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Vanshika Bansal

@thenicheshelf · FROM ELSEWHERE IN INDIA · READING HERE SINCE OCTOBER 2026

Vanshika Bansal is reading A Kite of Farewells and Lapbah Volume I right now. 9 finished here, 12 waiting.

Thoughts left on books
Although I would have liked a stronger focus on the central love story, I liked how the book brings Khasi traditions and folklore into the story, making it feel different from the usual novels. It took some patience to get through as im generally used to reading fast paced stores. But overall, The depth had been carrying me the entire time so it's a 9/10 read for me.
Some chapters felt slower than others, Which had me crashing out indeed. Overall, it was an appealing read to me.
Reading now — 2
A Kite of Farewells: Stories from Nagaland
Lapbah Volume I: Stories from the North-east
Finished — 9
The Nine-Chambered Heart
A Family Secret: And Other Stories
The King's Harvest
Allegories of Life (A collection of Haiku and other poems)
The Pause
Assam Tea Glourious 200 years
Folktales of Poumai Naga
The Distaste of the Earth
Peace in the Land of the Dead: Stories from Northeast India: A Collection of Myth, Horror and Magical Realism
Want to read — 12
Her Hajj Story
the morphing years
Bulletproof: A Journalist’s Notebook on Reporting Conflict
Besought Grit
Don't Run, My Love
Strewn Petals: A potpourri of tales and tattles
Lemons & Sunflowers And All Things Yellow
Kindling Passion
Dancing Earth
In the hour of my heart
Miwa (ꯃꯤ-ꯋꯥ) – Queer-Trans Poetry from Manipur
Homesick for another world