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... Smart social satire | Review of The Wrong Way Home by Shunali Khullar Shroff – The Hindu March 10, 2026 Shunali Khullar Shroff’s ‘The Wrong Way Home’ Celebrates Singlehood In All Its Messy Glory | Feminism in India March 10, 2026 Lit Fest | Too woke to be funny February 17, 2024 Previous Post‘Loves and Lives of the Upper Crust of Bombay Society’ (New Indian Express) Next PostReviews and Comments on Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother