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It was around 2007-08, when it made the headlines. By it, I mean “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, of course. What did you think? I would not care much if The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won an award or not. Honestly. I pestered my Dad about the book, Harry Potter, of course - and it’d take some time to come by my hands. There was barely any library in my vicinity, except my school’s, and I surely knew that new releases would never come in. ...

If your first thought about me after seeing the title is - “How old are you?” - I’ll not be surprised. This is because you’ll not be the first person to comment a similar thought. ...

I went into reading this book with high expectations, and I was… disappointed? But that’s probably on me. I wanted something which inspires me to explore the rich Indian culture that I know only sparsely about, at the same time holding my hand over the things I don’t know. It does do the former very well, but the latter, not so much. A lot of questions are answered, but it raises even more questions the more you read. ...