The Space Between Us

Author : Thrity Umrigar
Genre : Fiction - Drama
Picked by : Dee

Set in Mumbai, Thrity Umrigar's book is a story of ties that bind a widow and her household help of many years. The book draws you in with it's mature and sensitive portrayal of these two lives, the complex relationships that divide them and the events that bring this divide to fore.

Recipes that the Book Inspired:

Aqua made Vegetable Dhansak.

Dee made Akuri, the traditional Parsi scrambled eggs breakfast.

Jaya made mint tea.

Simran made a trip to Juhu Beach to eat Bhelpuri.

Sweatha made Tofu Akuri.

Anita and Me

Author : Meera Syal
Genre : Fiction - Drama
Picked by : Dee

A beautiful story by Meera Syal, a story of a punjabi Indian family trying to make a living in west Midlands, England. The struggle of this migrant family to uphold tradition and culture and imbibe whatever little they can becomes more acute when a young 9 year old Meera, growing up with her color, her friends and her insecurities in a mining village in a predominantly white community comes to worship Anita, her neighbor.

Recipes that the book Inspired:

Dee made Gobi and Paneer Bhurji.

Simran made Rajma Chawal.

Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog

Author : Jerome K. Jerome
Genre : Fiction - Humour
Picked by : Bhags

Lets meet the three Victorian young men who are on an expedition in a boat on the river Thames. J, Harris and George, the three musketeers along with a Fox terrier, set on a voyage to sail through the river accompanied by the idiosyncrasies of each other and always finding themselves in situations, not far from the reality. The book is full of anecdotes which on second thought seem to be real, and happened with us or witnessed by us sometime or the other. The characters, even though fictitious put in us a feeling of knowing someone somewhere who is exactly the way described.

Recipes that the book Inspired:

Bhags made Rhubarb Tart.

Dee made Spicy Orange and Fig Jam.

Rachel made a Spiced Apple Tart.

Simran made Scrambled Eggs.

Siri made Fried Eggs with Baked Beans.