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Carrying a few reads forward,picking up new ones and hoping for stories that stay 📚

Whats on your April TBR?

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6 months ago

Keeping my reading goals simple in 2026 📚
QOTD: What goals have you set for yourself this year? by @pagesnchai

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9 months ago

March as a reading month wasn’t the best but life had other plans and how! 🌪️

Social commitments took over, but I still managed to finish 3 books 📚
And stayed true to my little promise to myself ,one Hindi read a month ✔️
This time, it was October Junction.

A new month begins… with fresh goals, slower moments, and hopefully more pages to turn 🤍

How was your March ::in reading and in life?

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6 months ago

Where is home when you leave your land?
That is the quiet, haunting question at the heart of The Beekeeper of Aleppo. You don’t begin this journey by choice,you begin because the place you once called home is no longer livable, filled with blood, bombs, and fear.

To live, you have to run, to search for a place that will take you in and accept you… but does acceptance make it home?

Afra and Nuri take that leap into the unknown, leaving behind everything familiar to escape the horrors around them. Yet the journey itself becomes a test of their love, their strength, and everything they believed in. Because sometimes, escaping is only the beginning and finding home is the hardest part of all. taken in India by @pagesnchai

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Which one would you pick up first ?
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Comment below 👇 which book made you a fan of Hindi literature .Looking to increase my Hindi literature TBR this year 🙌🏽

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An Educated Woman in Prostitution is a memoir set in the early 1900s when India was still struggling to free itself from British rule.

The story follows an educated young woman who loses her mother at an early age and grows up without much affection from her father and stepmother. Feeling neglected and longing for love and belonging, she runs away with her lover. Life, however, takes a tragic turn when she becomes pregnant and is abandoned by him. With no family support and no means to survive, she eventually finds herself in a brothel.

Through her experiences, the memoir reveals the harsh realities faced by women in prostitution and the difficult circumstances that often push them into such lives.

Interestingly, it is not entirely certain whether the memoir was actually written by a woman, but the narrative powerfully holds a mirror to society. It exposes the stark hypocrisy in how morality is judged ,women in this profession are labelled sinful and ostracised, while the very men who visit them continue to be accepted and respected in society.

What makes the memoir even more striking is how relevant it still feels today. Society is often quick to forgive men for their debauchery, but women in similar situations continue to be judged far more harshly. Even when a woman wishes to leave such a life and rebuild her future, society rarely allows her that chance.

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March TBR is here 🙈📚

Every month I make a list.
Every month I don’t fully stick to it.

But somehow… it keeps me accountable.

In Feb, I read some from my TBR… and some just because I felt like it (because mood reading >>> rules).

Back again with a fresh March list
fully aware I may wander off it.

But here’s to reading more,
reading freely,
and reading what feels right 🤍

What are you currently reading?

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A mix of inspiring, comforting, and challenging stories
short reads, but they stayed with me.

QOTD:
Do you mix genres in a month or stick to one vibe? ☕

#indianbookstagrammer #booksiread #mixedgenre #bookworm #booksbooksbooks

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8 months ago

Citius. Altius. Fortius.
(Faster. Higher. Stronger.)

Some books inspire you.
Some books shake you.
And then there are books like Bring It On by Deepa Malik — that redefine courage.

I genuinely don’t think any number of stars can do justice to this autobiography.

Mrs. Malik has been a fighter her entire life. When most people would have paused, pitied themselves, or given up she chose to rise. Again. And again. And again.

The fire in her belly is evident from the very first page.
Her favourite line? “Bring it on.”

And she doesn’t just say it ,she actually lives it.

This book doesn’t just tell you her story.
It forces you to question your excuses.
It makes you reflect.
It makes you stronger.

If you want to know what real grit looks like — >read this.
If you want to see resilience in action — >read this.
If you think your obstacles are too big — >read this.

Because some people don’t wait for life to be fair.
They look at it and say — >Bring it on 💪

#deepamalik #indianbookstagrammer #autobiography #indianbookstagram #readforpleasure

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8 months ago

Not an easy read.Not a fast read.
But a read that will stay with you.

The Ibis Trilogy —
🌊 Sea of Poppies
🔥 River of Smoke
⚔️ Flood of Fire

This series demands patience.
The language, the history, the politics ,it makes you work.

But once you settle into its rhythm?
You are transported. Ships, opium trade, colonial India, unforgettable characters and it’s quite immersive in a way very few books are.

If you like books that challenge you…
If you enjoy historical fiction that feels researched to the bone…
If you don’t mind slowing down

Give this series a try.

Some books entertain you.
Some educate you.
And some expand your world.

This one does the third.

Have you read Sea of Poppies yet? 🌊

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Tell me I am not the only one
who gets unnecessarily excited
over this tiny detail 😭

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