Ashok K. Banker’s Ramayana Series

The Ramayana Series (Hardcover Editions) by Ashok K. Banker I got the hardcover editions of the Ramayana series some time back as a gift from the author, Ashok. This edition is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while now. The covers are very ‘eye-catchy’ and more importantly the books are exactly as Ashok envisioned them when he wrote the series and he considers it the best edition of the series. I got the books at the... (read post)

HOGALAKGH: How Opal Got A Life And Kaavya Got Caught

I bought a copy of How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life by Kaavya Viswanathan much before the recent controversy surrounding its author, who is accused of plagiarism. Sad to hear that many passages were lifted from other books and that the book will not be continued, also her second book will not be published and the movie plans are also cancelled. Read more at the Harvard Crimson and also read this post in defence of Kaavya and this ... (read post)

Book Review: Demons of Chitrakut

I am currently re-re-reading Demons of Chitrakut by Ashok K Banker and wanted to post this review of the same. Well I actually read Ashok’s Ramayana series over and over again, sometimes just a few chapters here and there or some incident or some interesting story of some character…because the books are really good and are so different from other re-tellings of the Ramayana and one would have never read the Ramayana in this style eve... (read post)