4/4/19 review of the novels Paro and Priya, by Namita Gokhale

Here is the link to my April 4, 2019, Twitter thread review of the novels Paro and Priya, by Namita Gokhale.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is very affected, and is only somewhat coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

9/25/18 review of the book Lost in Time: Ghatotkacha & the Game of Illusions

Here is the link to my September 25, 2018, Twitter thread review of the book Lost in Time: Ghatotkacha & the Game of Illusions, by Namita Gokhale.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

9/22/18 review of 2018 Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder, Colorado

Here is the link to my September 22, 2018, Twitter thread review of the 2018 Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder, Colorado.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent. My apologies.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

7/1/17 review of book Things to Leave Behind, by Namita Gokhale

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the novel Things to Leave Behind, by Namita Gokhale.

The thread gives a summary of the book and some context on Namita Gokhale. The thread discusses the book's sense of color, space, and lyricism, its beautiful language, modernism, and form, its viewpoints on culture and class, and its characters.

Here is the link to the Penguin India web page for the novel.

10/1/16 review of teaser for book Things to Leave Behind

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a teaser preview for the novel Things to Leave Behind, by Namita Gokhale.

This is kind of a strange thread. I read the novel later on, in 2017. But I wanted to review this little teaser preview, which was a few pages from the book, kind of to keep my experience of the Jaipur Literature Festival fresh in my mind.

Here is the link to the Penguin India web page for Gokhale's novel Things to Leave Behind.

3/24/16 review of The Puffin Mahabharata, by Namita Gokhale

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of The Puffin Mahabharata, by Namita Gokhale.

The Puffin Mahabharata is a modern retelling of the Mahabharata, one of the greatest religious texts and stories every told. My thread gives a summary of the book, some things the book's author, Namita Gokhale, has said about the Mahabharata, the lively women of the text, gender fluidity in the text, the way the text accepts human failure, the sources of context that drive the drama of the story, and some information about Colorado's Jaipur Literature Festival, which is where I bought this book.

1/5/16 review of book The Habit of Love, by Namita Gokhale

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book The Habit of Love, by Namita Gokhale.

This thread gives a bit of background on how I came to know Gokhale and how I came to read this book. It gives some background on the book itself. It discusses some elements I like in the book. It discusses some of my favorite stories, characters, and character types in the book.

Here is the link to Penguin India's web page for The Habit of Love.

I bought this book while at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder, Colorado.