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The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata by Sudha Murty Review

The Serpent’s Revenge by Sudha Murthy is the collection of selected few Mahabharata tales put together in the order.  All the tales included in the book are timeless, unusual but not unheard. They are all seen, heard and read.

The one who are well versed with the stories of Mahabharata will have nothing new to read in the book. May be if the author has added her own reflection and analysis with…

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Everyone Has A Story by Savi Sharma Review

Everyone Has A Story by Savi Sharma Review

Everyone Has A Story by Savi Sharma is a simple romantic fairy tale love story written in the backdrop of a coffee cafe. A lot can happen over a cup of coffee and a love story can certainly brew up. 

The story is about an aspiring and wannabe author Meera who is in search of a story to write her first novel. She finds that story in Vivaan whom she happens to meet in the Coffee Cafe.

Meera tries…

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by JK Rowling Review

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by JK Rowling Review

I have read Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by JK Rowling after watching the movie. I was little apprehensive when I started reading the screenplay as the plot and suspense were already revealed so will it be worth reading something which has been filmed word to word.

Well the answer to it is a big YES. It is totally worth reading Fantastic Beasts screenplay…

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In Loving Memory by Haimanti Datta Ray Review

In Loving Memory by Haimanti Datta Ray Review

In Loving Memory by Haimanti Datta Ray is a heart felt book written by a daughter in remembrance of her doting father Shaymal Datta Ray. It is a true tribute which a child could give to his/her parent and also a treasure to pass on to the next generation otherwise how the next generation would know about their grandparents whom they have never seen. 

There is already a trend to write letters to…

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My Wife's Diary by Deepanshu Saini Review

My Wife’s Diary by Deepanshu Saini Review

My Wife’s Diary

Reading someone’s personal diary,  written without any inhibition,  is always a fascinating thing to do which needs a lot of guts as you are about to invade the diarist’s private and secretive life. Well this is what I felt when I started reading the book My Wife’s Diary by Deepanshu Saini. 

Plot

As the name of the book suggest a woman’s diary comes in the hands of the husband…

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An Email Interview With Poulomi Sengupta

An Email Interview With Poulomi Sengupta

Very few authors and that to a debutante will muster enough courage to write a novel on real and teething issue of the country related to educational system. But Poulomi Sengupta, a first time author who writes even better than many seasoned authors, is among those youngster who are not afraid to voice their opinions. 

Through the book The Last Bloom she has raised real problems in the West…

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The Allegorical Expedition: A Quest for Truth by P Satyadeep Review

The Allegorical Expedition: A Quest for Truth by P Satyadeep Review

The Allegorical Expedition

The Allegorical Expedition: A Quest for Truth by P Satyadeep is a mystical novel with a great fusion of mythology and fiction, spiritualism and architecture, novel and movie. The book at times amazed me, confused me, enlighten me but not once I felt to let go of it without finishing.

Plot

The book is about the protagonist Satyajit who is tired of directing mainstream…

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The Bestseller She Wrote by Ravi Subramanian Review

The Bestseller She Wrote by Ravi Subramanian Review

The Bestseller She Wrote

The Bestseller She Wrote is another novel in the Banker series written by Ravi Subramanian. His novels are known to be thriller and fast paced but this time I felt that he should get done with his Banker theme books and its high time to move forward and think beyond Banks and Bankers.

Plot

This time the story revolves around Aditya Kapoor who is a banker and also a…

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Shadows of the Northlands by Vishwesh Desai Review

Shadows of the Northlands by Vishwesh Desai Review

Shadows of the Northlands is a fantasy fiction written by a teenage boy of 14 years Vishwesh Desai. Well you read it right. This was the only reason why I choose to read this novel just to know what kind of fantasies does a 14 years old hold and how well it comes out on paper.

Vishwesh has awed me with his writing from the very first page. He might be only 14 years old but his vocabulary is so…

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The Last Bloom by Poulomi Sengupta Review

The Last Bloom by Poulomi Sengupta Review

There are very few fictional books which will make you sit and ponder, which can be referred to people who like to read books with real issues raised. The Last Bloom by Poulomi Sengupta fits in that category of books. It is one of those excellent book which I would love to flaunt in my bookshelf.

As I said, The Last Bloom raises some real issues about the education system in Bengal which has…

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The Bogus Read by Divyamaan Review

The Bogus Read by Divyamaan Review

The book The Bogus Read by Divyamaan is true to its title. It was really a bogus novel to read. A perfect sleeping pill. But there was something in the novel which kept making me read it till the end.

Something which was intriguing was the author’s observation. Baseless TV serials, without any head or tail movies, fake melodramatic reality shows, social media sites and things like these are…

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Double Down:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11 by Jeff Kinney Review

Double Down:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11 by Jeff Kinney Review

Double Down

Oh, no! It’s finished. This was my reaction and feeling when I reached the last page of Double Down : 11th book in Wimpy Diary’s series by Jeff Kinney. May be I am grown up adult now, a mother, but I yearn for my childhood days and Wimpy’s diary helps me feel like a child again.

Regret of my Life

I really regrets for not maintaining a diary in my childhood days but I am sure even my…

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Colourful Notions: The Roadtrippers 1.0 by Mohit Goyal Review

Colourful Notions: The Roadtrippers 1.0 by Mohit Goyal Review

Colourful Notions: The Roadtrippers 1.0

Colorful Notion by Mohit Goyal is a first of its kind of book I have read till date. It is not such that similar books have not been written in the past but I never came across a fictional travel novel yet. Yes after reading Colorful Notion I plan to read more similar books to it.

My Personal Experience

Reading the novel Colorful Notion made me nostalgic…

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Being Salman by Jasim Khan Review

Being Salman by Jasim Khan Review

Being Salman In Hindi

Being Salman by Jasim Khan is the biography of Salman Khan, the man who rules the heart of millions, people swear by his name, his mere presence guarantees the success of the movie, his generosity is world famous this superstar needs no introduction. 

Salman Khan is the most loved actor of the cinema both in India and oversea. But he is also known to have a very complex…

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Woman, everything will be fine! by Rashmi Trivedi Review

Woman, everything will be fine! by Rashmi Trivedi Review

Woman, everything will be fine! written by the first time author Rashmi Trivedi is a memoir or journal of three years of her life which she stayed away from her family in a complete strange city. The author has penned real stories and experience of her transfer phase of three years.

I read this book just after finishing Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl in which he raises the issue of why working…

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Game of Anarchy by Kenneth Jones Review

Game of Anarchy by Kenneth Jones Review

Game of Anarchy, written by an upcoming author Kenneth Jones, is a political thriller set on current political scenario of Indian subcontinent. I have read a few satires on our current Indian politics but political thriller was first of its kind.

A Recollection 

I remember when there was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in New Delhi on 13th December 2001 a few people in our morning…

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Shivaay-Mystery and Action Graphic Novel

Shivaay-Mystery and Action Graphic Novel

After the thundering trailer of the upcoming movie Shivaay, Ajay Devgn is all set to launch a comic series of Shivaay in order to promote the film.

Well we have seen producers launching games inspired by the movie in order to create the pre-buzz about the movie, comic is a novel way to connect to the audience especially with the kids section.

Also there is no dearth of adults like me who still…

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