The Blog of Small Things

  Name : Three Thousand Stitches Author : Sudha Murty     Year of Publication : 2017     Genre : Non-fiction, Memoir, Self-improvement     Rating : *** (3 stars out of 5) Sudha Murty's pot-pourri of a book teaches valuable life lessons through the prism of her personal experiences. The chapters on rehabilitation of Devadasis and how her father saved a dying woman in a remote forest are especially touching. A light read which can be finished in hours, the book makes us appreciate the author's philanthropic work rather than her writing.

  Name : Kosalai Author : Tamil Prabha     Year of Publication : 2023     Genre : Fiction, Novel     Rating : *** (3 stars out of 5) Tamil Prabha's touching biographical portrait of a woman afflicted with dwarfism shines because of it's minimalism and politics. How a woman neglected by her own family goes on to win the hearts of an entire Madras locality is sketched in affecting prose. The hypocrisy of certain "comrades" who preach idealism outside but practice casteism at home is beautifully brought out. It is fitting that a novel about a person who fights major odds to succeed has references of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. Whenever an underdog wins, Ambedkar smiles from the clouds above.