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Title —The Real Wani—Kashmir’s True Hero: A Definitive Biography of Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani Author —Sonal Chaturvedi Genre — Biographies & Autobiographies Publisher — Bloomsbury India ASIN —B084GVXKJQ I have read quite a number of books on Kashmir–based on insurgency, migration of Kashmiri Pandits, Pakistan-India Kargil war, or a simple love story against the verdant backdrop of the earth’s heaven. But never came across a story of a soldier that too hailing from the state itself. Curious enough, I got my copy from a friend. According to this book, the real hero of Kashmir is Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani instead of that slain terrorist Wurhan Wani. The title itself is strong enough to stir inquisitive among the people. I finished reading the paperback version of the book in less than a week’s time. The story took me on a tour where I saw how a young hardworking Kashmiri lad sets his journey till he is conferred with Ashoka Chakra posthumously. His personal jo...

Title — The Burning School Author — Sandesh Raj Genre — Crime, Thriller & Mystery Publisher —Notion Press ASIN — B0874XJT7H The Burning School by Sandesh Raj is definitely one of the untold stories from Kashmir. This novel was running a little over 400 pages, but it became one of my favourite in the recent time. Why? Because the novel was written about a concrete them: education empowers the people. You heard it right. The novel features Naved as the lead character, he is passed out from IIM, but still chooses to work for poor students in Kashmir. He is from Lucknow. He hails from an army family. Despite knowing the terrorism in Kashmir, he goes there to teach students preparing for the IIT exams. As he reached there, a new land awaits him. He gets company of one of the close students named Ashraf who also arranges for his home and food. Naved is sad to see that there schools are being burnt by the terrorists so that children can be used as stone pelters to dis...

A book which is the need of the hour. What is so special about this book? The contents of this book are not the usual one. It is a 600+ page which needs detailed study. Hence I would suggest you to read few pages only, in a day. I was totally amazed because the book is a confluence of most of the religious texts/books/literature since author has mentioned that he has read the religious book more than once. I do not know the possibilities of application of a book to a greater extent but if it was done, it would surely lead to a Utopian Society where there is no religion and all the subjects would be following the highest order of Dharma called Arya Dharma . There were lots to learn from this wonderful book. I am trying to mention few of them which I found it interesting/appealing. Do you know? The left facing Swastika has Buddhist origins but this was not completely true. It is the embodiment of Shakti and also the representation of the essential feminine qu...

Climate Change is the major threat that we have been facing for the past few decades. There have been innumerable measures taken till date to combat this phenomenon which has threatened the existence of various species including us, Human Beings. Various organizations across the globe have been researching on this and presenting their findings in the form of journal/thesis and so on. This has become an important segment on its own where various Governments across the globe have been spending billions of dollars on it. The study on climate change has seen the likes of Al-Gore, Bachendri Pal and few others winning Nobel Prize for Peace. Hence one could understand the importance attached to this. How could we connect our expertise concerning this particular aspect?   You must be very much aware of IBM’s “ Call for Code ” campaign which seen over 8000+ applications involving 210,000 developers, data scientists and problem solvers from over 165+ countries creating it in the past 2...

Title - My Ramyeon Girl Author - Nethra A Genre - Fiction Publisher - Fablery ASIN - B0876DYMXQ A beautiful story which has touched upon the subject of racism which is still prevalent in various parts of the world. I was not even aware about this until I read this book and was deeply shocked to find out that it was true. My heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the author who has touched this subject and penned a story revolving around this. I was struggling initially to cope up with the Korean names. Thankfully, I started remembering it as and when I proceeded with the story. The reason was simple. One of the protagonist is a Korean.  He is none other than Lee Jung-Su who was also known as "Crown Prince" in the entertainment industry there. He meets another protagonist - Meena from India who was there for various assignments. Not much was known about her until she opens up to Jung-Su. The meet happens in an unusual place and in an unusual way. The plac...

What motivates you to write? To be honest, I express myself easily when I write. Had it not been for writing, I wouldn't have been able to convey anything right. Moreover when people read my poems, they come forward expressing how I've actually put their emotions into words. That serves to be the biggest motivation. How did you feel after publishing your books? I just hoped that after putting up my work in the public domain I would be able to reach more people and that's something I really wanted. What are some of your favourite novels and authors? There is no comparison to be honest, but speaking of my favourite one, I would like to mention one name, Khaled Hosseini. His novels encapsulate pain to which I easily connect. Is there any specific reason for naming your novel? I named my first book, "Dazzled by Illusion" as I felt how everything in this world is an illusion and how we as humans are dazzled by it. Like...

Title - Dazzled by Illusion Author - Ayushi Raghuvanshi Genre - Poems(Literature) Publisher - Amazon Kindle ASIN -  B07YN58N3N This is a collection of 60 odd poems by the poetess Ayushi. This book is really worth the price, it is being sold at because it is costing less than a rupee to read these amazing set. Having read her 2nd book already, I immediately grabbed this first book without giving a thought. I loved the variation that was shown in various poems. It is a mixed emotion and hence it would connect well with the readers since they would have gone through few of them for sure, if not all. The writing style was lucid and yes, I was amazed by the rational thinking of the author who has let out her emotions in such a way that you feel like being there. Usage of some of the words might require you to refer to a dictionary but yes, it is an added advantage for the book because it gives you sometime to recollect what you read while referring to the actual mea...