PressLove, Longing and Life (The New India Express) May 5, 2015 0 Mother’ that reveals the realities of a parent in today’s ultramodern and chaotic world. The author in this book says that motherhood can be as imposing as a trip to outer space without an oxygen mask. She shares her top five readsNorwegian Wood – Haruki MurakamiMy fascination for all things Japanese isn’t the only reason I like this book as much as I do. Norwegian Wood is an intense and exquisitely painful memoir of Toru Wantanabe, who I realised after reading the book, was my idea of a perfect man. No modern day author has addressed death, loss, grief and love in quite the same haunting way as Murakami has in Norwegian Wood.Read MoreFurther Reading... Shunali Khullar Shroff’s ‘The Wrong Way Home’ Celebrates Singlehood In All Its Messy Glory | Feminism in India March 10, 2026 Smart social satire | Review of The Wrong Way Home by Shunali Khullar Shroff – The Hindu March 10, 2026 Lit Fest | Too woke to be funny February 17, 2024 Previous PostReviews and Comments on Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother Next Post‘Loves and Lives of the Upper Crust of Bombay Society’ (New Indian Express)