Unfiltered: The Little Things

A story teller par excellence, Ratna Manucha weaves her magic of words to remind us of the extraordinary and often humorous aspects of our daily lives. — Lady Kishwar Desai (Award winning author, Founder of the Partition Museums in Amritsar and Delhi)

'Unfiltered – The Little Things’ is a wonderful potpourri of 33 articles and 8 poems – each one irreverent, funny and very much 'next door'. Ratna has brought cryptic humour to the situations faced by many of us who have lived in cantonments and provincial towns, where everyone seems to know everything about everyone else.

Whether it is 'Passing the Parcel' or 'Of Prayer Meetings and Matchmaking', two of my personal favourites, the impish humour in each of these makes one laugh at the foibles we all indulge in. 'Unfiltered – The Little Things', makes a lovely present for anniversaries, return visits and housewarming parties. Write your name and address it to the person(s) you are visiting and let me assure you that the book will find a prominent place on their bookshelf! — Dr. Sanjeev Chopra (Academic Council Member, National Centre for Good Governance Academic Council Member; National Centre for Disaster Management, Historian, Columnist, and Festival Director, Valley of Words: International Literature and Arts Festival, Dehradun)

The author has the uncanny knack of picking up the little things that mark our day. Those happy, bubbling, cheer filled quirks of life. The droll, the funny, the odd. Ratna then pulls them all out and balloons them with laughter and joyousness and a touch of emotion and sentiment. Her words are her brush and each article becomes a portrait, timeless and to be savoured at leisure. This collection is a testament to the human experience at work, at play, at home with family. It is about us. — Bikram Vohra (Author, columnist)

Taken together, the poems and articles in this delightful collection, constitute Ratna's heartwarming ability to find happiness and contentment in everyday events. While she laments the lost beauty of the past, she does so, gently, with a touch of nostalgia, laughter and playful banter that will make her reader break into a smile. —Ganesh Saili (Author, Historian)

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Ratna Manucha's self deprecating humour, sharp observations about human behaviour and tongue in cheek digs about the ordinary, humdrum incidents in our daily lives, comes to the fore in this stellar collection of poems and articles.

This book carries some of her best work and is sure to tickle your funny bone as you turn the pages.