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5 Stars • The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar follows four women who were idealistic friends in 1970s Bombay. Decades later, Armaiti, dying of cancer in the U.S., seeks a reunion. Laleh and Kavita, now a doctor and a lesbian navigating India's norms, search for Nishta, trapped in a fundamentalist marriage. Through flashbacks and a tense reunion, the novel explores friendship, lost dreams, and India's social divides, blending hope and heartbreak.

So remember last #bookhaul post I made when I said I'd slow down on book buying cause I've acquired more than I've read so far this year? Yeah, me neither apparently 🙃

Excited for these, especially A Suitable Boy! I'm planning to start it on new year's (or close to, depending on when I finish whatever else I'm reading). It'll be my chunkster for 2026.

This is a difficult book to "rate" I went in a bit begrudgingly. An American White Woman teaching us about Indian slums? I am cautious of profiting off the poorest of the poor.
Her writing is fantastic. It is a difficult topic and I think she does well telling you the facts while also being sympathetic. It is a tightrope telling such sad stories with care, but I think she did that well.
I don't know if I can rec it, but I am glad I read it.

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Edward Munch 1893
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I devoured this series. I have learned so much about 1920s India from reading about a female barrister. Women issues, which are worldwide, but seems so much worse in these books because of the different traditions. In this book, women healthcare, or the lack of it, is brought to the front. It's cleverly written. The way that Perveen handles herself in a man's world is brilliantly constructed. And, I have to wait till April for the next one.

The Harivamsha - the addendum to the Mahabharata! Finished it today. And after almost 4 years of consistent reading - this brings me to the close of the reading of the BORI Critical Edition of the Mahabharata!! What a massive series and I am so proud of myself. More important, I can‘t wait to re-read this series again, for more inspired learning! 💖

The intrepid,Most Private Investigator Puri,works under the raider as always,to solve a most unusual case.The Hindu goddess Kali appears in a New Delhi park & plunges a sword into an Indian scientist,who dies in a fit of laughter.Along with Puri‘s undercover sidekicks,Facecream,Tubelight & Flush,this master of disguise unravels the case. #AVishPuriNovel
Emm approves.#catsoflitsy

The book is so different from the movie (Slumdog Millionaire)

She writes perfectly.
This is the final one of hers I had and feel bereft now I've read it
It's atmospheric without preamble and detail, simple in prose and sparse yet complete.

Ancient Tamil #poetry and intricate, pretty pictures on thick, textured paper!
#India