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Author - Secret Diary Of An Incurable Romantic Title - Chitrangada Mukherjee Genre - Fiction Publisher - Finger Print ISBN - 978-93-8814-484-1 The protagonist of the story Madhubala Ray, a widow has to go through the so called journey of Life where she comes across various characters who in one way or the other leaves their influence in her life. While she lived with her Mother-In-Law and was employed in a school as a teacher, she gets attracted to her colleague Daksh. Though they both liked each other, Daksh could not promise a life time commitment to her due to other obligations. She had a good friend Pintu who also at some point in time was responsible for occurrence of an incident. The difficulties faced by her has been vividly described by the author in a simple to understand language. Then there was this Agasthya, a smart businessman who was in his forties who comes in the life of Madhu. The story literally opens up the avenue of various possible combina...

Title - Fluid : The approach applied by Geniuses over Centuries Author - Ashish Jaiswal Genre - Self Help / Personal Development Publisher - Wisdom Tree ISBN - 978-81-8328-527-8 The book brings out the best of what we were missing for centuries. Though we feel proud of boasting about sending(knowledge export)our best people to the U.S and European nation to work in Fortune 500 companies, what we miss out is that these may become redundant in the next 30 years or so. For over a certain period of time, many educationists have been voicing their opinion about bringing in a change in our present system which makes us to memorize the content rather than reading them and understanding them. We cannot deny the fact that our kids have been taught about answering to the questions. Don't you feel it should be the other way round? That the kids should be taught to ask questions which would improve their knowledge to a considerable level as they would understand more about...

Title - Paper Asylum Author - Rochelle Potkar Genre - Haibun Publisher - CopperCoin ISBN - 978-93-84109-26-4 I have reviewed books belonging to various genre and for the first time ever, I got an opportunity to review the boo which is based on Haibun. What is Haibun ? While we are very much familiar about Haiku which has originated from Japan, Haibun is a prose poetry or prosimetric literary which also has its origin going back to Japan. This is a combination of Prose and Haiku. If you are a lover of both of these, you are in for a delight for sure. Coming to the book, author who has won various international competitions for her writing has done a proper justification to the book by bringing out various aspects in life. I could sense the hidden sarcasm in few places(which has been used in a positive way - as I do not want to mention the word RIGHT since I cannot define what is RIGHT which may not be RIGHT to you). This 100 page book is like a breeze t...

NotionPress is one of the leading publishers in India which has brought the dream of publishing a book, a reality to thousands of budding/wannabe authors. They were so down to earth and approachable compared to the traditional publishers who would have made your dream not to come true. At least, this is what many including the multi-faceted Actor Kartik Kumar & Kiruba Shankar had felt. When Naveen Valsakumar, CEO & Co-Founder of Notion Press took over the stage, I did not realize that what a magnanimous person he is and what he and his company has achieved in a span of 6 years. The company has grown to such an extent that its youngest author is just 7 years old and the oldest author is 95 years. They have been re-inventing themselves and had come up with an extra-ordinary service called XPress Publishing . As you could see from the above, the brand has evolved in such a way that through their newly introduced unique service, one could p...

Title - Captain Elephant Author - Aseem Mahajan Genre - Fiction Publisher - Petals Publishers ISBN - 9789385440458 A fiction story which is set in an imaginary island named Pinzoora, Aseem Mahajan introduces us our own Super Hero " Captain Elephant ". Mayas, the protagonist is born with a rare disorder which makes him unique compared to others. He was tall, heavy and this becomes the talking point among his classmates who takes him for a ride mocking his physical appearance. He studied in a small school which had few teachers and students. Though Mayas was initially sad about his appearance and the attitude of his over protective parents, he soon discovers his hidden strength. What strength did he possess? He wanted to take revenge against his classmates and ends up doing something which causes an unexpected agony. While he was taken aback, he stumbles upon a possible terror attack on his beloved island. He along with few good souls(not the r...

Kollywood   has never fallen short of movies which portrayed cops in the limelight. Almost all the actors (be it in the past or in the present) have portrayed the role of a cop in their film career. While some went on to become a box-office hit, some failed to hit the mark despite being critically acclaimed.  This article is all about those amazing cop thrillers that Tamil cinema has produced in recent times.  The critically acclaimed movies that I shall be talking about received immense praise for multiple reasons, be it their storyline, characterization, visuals and much more. Basically, these movies assure guaranteed entertainment for fans of the cop thriller genre.  Yennai Arindhaal  - Being a Gautham Vasudev Menon movie, this movie created much hype since GVM is known for his superhit cop thrillers like Kaakha Kaakha and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu in the past. In Yennai Arindhaal, he managed to rope in Ultimate Star Ajith Kumar in the lead role with songs ...

We all tend to change the diapers of our babies as soon as we see some rashes on their skin. While this is a general practice that we have been doing for decades, do you think this is the only reason for the rashes on the skin? Baby's skin is a real delicate thing which can get rashes due to various reasons. They include sensitivity, dampness on the skin, skin coming into contact with materials which aren't made of pure cotton (since cotton is considered & proven skin friendly) to name a few. They can also develop rashes when the skin comes into contact with chemicals or chemical induced products. Does this include only diapers? My answer is a BIG NO . While diapers are the major reason for the cause of rashes on the delicate baby skin, there is another which plays a major role. It is none other than Wipes. How could we forget it so easily? Wipes plays a vital role in keeping the baby clean. Isn't it? When this is the case, shouldn't that be skin frien...

Each and every person would want to travel to some part of the world or the other. I am no exception to that. I always wanted to travel all over the globe thereby becoming a "Globetrotter". I must emphasize here that I did not want to travel for the sake of receiving that coveted title but to see, experience and live among the people who has their own and unique culture and customs. Most of my family members and friends either wanted to travel to Europe or to the US. I differ from them. I always wanted to travel to Honolulu. Why? As a kid, I was fantasized by the very mention of this island by celebrities like movie & cricket stars. This name got mentioned in a specific ad which was being telecast for numerous times. What would happen when you keep on seeing something? You start dreaming about it? Since I was born in '80, I hardly had an opportunity to even browse about this island nation back then to find out as to what it has to offer. When I saw this capt...

Title - Page 6 And Beyond: Let's stir the pot Author - Hureen Saghar Gandhi Genre - Fiction Publisher - Amazon Kindle ASIN -  B07FDYQ8ZR Author begins the book with a bang with the disclaimer # RatedPG-40 which gives a clear indication as to who must read this book(This doesn't mean others shouldn't read but need to be accompanied by elders lol). I loved the way, the characters have been introduced in the very beginning which showed the witty side of the author which gave me a hint that I am going to enter a "Laughter Zone". There are quite a few characters in the book and if you feel, you cannot remember all of them, you don't have to because you can always come back to the characters page to cross verify them. The picture in the very first chapter evoked my interest since it had a 007 on one-half and Mahatma Gandhi on the other. Author was a late adapter of technology and it took her almost 7 years to understand the nuances of WhatsApp. ...

Title - Kashi : Secret Of The Black Temple Author - Vineet Bajpai Genre - Fiction(Thriller) Publisher - TreeShade Books ISBN - 978-81-936424-4-3 Kashi : Secret Of The Black Temple is the third book in the " Harappa " series by Vineet Bajpai. If you have missed the earlier releases, I would recommend you to read them prior to start reading this. Vineet is undoubtedly a master storyteller and lived up to the tagline conferred to him by the DNA till date. I was simply awestruck with the way he wrote this story leaving no stones unturned.  When I finished reading his previous books, I was always left with more excitement which made me to look on for the next release and this excitement got suppressed only with this book since I hope this would be the end of the long journey but you never know, he may come up with one or even two more novels(as a sequel). The novel begins with a short introduction of its prequel(the previous 2 books). I loved the usage of...

Title - warlock Author - Vickram E Diwan Genre - Fiction(Thriller/Horror) Publisher - Sooraj Pocket Books ISBN - 978-9388094108 A novel which revolves around glamour, sorcery coupled with ambitions & treachery. Vickram's book is nothing less than a fast paced thriller that would keep you on the edge of your seats. Though you would come to know as to who the real culprit is, in the first half of the story, that wouldn't hamper your interest to read this novel any further. I liked the way the author has penned down the story without leaving any loose ends. There were not many characters but what ever characters were portrayed in this, has been given more or less equal importance. I was bit disappointed to some extent because the novel would continue in the next part which is also a source of happiness for me because I would get to read another book from the author. The protagonist was a female named Payal who hailed from West Bengal and wanted to mak...

Title - Table For One Author - Neha Bindal Genre - Fiction Publisher - Half Baked Beans ISBN -  B07FTT1CJK This is a story which revolves around the protagonist Taara who has had a failed love experience not once but twice. While her love with Tarun Malik has to be forcefully withdrawn due to the family pressure, she doesn't get lucky with Shivam as well. On top of this, she also gets to see her ex-fiancee with another girl. While she starts searching the real purpose of her life, she decides to go on a solo trip to Europe. This is where she gets to see the real world and the perceptions of her life. She gets to meet Ragini, a co-passenger who embarks on a journey after successfully completing her life's duties.  Taara travels to England, Paris, Switzerland and finally to Italy. She gets to meet varied characters including Sajid(a tour guide), Snigdha, Ashwin(Tour Manager), Alex(Trek In-Charge), Shelton & Alvin(Trekkers), Fred, Purvi. Martha among ...

Title - Tattooed Music (The Mystery Crackers Book 2) Author - Jinal Shailesh Doshi Genre - Fiction Publisher - Jinn's Kreativ Tutoria ASIN -  B07DQCG56G A story which would keep your kids captivated till the end. I have not read the first book. I am sorry about that. Having said that, it did not stop me from enjoying this book thoroughly because this book has no connect with the story of the first book but only the protagonists - Prash and Nish. Though they are kids, it never stopped them from being a super detectives themselves. In this story, they use their skills to find out the missing Daulihaam(A Blue Diamond Gold Choker). The story behind this precious ornament dated back to the period of Prithviraj who had gifted it by then to his beloved wife which during the course of time leaves India. Ananth Roy vows to bring it back to India for his beloved wife. Even though he was successful in procuring it in an auction paying a staggering sum, something goes...

What prompted you to write stories? When did you start writing them? A dear school friend - Ms Nikita Mehra introduced me to the fantastic world of Harry Potter. We parted soon after, as she was shifting to a new home. Nevertheless, her parting words were, "No matter if we ever meet again ... do read Harry Potter!" I obeyed and was thoroughly mesmerized by J K Rowling and her wonderful series of Harry Potter.  Once, while reading one of those books, my heart wished to write like J K Rowling. Thus, I wrote some short stories and published few Features, Articles, Book Reviews and finally came up with my self-published mystery novels -  The Mystery Crackers: A Chest's Tale  and  The Mystery Crackers: Tattooed Music. Are the protagonists in your story - the fraternal twins inspired by someone in your real life? Absolutely! Prash - tranquil yet wise is inspired by my creative friend - Mr Prachant Machhar, while Nish - m...