Indian YA: Bombay Rains Bombay Girls

Things were a little tough, a couple of years ago. Seeing me down in the dumps, a young cousin (who is majorly into Indian YA literature) gave me this book in order to cheer me up. Looking at his bright hopeful face, I did not have the heart to tell him that YA was simply …

Review: Behind the Green Door by Mildred Wirt

I had heard of Penny Parker but hadn't read any of her books. Thought of her as something of a precursor of Nancy Drew. I had no idea that the creator of Penny, Mildred A. Wirt, also wrote many Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym of Carolyn Keene.Penny is the motherless daughter of Anthony Parker, …

Two Candles on my Cake

Chetan Bhagat did both a huge service and disservice to the cause of Indian literature. While his first novel (and all subsequent ones too) gave India a taste for reading, he also made every person with the ability to put pen on paper, think that he could be the next literary sensation. The two novels that …