Books

The Reluctant Detective by Kiran Manral – review

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January 23, 2012
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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

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January 23, 2012
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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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Paris is a bitch

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January 19, 2012
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“Paris is a bitch” is a short story all of roughly 40 pages by crime-fiction author “Barry Eisler”. I find that if you haven’t yet read anything by Barry Eisler yet, this would be a great place to start. Its generally fast paced, well described, has major characters John Rain (contract killer/assassin) and Delilah...
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The Patriot – terror on the high seas by Jims Andrews

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January 16, 2012
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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

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December 4, 2011
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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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Book Preview: Trade winds to Meluhha by Vasanth Dave

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November 10, 2011
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“Trade winds to Meluhha” is a forthcoming historical novel written by first time novelist, Vasant Dave. Here is a short preview of the book for our readers. The Mesopotamians knew Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization as ‘Meluhha’. Explorer Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame sailed in a reed-boat from Iraq to Oman and from there...
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Love on the Rocks by Ismita Tandon Dhankher

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November 3, 2011
Love on the Rocks by Ismita Tandon Dhankher

  Author: Ismita Tandon Dhankher Author: Ismita Tandon Dhanker Format: Paperback Language: English Pages: 224 Price: 150 Publishers: Penguin ISBN Number: 9780143414681 About the book: Is it Miss Marple at her post teens, or is Sancha bitten by the Marple bug? Or is she somehow related to the prim moustache Hercule Poirot? Ishimta Tandon Dhankher seems...
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Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat – review

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October 19, 2011
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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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Love at First Sight and Other Stories by Deepak Karamungikar

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September 29, 2011
Love at First Sight and Other Stories by Deepak Karamungikar

Author:  Deepak Karamungikar Format: papaerback  Language: English Pages: 136 Price: 100/- Publishers: A S Arts Deepak considers “”love at first sight & other stories” as a memorable selection of his very own choicest blog posts that have been a apart of his “Stochastic Chronology”. The blog that claimed the attention of several online blog...
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The Suicide Banker by Puneet Gupta

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September 23, 2011
The Suicide Banker by Puneet Gupta

If you liked “If God was a Banker” and “Devil in Pinstripes”, here is another fiction based on banking world. But can Puneet Gupta,  author of The Suicide Banker, bring a final balance sheet that adeptly handles various characters, their personal life and the banking environment? I am going to give the bank book...
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