I wanted to give this book a higher rating. I could not, however, ignore how devasting and disturbing the subject matter was nor the author's sometimes clumsy depictions of American lawyer Thomas who is exiled from his job and joins an NGO. Ahalya and Sita's characters are better staked in realit...
Bloodless. Not in the sanguinary sense, but in the fact that this book elicited not a single emotion.The topic was excellent, more books need to be written on this subject. And the writing itself, technically speaking, was fine. The author knows how to string sentences into paragraphs, and paragr...
This book was an eye opener for me. Reading this book I got a peek at how people like us, with just the same needs, feelings and rights live in fear of living with nothing. Unprotected, physically, mentally and lawfully. It is so not fair but what do I know, a white teenager in a country that mos...
He was a Parker and Parkers were Catholic. But attending mass on Sundays was as far as his devotion had taken him. The rituals of public worship and penitence had a certain resonance—he had always appreciated the gravitas of ceremony and tradition—but the more mystical aspects of faith made as mu...