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Title - Don't Tell The Governor Author - Ravi Subramanian Genre - Fiction Publisher - Harper Collins India ISBN - 978-93-5302-462-8 When the Wall Street Journal has called Ravi Subramanian as "The John Grisham of Banking", what more can you expect from the author who is known for his hit releases like If God Was a Banker, The Bankster, The Best Seller She Wrote, In the Name of God etc to have come out in this novel? If you are an Indian or someone who follows Indian politics and banking, you would be left with awe as to how intricately all those incidents which has happened in India in the span of last 3 years has been put into good use by weaving a story which would keep you hooked from the beginning till the end. The author just did that. He, being an Investment Banker himself knew the tricks of the trade better and has used all his experience to weave such a gripping novel which had lot of twists and turns and when you get to know as to who the rea...

Title - On The Open Road Author - Stuti Changle Genre - Ficiton Publisher - Invincible Publishers ISBN - 978-93-87328-46-4 This book is all about how the dream of a "Start-Up" gets sowed in three young minds which eventually leads to the ultimatum. If you are the one who is willing to go for one or set up one, already, this book would very much appeal to you for its content and they way, the story unfolds. Myra was always looking out for a change. She lived in Mumbai. Thing suddenly goes wrong when she loses her best friend and the opportunity of going abroad gets passed on to someone. She wasn't lucky in her love life as well as her would-be was busy with his own work and the distance that separated them made it worse/ Kabir was a CEO of a company before he decides to hang up his boots. While others were taken by surprise about his sudden decision, he gets a thumbs up from Sandy who was brilliant in developing gaming apps but wasn't able to m...

Title - I Inspire Author - Neerja Malik Scribe - Megha Bajaj Genre - Self Help Publisher - Jaico Books ISBN - 978-81-8495-675-7 Where can I start and what should I say about this book? Many of us in Chennai would have come across the profile of the author in leading dailies and you also would have had a chance to have met her in person, if you are a regular participant of Pinkathon. Yes. Neerja Malik, who is the author of this book is the Brand Ambassador of Pinkathon and who other than her, who herself is a Cancer Conqueror, not once but twice could do justification to the role? The book takes you through the journey of her life where she was asked to search for 10 Treasures by her granny and she managed to find them, on various occasion. These treasures are common for most of us, unless there is some exception. What are those treasures? How did she manage to find it? How those treasures played a vital role in her life? As the title, the content is th...

Title - 13 Steps To Bloody Good Parenting Authors - Ashwin Sanghi and Kiran Manral Genre - Self Help / Personality Development Publisher - Westland Books ISBN - 978-938-7578784 Parenting has never been easy. Those who have had the privilege of being a parent would surely know the struggles and pleasant pain they went through while bringing up their kid. When I saw this book authored by Ashwin Sanghi and Kiran Manral, I knew that this is not going to be another usual parenting book with gyans. Infact as I was reading the book, I could very much relate most of the writing mentioned in the book to that of the techniques used by my Mother while I was a kid. It includes spending quality time with the kid, making them to speak the truth at any point, being a pillar of support in the background, teaching good habits through small gifts for sometime until it becomes an habit, making me to read books etc to name a few. Yes. This book is about YOU. Not all the pointers m...

1. What motivates you to write? I think the joy of telling a story and that too on a wider reach motivates me to write. But the credit goes to my mother who pushed me to write from a very tender age ever since my school days. So I used to write travelogues, articles at various publications. It was she who recognised my talent and finally today I was able to write a book. 2. How did you feel after publishing your books? This book is like my first baby so I am feeling the same joy which one feels when their first baby comes to life. 3. What are some of your favourite novels and authors? Sidney Sheldon for his master portrayal of femme fatale. I really think he was the Master of Unexpected. Since I did my honours in English I read a fair share of books, dramas and plays. Jane Eyre is my all-time favourite. Dan Brown I too love for the way he does his research and spins a plot around it. 4. Is there a specific reason fo...

Title - 13 Steps To Bloody Good Health Authors - Ashwin Sanghi and Dr Mukesh Batra Genre - Self Help/Personality Development Publisher - Westland Books ISBN - 978-938-7894686 As a kid, I remember my dad's verbatim " Health is Wealth ". He also use to say " When Health is lost, something is lost ". As soon as I saw this topic, I did not wait even for a second before I went ahead to grasp it. As a die-heart Ashwin Sanghi fan who has read all his books till date, I knew that the content is going to be an amazing one, yet again. The book did exceed my expectations, once again. There are few things for this phenomenon - Firstly, it is Ashwin Sanghi and secondly, he ropes in the best name in the business. So, there is no question of going wrong, whatsoever. How many would openly admit that they had bad habits/lifestyle? Ashwin Sanghi openly admitted in the very beginning of the book. There is a small deviation in the content though - This book...

Title - Divine Nectar Author - Ganesan OLV Genre - Personal Development(Mind,Body and Spirit) Publisher - Thejus Foundation ASIN - B07GVP6Q4L An excellent compilation of various facts and figures coupled with lot of self realization anecdotes which makes this book a real interesting one. The book is divided into 13 heads namely 1. Love 2. Silence 3. Life 4. Mind, Thoughts and Tendencies 5. Sadhana 6. Being Spiritual 7. Miracles 8. Being Happy 9. Form and Formless 10. Who am I? 11. Disciplehood 12. Master and 13. Grace It was really surprising for me when I came to know that the content was not born overnight but has been meticulously gathered from time to time as these were forwarded in a group on WhatsApp. Each section has dates on which the content was shared among others. This particular aspect makes this book unique. Most of them are mentioned as pointers, some in question and answer format, some in the form of short poems which ...