Blogs in April 2025

Half Light 9th April 2025

In the misty mountains of Darjeeling, a landslide entraps the guests and staff of a dilapidated hotel. Cooped up inside, two men exchange lingering glances. For carefree Neville, this is one of many exhilarating encounters, stolen kisses in stairways...

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Our City That Year 9th April 2025

“an unnamed city in India..” Shruti, a writer paralyzed by the weight of events, tries to find her words, while Sharad and Hanif, academics whose voices are drowned out by extremism, find themselves caught between clichés and government slogans....

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When the Fireflies Dance 7th April 2025

Even in the darkest moments, there is light to be found. On the night that Lalloo’s brother is murdered, a large yellow moon hangs low in the sky above the family’s small hut on the outskirts of Lahore. Abandoned...

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A Person is a Prayer 3rd April 2025

An intensely moving, lyrical and often funny novel about a family whose story of migration from Kenya and India to England is told over three separate days, across six decades. Bedi and Sushma’s marriage is arranged. When they first...

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The Satisfaction Café 31st March 2025

An engrossing and original story about a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life there, for readers of Olive Kitteridge and Hello Beautiful. Joan Liang’s life is a series of surprising developments: she never...

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