in a superbly simple manner. The complexities of each character in the seven fables are remarkable, as each one induces a sumptuous amount of awe. The stories pull out an array of emotions that fluctuates with every turned page.