The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. Narayan

The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. NarayanWhile the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half American wife and a grand plan for selling novel writing machines. From different

It is also the story of his mother Shilavati

when you want it

when all seems lost

Its inhabitants are wealthy

Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery

Badi Sooni Sooni Hai

uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step - and less ready to judge on first impressions a man you might one day wish to have as your dearest friend

and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact

from CBT to psychoanalysis

The book's author is Robert B

Here an ageing poet exploited by her own children struggles for survival