My Thoughts on Padma Lakshmi’s memoir ‘Love, Loss and What We Ate’ (2016)

‘Love, Loss and What We Ate’ is a sensuous smorgasboard of bitter-sweet immigrant life, zesty globe trotting experiences, spicy culinary adventures, fiery relationships and savoury soul searching quests of model, actor, writer, producer, social activist and in her words “culinary spelunker” Padma Lakshmi. Tracing her journey from her life as an Indian immigrant in the

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Bibliophile or booklovers have many reasons to buy a book. I bought this book because I fell in love with the cover. And little did I know that I will be mesmerized by the intriguing story within the pages that was waiting to unfold! ‘The Lost Apothecary’ is a riveting tale of a woman apothecary

My Thoughts on Madeline Miller’s ‘Circe’ (2018)

During my recent conversations with my sister over the phone, she recommended me a very fascinating book- Madeline Miller’s ‘Circe’ (2018). I had always been intrigued by Circe’s character. So, I dived into the mystifying and labyrinthine world of this lesser known and infamous Greek Goddess immediately. I first read about her as a child

Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘The Signature of All Things’

“There is a Dutch word, uitwaaien, “to walk against the wind for pleasure”.” And Elizabeth Gilbert’s book is exactly that- the detour that one takes in life only to rediscover oneself. The book boasts of one of the best women characters I have come across so far. This is the incredible tale of Alma Whittaker