BOOK REVIEW Title: The Angel’s Share Author: Satyajit Sarna Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN No: 9350293331, 9789350293331, 978-9350293331 Price: INR 250/- (Paperback) Book Blurb: Zorawar Chauhan lives two lives. In one, he has the big money corporate law job he used to dream of. To the young lawyer, the world tenders an endless promise of wealth and privilege. In the other life- the one in his head- he is haunted by the ghosts of a past from which…
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Book Review – Brida
Festival of Words : Book Review Day 4 Author: Paulo Coelho Genre: Romance & Spirituality/Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Pub date: 2008 The story starts in Dublin with the 21-year-old Brida’s pursuit of magic, and when Magnus asks her why she wants to learn about magic, her answer doesn’t satisfy him. He is smitten the moment he sees her and believes her to be his soul mate. He poses a tough question to her and asks to choose between true lov…
Book Review – The Candidate
BOOK REVIEW Title: The Candidate Author: Anirudh Bhattacharyya Publisher: Penguin India ISBN No: 9780143422570 Price: INR 295/- (Paperback) The Candidate is a fictional tale of elections in India and the various colorful party candidates involved. The story is a humorous take on the shenanigans of the Indian political party offices. It introduces us to some good, bad and ugly characters in the system, without revealing their true identities or th…
Book Review – The Woman Who Saw the Future
…– Amit Sharma Publisher – Readomania Pages – 272 ISBN -9789385854552 Book Review Was Sapna Vaid gifted or cursed? Girls her age dream of Sidharth Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, etc. A college going girl, happy and carefree, with a friend, Saahil, who is more than a friend, Sapna should have been happy. But she was destined for other things. She could see the future. This power was given to her unasked. The trauma this little…
Book Review – The Doodler of Dimashq
BOOK REVIEW Book – The Doodler of Dimashq Author – Kirthi Jayakumar Publisher – Readomania ISBN – 978-93-858544-4-6 Pages – 201 A doodle is like life. Random. When you finish the entire picture, you can’t pull one out without pulling all of it along – Kirthi Jayakumar The book starts with a doodle and ends with one. There is a story being told by these intricate designs along with the captivating words. Kirthi has written…
Book review – Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
…e – Eat Pray Love Author – Elizabeth Gilbert Publisher – Bloomsbury Book review – Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert It is being touted as ‘One woman’s search for everything.’ Eat Pray Love is the story of the writer’s journey to self discovery and inner peace, her tale of three cities and her experiences there. What an amazing trip she was on! I would love to go on this kind of adventurous vacation for an entire year, not to recover from heartb…
Book Review – EM and the big HOOM
…sher: Aleph Book Company Language: English ISBN : 978-93-82277-31-6 BOOK REVIEW: A few pages into Jerry Pinto’s, Em and the Big Hoom, a tap opened inside of my soul. The dripping jet black liquid was similar to the one flowing from the faucet of Em’s disturbed and fragmented mind. The imagery this book evoked in my head turned me into an insomniac for a few days. Whenever I did manage a few winks, the silent screams of Em’s children jolted me aw…
Book Review- Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras
BOOK REVIEW– Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras By Maitreyee B Chowdhury Editor: Surojit Mohan Gupta Genre: Poetry Sub-genre: Lyrical Poetry Back Cover Blurb Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras is a book that seeks to tell the little stories that make us who we are. The author believes that Benaras resides in all of us Indians, in some beautiful often unknown way. The author is the Sutradhar, in that she attempts to connect an Indi…
Book Review – The Dove’s Lament
…nd is the author of two books, Stories of Hope and The Dove’s Lament. Book Review– Book Title: The Dove’s Lament Author : Kirthi Jayakumar Publisher: Readomania Language: English ISBN-10: 8192997561 ISBN-13: 978-8192997568 After reading the first story from The Dove’s Lament, I was convinced I couldn’t read any more of these heartbreaking stories. I cried myself to sleep that night and woke up thinking about the protagonist of the first story, Est…
Book Review – False Ceilings
…n Delhi and Dalhousie. He works as a Software labourer in an IT firm. Book Review – A secret can ruin your life; at least it did in this story spanning five generations. They all inherited something more than the family name, but only one person in each generation was privy to the existence of this mysterious bundle wrapped in a yellow cloth that was hidden in the false ceiling of the wooden almirah. This seemingly innocent object was supposed to…
Book Review – Miracle
Book Review Title – Miracle (Poetry book) Author- Aabha Vatsa Midha Publisher – Authorspress Miracle, by Aabha Vatsa Midha is a great collection of poems that deal with various issues in our everyday lives and society. As the title suggests, this fascinating book is primarily about the marvels of life. The various poems in this book describe emotional attachment between friends, lovers and also humans and God in a very simple and honest way. The…
Book Review -My Book Of Poems – A Patchwork Quilt
…their respective bookshelves. Mrs. Kanwal Bedi has written this beautiful review of my book, I am thrilled to have her in my life, as a friend, guide, mentor and teacher. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! 🙂 A Patchwork Quilt Dear Sulekha and Shloka I have been mulling over your poems for a few weeks now. I just pick 2 or 3 poems to read at a time for the beauty of each line and verse to sink in. Just when I decide on a favorite poem the next one s…
Book Review of IPOTW
Book Review of ‘In Pursuit Of The Woman’ Book Title- In Pursuit of the Woman Author- Rajbir Gill Publisher- Author’s Empire Publications Though there is no dearth of love stories being written today, with writers all trying to outdo each other in this genre, the truth is that some succeed, while the others get left behind in this race to the finish line. In Pursuit of the Woman, as is clear from its title, is a love story with a dash of mystery a…
Sulekha writes about ‘ Rachna Says: Much Ado About Everything.’
…y Christmas and a Happy New Year… Christmas tree Sulekha Rawat Posting the link, to the most generous with her words and emotions, blogger’s blog where she has written such a beautiful review for my Memoirs. Thank you so much for the same, dear UmaS. http://umsreflections.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/sulekha-rawats-blog-a-review/ …