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Title: Hot Tea Across India
Author: Rishad Saam Mehta
Publisher: Tranquebar
Pages: 191
Price: Rs 195
Genre: Non Fiction / Travel
Rating: 7.5/10
Source: Review Copy (from Publisher)

‘Hot Tea Across India’ is a collection of experiences put together by travel writer Rishad Saam Mehta, from his many road trips across India. The stories are not in any particular order or about any one particular journey. The chapters – some really entertaining, some interesting while a few inconsequential – are independent of each other. ‘Tea’ acts as the common element in all these stories,…

Title: Hot Tea Across IndiaAuthor: Rishad Saam MehtaPublisher: Tranquebar PressISBN: 978-93-81626-10-8Genre: Travelogue, Non-FictionPages: 191Source: PublisherRating: 3/5
A travelogue according to me is the most difficult to write. How can one capture images, beauty, and memories in a book? How much would it take to conjure every detail on the trips that you have made and the people you have met? I always marvel at the skill of writers who accomplish writing a travelogue to the smallest details. I started reading, “Hot Tea across India” on a cold night in December…

Title: Hello…I Love You! Good Bye!Author: Steve ReichsteinPublisher: Prakash BooksPublished: 2009Price: Rs. 99Pages: 208
It is not often that I am compelled to express my disappointment with things. However, of all the things, this time, a little book left me disappointed. Books are ideally supposed to elevate me from whatever lows I am traversing through. This time, the reverse of it happened. And I do not reckon I am overstating even a bit. It was a book which I almost bought about ten times, but a quick calculation of the…

This is the debut novel of Nikesh Rathi, and he has chosen to take the road less traveled vis-à-vis the spate of new writers who have presented themselves for us to sink our teeth into. Thankfully it steers clear of an ill timed, ill developed and thoroughly clichéd love story or an almost love story, that has sadly become de rigueur.
Somewhere @ Nowhere also made it to the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2011 Longlist – which must have made Nikesh Say Cheese!
The Storyline: The protagonist, Aditya Khanna, is…

Author: Arnab Chakraborty
Publisher: Wordizen Books

Der Deutsche Sommer is a memoir of a young Indian student of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst or German Academic Exchange Service) who travels to Germany under a student exchange program. The author, an ardent soccer fan, is fortunate to experience the excitement of the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010 held in Germany during his stay there. At a personal level, he is enamoured by the fair and beautiful German women, which entices him to visit the famous Amsterdam red light district where he…

Pic courtesy Pustak Mahal

Incredible High Written by Atul KapoorPublished by Cedar Books, an imprint of Pustak Mahal.
Nikhil Khanna is the ”shorter-than-average” son of a kabaadi, who feels he has been marginalised all his life for factors beyond his control. That is when he decides to take control of his life, and plans a biking trip from Manali to Leh and back, motivating his group of equally dysfunctional friends and his girlfriend to join him in his endeavour. Initially hesitant, unconvinced as to the viability of the daredevil scheme, they fall…

Title : The Age of Kali
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Penguin India
ISBN : 978-0-143-03109-3

Kaliyug or the Period of Kali is the last of the four Hindu periods contained in mahayuga – the great age of the world. The age of Kali is when the imperfections are so overpowering that the doomsday is not far behind and a new cycle begins.

After having read ‘The Age of Kali’ by William Dalrymple, I just wondered, perhaps defining India means, getting the feeling of ‘Neti Neti’ (its neither this,…

Sacred Ground & Holy water is the kind of travel book that makes you wish there were more of it’s kind out there. But then again, I do it a great disservice by calling it merely a travel book.
It is also a very personal, frequently humorous and often poignant call to take a look at your religion or whatever higher powers it is that you bow your head to. The book seems to be answering the question that the author himself makes clear.
‘Do I travel to know a…

Title : A Walk in the WoodsAuthor : Bill BrysonPublisher : Black SwanISBN : 978-0-552-99702-7
Happened to read another book (after Hiking Through by Paul V.Stutzman)dedicated to the longest trail in the world – the Appalachian Trail . The famous AT spans 14 states on the eastern coast of United States of American, from Georgia in the South to Maine in the North. The adventures of the trail beckon many hikers every year inviting them to experience the breathtaking vistas, unforeseen vegetation, diverse array of animals and not to forget…

Review by LindyLouMac
I have been avoiding this book for a long time simply because I so often find that books that have been hyped up are a big disappointment. However hearing that it has recently been released as a film made me decide that I really should read it if I was going to want to see the film. It is my policy to always try and read a book first, so I have my own visual pictures when I am reading and not those of the film. Well…