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Book Review: Love Alive by Rijuta Gupta
Love AliveAuthor: Rijuta GuptaPublisher: Redgrab Books Pvt. Ltd.Rating: 3/5 A woman’s silence shouldn’t be taken lightly. It is like a roar that echoes through the empty hearts of those who feel their words are enough to make their heart content. Love Alive is a story of Udita who makes her way through the shackles of life. As life throws a curveball in her path, she doesn’t give up that easily. Instead, she gives her life a second chance and starts afresh. But life is all about those roadblocks that reduce your speed and offers breaks. And that’s what happens in her life too. Love Alive is a decent story about…
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Book Review: Lucid Dreams by Mehul Krishna
Lucid DreamsAuthor: Mehul Krishna KumarPublisher: Rumour BooksRating: 3/5 Love, in all its forms, should be devoid of lust, greed and obligation. Love is pious and if it doesn’t happen naturally, nobody can force this feeling upon anyone. Lucid Dreams touches upon the complexities of love and relationships. The story pans around the two characters Aman and Reshmi and their quest to reach a safe haven, an abode when love and warmth would fill their hearts. But alas! Aman, a distinguished rockstar, gets hit by cupid and falls for Reshmi in the college. Sadly, Reshmi refuses to give his love a chance and moves on with her life. It wouldn’t take…
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Book Review: 26/11 Braveheart by Praveen Teotia
26/11 BraveheartAuthor: Praveen K. TeotiaPublisher: Rupa PublishersRating: 4/5 Brave men rejoice in adversity just like the brave soldiers triumph in war. One of the deadliest attacks on India is still the 26/11 attack in Mumbai. The eerie silence of the night was penetrated by some ear-piercing sounds that not only left the listeners aghast but also made them bleed. Who could be better at narrating the minute-by-minute experience of what went into getting the situation under control meanwhile putting so many lives at stake than the person who witnessed this massacre up close? 26/11 Braveheart is a heart-wrenching account by the ex-MARCOS Praveen K. Teotia. He shares how a soldier…
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Book Review: Batla House by Karnal Singh
Batla HouseAuthor: Karnal SinghPublisher: Rupa PublishersRating: 4.5/5 What happened in 2008 would have remained a mystery or a half-baked truth had this book not come out in the public domain. Just like how Praveen Teotia wrote a heart-wrenching account of his deadly encounter with the terrorists in the Taj, Karnal Singh, the officer-in-charge of the raid in Flat no. 18, Batla House, pens down a spine chilling thriller that narrates the actual events that led to this encounter. Several lives were risked and blood was shed too. This event is still remembered for the political bigotry and the influence of the top organizations. Yet, in spite of so much that…
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Book Review: Bhagwad Gita for Millennials
Bhagwad Gita for MillennialsAuthor: Bibek DebroyPublisher: Bibek DebroyRating: 4/5 Life is mostly busy for the millennials. The work pressure and the inability to find adequate time to brush up the roots often misleads the mind into believing that one can make do without certain important life lessons. I am not a preacher and thus, I shall not preach whether one should read Bhagwad Gita or not. I would just write about the plus points and the negative points of the book in question. Bhagwad Gita for Millennials is a handy self-help guide to understanding the scripture in an easy and fast way. The book offers translated versions of the life…
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Book Review: The Vision of Wisdom- Kabir by Chandan Sinha
The Vision of Wisdom: Kabir (Selected Sakhis)Translator: Chandan SinhaPublisher: Rupa PublicationRating: 4.5/5 I have always been fascinated by the idea of small verses that often project a stark reality that we fail to notice while living this chaotic life. Some time back, I had got a chance to read Looking Within: Life Lessons by Lal Ded. I was thrilled to read such a beautiful book and now I got a chance to read the selected (also translated) sakhis by Kabir. It was such a quaint experience reading these short musings that store so much wisdom and learning. The Vision of Wisdom neatly translates the emotion and the purpose of the…
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Book Review: Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020 by Sabarna Roy
Etchings of First Quarter of 2020Author: Sabarna RoyPublisher: Leadstart PublicationsRating: 4/5 I have mentioned this before and I would like to mention this again that my love for Literature only became more profound when I experimented with the content and tried to understand the various point of views. Poets like Percy Shelly, John Keats and William Wordsworth have already written quite a many poems describing man’s quest to find the ultimate happiness and it is those poems that often make me question the life that all of us are living. Touching upon a number of essential topics, Sabarna Roy’s Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020 is a marvellous example…
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Book Review: The Blazing Chief by Matt Spencer (Book #3)
The Blazing ChiefAuthor: Matt SpencerPublisher: Back Roads Carnival BooksRating: 4/ 5 My love for closures and cliffhangers became even more after reading the third and final instalment of the Deschembine trilogy. Unlike the first two books in this series, this book has a lot more action and hardly any moments of love or warmth. Terror lurks in the darkness, for every character tries really hard to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. In the new world that is run by stranger-forces, all that one can hope for is surprise or shock, for every inch of the land has now become an unchartered territory. We see Sally and Rob surviving in Frozen…
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Book Review: The Battle of Belonging by Shashi Tharoor
The Battle of BelongingAuthor: Shashi TharoorPublisher: Aleph Book CompanyRating: 4/5 Much like how ‘Why I am Hindu?’ turned out to be, ‘The Battle of Belonging’ traces the same pathway but eventually, leads to a different outcome. This book is like a convex lens, housing all the information and then finally converging to a point that, surprisingly, makes complete sense. Just like his previous books, this book too divides information into various segments- the actual point of view, the general point of view and the expected point of view. In other words, Mr Tharoor discusses the theory and practice of patriotism, its origin and its purpose. In the next part, he…
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Book Review: 50 Desi Super Drinks by Lovneet Batra
50 Desi Super DrinksAuthor: Lovneet BatraPublisher: Rupa PublicationsRating: 4.5/ 5 50 Desi Super Drinks is a really helpful book that offers a collection of 50 easy-to-make drinks that will not only keep you well-nourished but also boost your overall well-being. Drinks like Aam Panna, Jeera water, Masala chai, Sugarcane juice, Thandai, Sattu, Buttermilk, Cinnamon milk and Tulsi tea are some of the most common household drinks that everyone prefers according to the varying seasons. But seldom do we delve deeper into knowing the quality or the nourishment factor associated with the different ingredients that make up these drinks. This book not only contains the recipes but also enlists the health…
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