Our boat landed!
It was a good evening, talking about Boats on Land. I liked how we were able to stretch our dialogue into areas of identity, sexuality, language and forms, perspectives and stances, emotional areas, geographical spaces, intellectual dimensions and character analysis. It was a very rich discussion and I feel we talked our way into […]
Booktalk in November – Adi Parva by Amruta Patil
Booktalkers!! It’s time to pick up your books and go through them the way good bookworms do! This month, we’re reading Adi Parva by Amruta Patil, a book which tells a tale drawn from the first chapter of the Mahabharat; from the Vishnu Puraan; and from the tradition of oral storytellers. The timeline is circular. […]
Booktalk on Karmelin with author Damodar Mauzo
Report by booktalker, Norma Pereira Before we knew it, the 20th of August rolled around for the third edition of booktalk – this time to discuss the delightful and eponymously named book – Karmelin. This month we were privileged to have with us the book’s equally delightful award winning author – Damodar Mauzo, who regaled […]
Booktalk with Anjum Hasan on ‘Difficult Pleasures’
Report by Karen Almeida Booktalkers met on 20th July 2012, fresh from reading ‘Difficult Pleasures’ by Anjum Hasan and eager to booktalk. The fifteen odd Booktalkers and Anjum Hasan shared a relaxed evening Booktalking, in a cozy room at Bookworm. Of course we started with introductions – with bits thrown in about what we liked, […]
Booktalk with Savia Viegas about Let me Tell you About Quinta
Books, brownies and bonding….what better way to spend a rainy June evening?! Booktalk is finally here! The bookworms, as planned, met up in the evening of 20th June and a rousing discussion ensued! Bookworm’s booktalk began with author Savia Viegas sharing her journey with ‘Let me Tell you About Quinta‘ published by Penguin India. Savia […]
Booktalk is going Local!
And our 2 year old online reading club, is going from virtual to local. So, come join us at our library space on the 20th of every month (spare if it’s a Sunday) from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and we’ll go through a book the way bookworms do! Launching on 20th June 2012, book choices for next […]
Excerpts from March Book Talk – Tiger’s Wife
On Booktalk, we read Tea Obreht’s Tiger’s Wife in the month of March. This tale of a grandfather and a granddaughter set against the ever shifting contours of the Balkans is as much a history of a region as also a poignant portrayal of a changing relationship. The enigmatic title eludes and teases us throughout […]