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A stroll down Jane street

India, June 15 -- Everyone has comfort films or comfort books that bring them joy. I have a set of comfort books or, perhaps more accurately, a comfort author. She wrote only six major novels in her l... Read More


A stroll down Jane street: Poonam Saxena on Austen as the ultimate comfort read

India, June 14 -- Everyone has a few comfort films or comfort books that bring them special joy. I have a set of comfort books or, perhaps more accurately, a comfort author. She wrote only six major ... Read More


How does it all go so pear-shaped?

India, May 18 -- There is a short story about a man and his mother that has stayed with me for almost eight years, ever since I first read it. The story is Bagugoshe (Hindi for Pears) by Swadesh Deepa... Read More


How does it all go so pear-shaped?: Poonam Saxena writes on bonds with mothers

India, May 17 -- There is a short story about a man and his mother that has stayed with me for almost eight years, ever since I first read it. The story is Bagugoshe (Hindi for Pears) by Swadesh Deep... Read More


Read herrings: Poonam Saxena celebrates Hindi crime writer Surendra Mohan Pathak, at 85

India, April 19 -- In 1977, the Hindi crime writer Surendra Mohan Pathak published Paisath Lakh Ki Dakaiti (The 65 Lakh Heist), a nail-biting novel about a daring bank robbery. Though he had written ... Read More