When I started posting about the books I read on my social media account, some authors started noticing my posts. Slowly, personal messages started pouring into my Instagram inbox. Some were about my posts, some […]
Jalapatha is a small novel yet a masterpiece by S.L. Bhyrappa. When we read through the book, it doesn’t even feel like it was written in the 1960s. Because the societal expectations, financial struggles in […]
Book: Doora Saridaru (ದೂರ ಸರಿದರು)Author: S.L. BhyrappaLanguage: KannadaGenre: Literary Fiction / Philosophy / RomancePublisher: Sahitya Bhandara (based on edition)Pages: ~300–350 (may vary by edition) This is my second novel by S.L. Bhyrappa after Jalapatha. Like […]
Book: Iruvudonde Baduku (ಇರುವುದೊಂದೇ ಬದುಕು)Author: Anantha KunigalLanguage: KannadaGenre: Motivational / EssaysPublisher: Avva PustakalayaPages: ~132 ಇರುವುದೊಂದೇ ಬದುಕು.. ಬದುಕಿಬಿಡಿ ಪ್ಲೀಸ್… Iruvudonde Baduku… Badukibidi Please – is not the kind of book that teaches life through heavy philosophy […]
It is the story of a teenager who lost control over her desires.It is the story of a daughter who was ignored when she needed love the most.It is the story of an educated woman […]
My first impression of Jugari Cross Until I started reading suspense/thriller genre novels, I was also in the same category of people who say, “reading books cannot thrill you like watching movies.” I have read […]
ಈ ಸಲ ಊರಿನಕಡೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಬಂದಮೇಲೆ ನನಗೆ ಜೀವನವೇ ಒಂಟಿ ಎನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ಮುಂಬೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ತನಕ ಊರಕಡೆ ನನ್ನವರು ಇರುವರು ಎಂಬ ಭಾವನೆಯು ನನ್ನ ಅರಿವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ಇರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ ಈ ಸಲ ಊರಿಗೆ ಹೋದಾಗ ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ನನ್ನ ನಿಕಟವರ್ತಿಗಳಾಗಿರುವ ಸಮಯ ಆಗಿಹೋಯಿತು, ಎನ್ನುವ ಕಟುಸತ್ಯ ನನಗೆ […]
Book: Chomana DudiAuthor: Kota Shivaram KaranthLanguage: KannadaGenre: Social Realism / Social NovelFirst Published: 1933Pages: ~150–170 (varies by edition) ಹಿಡಿದ ದುಡಿ, ಎತ್ತಿದ ಕೈ, ತುಂಬಿದ ಆವೇಶ! ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ ಇವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಚೋಮನಿಲ್ಲ! As I finished reading last lines […]