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Rachna Chhabria
About the AuthorRachna Chhabria
Rachna Chhabria is a Bengaluru-based children�??s author and a freelance writer
    Coelhos characters are neither black nor white, rather they revel in being various shades of grey, yet they end up making the readers root for them. (Twitter)Opinion
    Rachna Chhabria | Spooky treats that aim to please

    By the time I finished reading the first story, I had built up a voracious appetite for the remaining tales

    11 Aug 2021 1:43 AM IST

    The story starts with the main character Yamuna heading for Banaras, in a train, to visit her maternal grandfather (thaatha). (Image: Amazon)Lifestyle
    Book Review | What it means to be a family and other profound secrets

    During her visit to Banaras, Yamuna manages to sneak some family letters from her grandfather’s files

    1 Aug 2021 1:27 AM IST

    Cover page of Feral Dreams Mowgli and His MothersLifestyle
    Book REVIEW | How Mowgli grew up, grew old and loved his mothers

    The book chronicles Daniel’s journey in life, from the jungle to civilisation, from childhood till his sixties

    6 Dec 2020 9:59 AM IST

    Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?Opinion
    Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?

    Book sales in India aren’t usually very high and the lockdown further plummeted these sales

    14 Jun 2020 4:43 PM IST

    Murder mystery set in the 1,600-year-old kingdom of an able but forgotten queenLifestyle
    Murder mystery set in the 1,600-year-old kingdom of an able but...

    The Curse of Anuganga is a historical fiction that transports readers to 403 CE and that too without a time-machine.

    23 July 2019 7:08 AM IST

    The Undoing Dance by Srividya Natarajan; Juggernaut, Rs 499/-Lifestyle
    The Undoing Dance: A present haunted by the sound of ghungroos from...

    Savour it, chapter by chapter, let the taste of this delicious literary feast serving a slice of cultural history,...

    15 Jan 2019 2:15 AM IST

    Ahimsa,by Supriya Kelkar Scholastic, Rs 395Lifestyle
    India's freedom struggle told through the life of a little girl

    The story is set in the fictitious town of Navrangpur, the year is 1942 when India's freedom struggle was at its peak.

    28 Oct 2018 7:09 AM IST

    The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev HarperCollins, Rs 299Lifestyle
    Book Review: A touching story of love, longing and sacrifices in...

    Twenty-eight-year-old Ria travels to Chicago from Mumbai, for her cousin Nikhil's wedding to his girlfriend Jen.

    30 Sept 2018 3:34 AM IST

    After the Storm book, by Lakshmy Ramanathan HarperCollins, Rs 250Lifestyle
    Book Review: A racy read with lots of laugh-out-loud moments

    Meenakshi does a Meano and turns down Rakesh's proposal and lands up in Mumbai to pursue her career.

    2 Sept 2018 6:36 AM IST

    The Architecture of Loss, by Zainab Priya Dala Speaking Tiger, Rs 399Lifestyle
    The lives of two women in times of apartheid

    Most of the story is told in flashback.

    3 Jun 2018 3:02 AM IST

    Fear is the Key, by Juggi Bhasin Penguin Random House, Rs 225Lifestyle
    Fear: The lietmotif that runs through the narrative

    It is at this party that Simone disappears leaving no clue. The Gurugram police step in but their investigations prove...

    27 April 2018 1:45 AM IST

    The Wounds of the Dead by Vikram Paralkar, Fourth Estate, Rs 324Lifestyle
    Magically unreal with a touch of absurd

    Magic realism is a difficult genre to pull off but Paralkar has managed to do so with aplomb.

    29 March 2018 1:23 AM IST

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