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Book Review - Once In a Lifetime; Happens Again by Lovely Kumari and Ashish Kumar Mall

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Blurb- How far can a girl go to make a go like her? Meet Ashwin. Know his deepest desires. Nothing more than being in love, and not being hurt in the process. Know Anita, his best friend, his confidant. What will happen when, not just one, but both of Ashwin’s consecutive crushes, think he is playing at being a puppet master? Fate, as usual, works in funny ways. About the story- The story revolves around Ashwin and his love affairs. It depicts teenage love, how Ashwin has a crush on one girl and when things mess up between both of them, Ashwin decides to run away. In the process of running away, he falls for another girl, just to drift apart. Writing and narration- The writing style is simple and does not possess any uniqueness. The narration was easy going as well. However, there were a lot of grammatical and printing errors. The story seems off track at few places as well. Title and cover- While the title of the book does a bit just...

Book Review - From Where I See by Ajay Yadav

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Blurb- Ajay meets his childhood friend Shruti on a social networking site. He finds her struggling with intrapersonal, interpersonal, inter – social and inter – religious conflicts. Eventually the conflicts killed her. Police could solve the case but will it prevent hundreds of Shrutis from getting killed? How long will we aim ‘who’ killed, more important is to find out ‘what’ killed. Till we don’t address this issue many Shrutis will keep on getting killed. We need to cure the disease not only the symptoms. This book is an effort of the author to find a root cause and probable remedies of these conflicts, exploration of hundreds of pertinent questions like ‘why in one religion it becomes so easy to get volunteers to blow themselves up and others for the sake of religion? Does the religion divide or unite? Have the immature or wrong interpretations of females emancipation led to 13 times divorce rates in last 5 years?’ It’s not only a book; it’s the path to a revoluti...

Are you a racist?

Lately, one of my friends suddenly questioned me - whether I was a racist or not? For a second, I was taken aback by this sudden interrogation, but instantly I denied to be one. When I asked her the reason behind this absurd question, the answer I got was that her friend is one. And we discussed for full half an hour about the hypocrisy prevailing in the world. That thing left me in deep thought. Today, when we are capable of putting our feet on mars, then why we place the utensils used by our garbage picker aside from our own? Today, when all we think about is making money and being successful, then why the cases of atrocious behaviour of so - called humanity preachers take place? Yesterday, I came across an article where a girl was badly trolled by twitterites, just because she had posted a picture of herself, in which she was flaunting her fat and was inviting only 'WHITE' men. I mean, what on the earth was she thinking? Looking beautiful, choosing a white person, run...

Book Review - In the Shadows of Death by Sourabh Mukherjee

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Blurb- Sheetal Mehra, HR executive with Crescent Technologies, is found murdered in the toilet of a Kolkata hotel after an office party. ACP Agni Mitra finds out about her adulterous ways as he starts investigating into the murder. The miffed husband, a lecherous boss, one of her many jilted admirers – anyone could have killed her. The investigation is stuck in myriad perplexing questions when the murder of Meenakshi Menon, a Director with Altius Finance, hits the headlines. As more murders rock the city, it is not too long before the battle of wits with his unseen adversary turns personal for Agni. A ruthless killer walking the rain – washed streets of Kolkata. A detective battling storms brewing in his private life. Human relations infested with deceit. A generation struggling to cope with fast – changing ambitions and desires. In the Shadows of Death is a gripping page – turner with a heart – rending emotional core. About the story- The story star...

Book Review - Let The Game Begin by Sandeep Sharma

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Blurb- Two kingdoms, Chaturanga and Sarprakt, separated by a mystic mountain range are at war with each other since ages. Chaturanga, ruled by King Viratha, is soon bestowed with a dynamic heir, and the whole kingdom is drowned in rituals and festivity. On the other side, Sarprakt is executing a cruel conspiracy. King Viratha, crippled by the conspiracy, urges the mysterious man of the mountain to devise a method to recreate the conspiracy and that gave birth to ‘The Game of Chess.’ Serial killings shock the nation as the police are rendered clueless. The killer leaves behind a trail of chess pieces with a strange message. Random people are murdered. Connoisseurs of different fields – History, Chess, and the Security forces – have united as the next intended victim is the most powerful person of the country. How is Chess involved in the whole scenario? How will they find a man who died 4000 years ago? Can a person defy the laws of nature? Does history really repea...