Nine Lives by William Dalrymple is an insight into the diverse religious practices followed in India. More importantly, it is a collection of stories that are moving and revealing. Read it for sure, suggests Anupama Krishnakumar.
In December 2004, as a student of journalism, Anupama Krishnakumar embarked on a week-long visit to a village she had never ever heard about in her life till then. Only later did she realize that it was a trip that would set her thinking. It was
soon followed by another revealing experience – the Tsunami. Reporting on the Tsunami threw the doors open to a different kind of experience – one that gave way to a very crucial question – what was it like to face a disaster? Presented here, the diary entries of an awe-struck journalism student.
A man, haunted by the lady in red, in a dream that recurs. Anupama Krishnakumar presents the memory of the dream with a poetic flavour.
Schooling is no longer the ‘take it easy’ thing that it used to be! Anupama Krishnakumar walks you through the interesting and funny sides of putting your little one into school and the detestable attitude that prevails towards competition.
In notes to her fourteen-year-old self, thirty-year-old Anamika writes about the various shades of love that she has witnessed and the little lessons of life that she has learnt through the sixteen years. Anupama Krishnakumar tells you the story.
