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 | Forget the damsel in distress, meet Nayantara — vain, stalking her ex, and brilliantly real February 3, 2026Power of Older Women January 26, 2024Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother (Good Reads) March 15, 2015 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)