A unique collection of essays from one of India's best-loved critics One of India's most widely read journalists, Nilanjana Roy has been writing reviews, columns, essays and features for over two decades. The Girl Who Ate Books reinvents the best of these occasional pieces and weaves them together with a set of new personal essays. From early memories of living in a house made of books, to encounters with men and women who hoarded them, to the author's first ...
The book is a story of a small band of cats that live in the alleys, ruins and by-lanes of Nizamuddin in Delhi. There is Miao the clan elder, the wise one, a Siamese, almost like good old Gandalf. We then have Katar, a cat loved by his followers and most feared by his enemies. The one who probably sees logic and yet a short-temper is what surrounds him most times. There is the warrior tom-cat called Hulo, the Queen Beraal, who is known to be deadly and has a ...