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Pratul

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Susanna Clarke: Piranesi (Paperback, 2020, Berryville, Bloomsbury Publishing) 4 stars

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …

Review of 'Piranesi' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

What a fun work of fantasy! Don’t read any reviews, you might ruin it for yourself. The first 20-25% might feel like a drag, but persist! It’s a quick read and best experienced in as few sittings as possible.

Ramachandra Guha: India after Gandhi (Hardcover, 2007, Ecco) 5 stars

Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India …

Review of 'India after Gandhi' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This really should be required reading for everyone in the country, especially the “forward everything shitty”WhatsApp crazies.

I’ve learned and understood so much about my own country that I’m ashamed of the glaring holes in my knowledge I’ve carried all these years.

Review of 'Software Design Decoded' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Gold nuggets. Every single page. It’s one of those books which only make sense once you have a fair bit of experience... because what’s in these pages is not new. Mostly it isn’t even surprising. But it comes back to you as “things senior engineers used to say to me when I was young but I never really got them”.