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Title - Parrot Under The Pine Tree Author - Surendra Pratap Singh Genre - Romance Fiction Publisher - Invincible Publishers ISBN - 978-93-86148-55-1 A brilliant tale which you would appreciate once you finish reading it and most importantly, this story would leave a lasting effect on you. Why I say so? The story revolves around two major characters - Vedanta and Saranga aka Ved and Sara. They both comes from a different background and Ved meets Sara in Kausani and falls in love with her. In fact he was told about this prior by a banker tuned Sadhu. He also tell Ved about meeting up with Maya and also about the turbulence he would face in his love life. Ved was a practical guy but Sara was different altogether. They eventually fall in love with each other and get married. They get to face the turbulence after Ved commits a blunder and openly admits it to Sara. Did they continue to lead a happy life there after is the story. As mentioned earlier, Ved does me...

Title - Con Kabir Author - Vinod Gairola Genre - Fiction Publisher - Frog Books ISBN - 978-93-52015-54-2 Are all the con men bad in nature? Is their main purpose to make money and nothing else? If your answer is YES to any of these or all, you must read this novel. A novel which has been written to make a common man understand as to why there is no peace on Earth today. As an educated lot, few of u know as to why the war and invasion takes place - which is either for Oil or Arms.  We also hate our neighbour Pakistan and so as them despite being the fact that we were once a united nation. Bangladesh and Burma are no exceptions. Why would a nation like US try to broker peace between us? Don't we see their real intentions? Through this book, author ha brought out the darker side of the so called super powers and how a con man named Kabir who is the protagonist of the story tries his best to teach them a lesson. A story well written that will make you read...

Title - Inside the Heart of Hope Author - Rishabh Puri Genre - Fiction Publisher - Srishti Publishers and Distributors ISBN - 978-93-82665-96-0 A simple novel but with a powerful message. It talks about the life of a heart patient in great detail. The protagonist Ricky Puri was diagnosed with a heart condition as a kid. How it effects his day to day life being a student in School/College and how he misunderstand his parent's care was vividly described. Ricky even loses his love Amy but destiny had other plans for him in the form of Lisa. Her father disapproves his love and Ricky only had Jacob, his best friend to whom he shared anything and everything. Did he win his love? That was the most interesting part of the novel. Read it to get to know as to how the story concludes. I am sure you would fall in love with the novel. The book is available on Amazon .

Donating blood is not only a noble act but also a necessary one. Blood that matches the receiver’s blood group and which is safe to be used is difficult to find easily in hours of emergency. To promote this noble cause we celebrate 14 th  June as World Blood Donors Day. On this day we express our gratitude towards the individuals who donate their blood with the hope of saving a precious life. To further support this cause a new app, named  Life  is also available on the Google Play Store. This app helps you locate donors and recipients in nearby places easily in hours of need.  Donating blood does not only let you save a life, but also lets you share your life with someone in need. It is an act of passing on something precious to someone who needs it more. So, let us all pledge to donate towards saving precious lives, and contribute towards making the world a better place. #SharingLife

Title - Principles Of Success Made Easy Author - Roopleen Genre - Self Help Publisher -Macmillan Publishers India Ltd ISBN - 978-0230-322691 A simple but an effective book which will lead you to the path of success. It does not tell you anything different. It all talks about how you can effectively project yourself and lead yourself towards the path of success. There are so many simple thins which we take it for granted which in turn effects us in more than one way or the other. When these things are controlled, the end result is brilliant. Author, who is an ophthalmologist has used relevant examples from the real people including Amitabh Bachchan, J K Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Hawking apart from he sayings by some of the world's renowned leaders. Points were emphasised through bullets which also makes it an interesting read and gives you a feel that you are going through some management book. The book has 14 chapters with each discussing about d...

Title - Karma Author - Kevin Missal Genre - Horror(Fiction) Publisher - Kalamos Literary Services ISBN -  978-9384315627 I was amazed when I got this book. It was surely the World's first Insta Read. A short yet very crisp story that would keep you guessing till the end. When I finished reading it, I was still unsure - just like how it would end in a Hollywood Movie keeping the viewers guessing as to who the real culprit is/was. Sharman Malik was happily married to Urvi but their life gets shattered by 3 of their neighbours which surprisingly Sharman was not aware of. His wife gets brutally raped and murdered only to return back after 8 years to avenge her death. What did she do? How did she avenge her death is the story. Beautifully written with perfect synchronisation of events which gave a thrilling read despite the fact that it was a real short story. Read it to find out who the culprit was.... The book is available on Amazon .

Digital Media is the most sought after medium these days. I would say, it started evolving with the advent of social networking platforms. Though they were there for sometime with the creation of World Wide Web(WWW) by Tim Berners Lee , it became real popular after the advent of Facebook and Twitter. Earlier digital media was expensive since internet itself was expensive with slow speeds and one needs to pay even for the connection - I am talking about the dial-up days where we not only ended up paying for telephone bills per minute but also for the dial-up connection billed as per minutes/hours. Big companies like AOL, Yahoo thrived those days with their valuation hitting few billions of dollars but they failed to innovate any further. This had seen their valuation falling down drastically after a decade since more innovative methods of advertising took its forte. Google which had a humble beginning calculated perfectly that the future depends on digital marketing and t...

Title - Oh My Goddess! Author - Rohan Govenkar Genre - Fiction Publisher - BruteGorilla ISBN - 978-93-85699-14-6 A nice plot which would make you engrossed with it from the beginning till the end. We would have used Oh My God(OMG) every now and then but for a change, this story is about Oh My Goddess! I liked this way the story was conceived. It is an unusual story set up in an unusual way with some great twists. Trust me, you will never find as to who is the real culprit till the end and if you did, you are a genius. The plot begins like this - Naveen completes his studies and in order to fulfil the favour extended to him for getting educated, he joins hands with Altaf Bhai who in turn had a connection with underworld don Sudhakar Shetty and joins Zaveri International Ltd where he meets his college days crush - Jessica and learns that she is none other than his boss's daughter. On the other hand, Jackie and Kalpesh were into making some YouTube videos a...

Title - Demons In My Mind Author - Aashish Gupta Genre - Fiction Publisher - NotionPress ISBN - 978-1-946714-98-5 A beautiful story book that comprises of three different stories being merged into a single novel. A commendable work by the author, I must say. The uniqueness lies in the confluence of these three stories to form a single one which is beyond the imagination. It all begins with a head of the village Dakshesh who was suffering from cancer wanted to meet " The Three Monks " who were revered among the villagers for their mystical powers. Since the whereabouts of them were not known as it was legendary story heard about them for generations, they weren't sure whether Dakshesh would manage to spot them but still heeded to his request and takes him to the place. Dakshesh manages to see them but the Three Monks says that they were not GOD's as perceived and that they had their own dark past. They also warned him that he may not want to li...

Learning earlier has been one tremendous job. During the early Vedic period, Gurukul system of learning existed where the students irrespective of their family economic status or background would be sent to the Gurukul they get to learn their lessons on various subjects from the master. They use to stay there for years till the studies got over. The system had it own advantages and disadvantages. When it got evolved, we had modern system of education where hostel facilities were created. It had all the comforts of the home making the students feel motivated when it came to learning. When we look at the methods of learning, leaving aside the above, we had palm leaves to start with where the writings were inscribed on it. Then came the usage of quill. When paper got invented, it replaced the traditional methods and since this system had a long lasting nature of holding the records, it made learning easy. Let us leave aside the above also now. We would now change our focus i...

Title - Black Coffee Author - Priyanka Nawalgaria Genre - Fiction Publisher - Half Baked Beans ISBN - 978-938-431-5726 When I read this story, it kind of reminded me the real life story of a prominent model whose real life story reflected something similar to this. Having said that, if I had not read that book earlier, I would have been really angry on the protagonist of the story - Tamanna Modi Sarthak. It is easy to come to a conclusion as a man but when you put yourself in the shoes of a woman, especially when she is your spouse, you would understand the difficulties they are going through. It is not the sex that they are interested in all the time but other worldly desires which can be narrowed down to Love and Affection. Tamanna who was in love with Raj as a kid was forced to marry Sarthak due to her family circumstances. Raj never showed true love to her though he liked her very much. Tamanna fell for him but nevertheless got married to Sarthak and was le...

Wisdom is Universal. We seek it through various means and methods. Some search for it by reading books and literature. Others seek it through traveling from place to place, or by visiting a place of worship. Do they succeed in finding it? Not everyone does, but the very few who manage to come to realize that there is nothing greater. I came across a unique video about Wisdom and I was totally awestruck. The video is an encapsulation of what Wisdom is by Dr Ru Rui, Abbot of Pushou Monastery . It was filmed at Mt. Wutai , which is considered one of the 4 holy Buddhist mountains of China . Each of the monks and scholars from these four mountains has their separate set of tenets on Buddhism which, I should add, really was news to me. The Monastery site is focused on Wisdom. The videography was unique, containing a very realistic take of the events, which would cause anyone watching this video believe that they had been there personally. Another marked point about Mt...

Title - The Inimitable Chaos Of Life Author - Dr Maliny Mohan Genre - Fiction (Short Stories) Publisher - Story Mirror ISBN - 978-93-86305-46-6 A book well written by the author. StoryMirror has been doing a great job in finding the hidden talents from across India and its founder Mr Devendra Jaiswal, despite of having a Corporate background has quit his high paying job and took up this profession with passion and I must say that he has done a fantastic job so far in giving a platform which is real big without any expectations. His idea is unique and simple. Find new talents continuously and keep them motivated. Few of my friends had their books published via StoryMirror and they have been doing really well. Coming to the book now - It is a collection of 13 unique stories - each having its own set of emotions associated with it and has been conveyed in a subtle way but yet in an appealing manner. It talks about love, betrayal, emotions, victory, sacrifice to n...

Pic Credit - IMDb Pirates of the Carribean - the movie which has held the fort strong ever since the first part was released has yet again proved why it is one of the highest grosser of all time.  The movie is a classic without any doubt. I saw the movie on the same day it was released in a multiplex. Johny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow was as cool as ever. The irony is whatever he does turn to his advantage. Wish it happened to all of us in the real life and to him as well :-) Having said that, the introduction scene of Jack was really awesome where he is found sleeping inside a treasure chest of a bank during its opening ceremony with one of the lady. The entire building gets shifted by his men along with the chest and in the end, the chest alone remains with all the money and valuables spread over the city. At once, his own members revolt against him saying that they did not consider him as their captain since the "Black Pearl" is no more. On the other h...

The Mummy - much awaited movie has been released in few countries already and is getting released in India tomorrow - 9/6/17. I had an opportunity to view the "Preview Show" in a multiplex. Though there are two versions available, this multiplex screened only the 3-D Version. There is no complaints about that because the picture very much warranted the 3-D effects. Coming to the movie. It wouldn't disappoint you for sure but having said that, it may not make you say wow because the very first movie is still the best,according to me. However, I do not believe in comparison and since this story is set in a different place altogether unlike the ancient Egypt, I would say that the movie has doe a complete justification to the story line. I wouldn't talk about the story in this blog because it is already out there on various websites and I also do not believe in revealing the story line making it a spoiler. Tom Cruise has yet again proved as to why he is a Su...

Title - On the Moon between the Stars Author - Manvendra Kumar Publisher - AuthorParadise ISBN - 8944571547521 A story that is so enjoyable from the start till the end since author has capture the life of a common person which is inspired from his real life incidents. The protagonist Mickesh Roy is an average student during his college days but was known for his wits and diffusing any grim situation. He falls in love at first sight on seeing Gauri Trivedi at his work place. He tried to woo her by various means showing his witty side. Gauri who was always appreciative of his wits never agreed to his proposal. She always considered him as his good friend. She even gave him a shocker of life by saying she would be shifting to Kolkata to take up a new job which came as a big blow than even his increment letter. Did he win his love? Read the book to find out how the story transpired. A neat work with limited characters and events that made the story flow smooth w...

I am a superhero lover and for that case, I love all the characters which came from Marvel and DC Comics. I am a great fan of Avengers and Justice League too and had a chance to watch Wonder Woman in comics. As soon as I herd that the movie is getting released, without any hesitation, I booked two tickets - one for my mom and one for myself. I could not do the same for my better half since she was out of town, I always appreciate " Woman " and " Woman Power " and after watching the movie, I became a Super Fan of " Wonder Woman " too - read it as both - Wonder Woman and Gal Gadot. Firstly, a big round of applause for Patty Jenkins who gave us such a nice movie. The movie unlike its contemporary is simple to understand and follow. There were no complications whatsoever and so much of hi-fi sci-fi. The movie was set in the mid 1900's probably during the World War II when Germany was at its prime. Wonder Woman who was called Diana in the mov...

The House of Cards is back again. For those who have been watching it since its inception wouldn't want to miss it since it had kept us entertained all these years. House of Cards - Season 5 features Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Corey Stoll, Sakina Jaffrey among others. The famed US TV show will be aired on ZeeCafe from tomorrow,3rd June from 5PM onwards and I watched the first episode already. ALERT - There may be few spoilers in this review Season 4 which was aired in the beginning of 2016, it talked about US elections n a subtle way where Donald Trump was struggling to make his candidature strong with the Republicans but had taken the world by surprise by eventually winning the one of the closely contested US elections. The episode 1 of Season 5 begins with Spacey saying "I have no patience for useless thing" which somehow made me connect with the qualities of the current President - Donald Trump. He eventually does something after sayin...

Title - Second Chance Author - Dr Sandeep Jatwa Genre - Fiction Publisher - eBooks2go ISBN - 978- 1618138026 Second Chance is a fiction novel by Dr Sandeep Jatwa. A well written story which takes you to places and when I started reading this story, I was totally amazed by its sequence that I could not believe myself that I was already in page 75. The story is about a rich businessman by name Shekhar Kapoor who did not do anything good in his life be it with treating his employees or his ailing dad. He conspired with a person and acquires hi competitor brand. Just then he meets with an accident. He goes to hell. The journey of Hell was described so vividly that at one point, I felt like I was there but then I realised as to why would I go there :-) After returning from hell, Shekhar Kpoor starts doing lot of good things. I am not disclosing them here as it would become a spoiler. The story has few characters and incidents. All of them were explained clearly in th...

Title - The Moon In The Sun Author - Sanjay Kumar Singh Genre - Fiction Publisher - NotionPress ISBN - 978-1-947137-47-9 The story of this book has been inspired by two separate incidents which the author has experienced when he was a kid. The book has brought forth those memories in a subtle manner. I loved the way the low has been from the beginning till the end and remember, it was not just another ordinary novel but a novel with a uniqueness. YES. The entire story was setup in the form of a poem where the story begins with the protagonist Narayan Sambhan as a kid when he gets hired by a forest officer to help him spot a tiger. The story goes until he becomes old and passes away eventually but what made this book really appealing was how the transformation takes place in a human life which was so meticulously described by comparing it with the life of a tiger. A brilliant effort which surely needs support from book readers like us.  You will surely not be...