Book Title: The Couch Potato Who Said Ouch and Other Funny Stories

Author: Khyrunnisa A.

Publisher: Westland Books (Red Panda) 2024.

Price: Rs. 299/

    It took a few lines and quite a few words for me to get adjusted to the light. Then there was the small matter of the dust and the smudges.

    Once they were cleared, the reading started. It was like the start of a Pujara innings; more like that one in South Africa where he took 50 deliveries to get off the mark. 

   See, I had not read anything for a very long time, not even what’s printed on the piece of newspaper used to wrap peanuts, leave alone books. So, I had to get over the Inertia; detractors may call it Lethargy.

   But once the I (or the L depending on which side of the fence you are on) was overcome, it was akin to the Sehwag triple....