Divya

A Chartered Accountant by profession who enjoys writing or should we say keying ?! in her free time.


The Reluctant Detective by Kiran Manral – review

January 23, 2012
the reluctant detective-cover

You are 30 plus something, you are a suburban housewife in one of the busiest city of India – Mumbai, you have a hyper active kid who keeps bouncing off the walls as if he has springs attached to his shoes, you are a person who has a knack of sticking her nose in...
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The Second Lady by Irving Wallace – review

January 23, 2012
Second-lady

Does the likes of CIA, KGB, Federal cop finds favour with you as a reader? If yes, then ‘The Second Lady’ satiates your desire to read political fiction with lots of turns & twists thrown in. Billie Bradford is the First Lady of United States of America; beautiful, intelligent and enchanting and married to...
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The Patriot – terror on the high seas by Jims Andrews

January 16, 2012
The Patriot-cover

The book begins with a piece of news from a newspaper and reading through it reminds us of the terrorist attack in India sometime back. On this news the entire story is set. As a reader this is my first experience on the subject matter where it involves a journey through high sea and...
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The Incredible Banker by Ravi Subramanian

December 4, 2011
The-banking-trilogy

This is the fourth book of Ravi Subramanian and third in the banking series and trust me he doesn’t disappoint the readers. Yes, the story does sound familiar because of the banking background and one tends to search the similar names like Aditya, etc. and all which were common in his previous banking fictions...
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Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat – review

October 19, 2011
revolution 2020

Chetan Bhagat – the name inspires the readers (I thought so until this one). Many followed their writing dreams after reading him and he opened the Indian literary world to the masses. He was a revolution himself when he wrote Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My...
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A Bowlful of Butterflies by Ritu Lalit

August 14, 2011
A Bowlful of Butterflies by Ritu Lalit

A Bowlful of Butterflies by Ritu Lalit is written with teenage charm and at the beginning I will suggest to read it; reasons being – it is cute (okay, it is a girl’s way to describe!); it reminds you of your teenage days and all you people who have siblings will relate to the...
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Xcess Baggage by Varsha Dixit

February 2, 2011
Xcess Baggage by Varsha Dixit

Xcess Baggage comes with a strange baggage with it and I can’t figure out if it is a surprise or a shock or I guess it is a mix of both…. At the onset I will say, please read it at your risk, I mean I am not saying don’t read it but then...
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The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

July 5, 2010
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

As the name suggests, it is a story of a Mistress of Spices! Sounded interesting hence I chose this one to read. It is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni who also wrote “Arranged Marriage”, a book which I honestly did not know until I read this title. Mistress of Spices is a story of...
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Bel gira hai shayad!

April 29, 2010
Bel gira hai shayad!

“Dhapp” “Bel gira hai shayad”, on hearing the sound and to my prediction, my mother ran out shouting followed by me. As I struggled to catch with her (you see post-delivery this is what happens!), the damage was done and we saw a fat lady in red suit running away with two ‘Bel Phal”...
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Dance India Dance Season 2, February 19 – 20

February 19, 2010
Dance India Dance Season 2, February 19 – 20

Who will be the four lucky wild card entrants? Will the popular Dharmesh Sir be back into the competition? Our bird says the lucky four are : Dharmesh, Amrita, Jack and Saajan. Watch the telecast in Zee tonight to see if our bird is right or not. Visit us again later for the complete...
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