This is anything but the cliché, being hammered at with intensity, in the title! It’s not a love story unless you have a thing for high adrenaline car chases along the streets of Paris, in pursuit of bad ass terrorists committed to blow up an international summit and all those gathering for the purpose!...
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Kiran Desai won the Man Booker Prize 2006 for her “Inheritance of loss” , which happens to be her second novel. Luckily , thanks to my memory ( lack of it , infact) I had totally forgot all through my reading that the book comes with a baggage of Booker price reputation . Surprisingly...
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‘ If God was a Banker ‘ becomes the first book in my book review section of my blog. I used to be once a vociferous reader but somewhere down the lane I stopped running my imagination on the words I read from the pages of various authors , so I decided to restart...
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Some landmarks even if it seems trivial should be cherished . Little pleasures give wonderful boost to your confidence and a drive to perform better. baby steps of toddlers gives immense pleasure … so today while going through my posts statistics , I realized i have written so far 151 posts ! Strictly speaking...
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Divya by Yashpal is set in historical times, the era when teachings of Buddha were prevalent and people were embracing Buddhism. The book is originally in Hindi, it’s been translated in English by Anand. It is a story about the girl Divya. The book traces her journey from her teenage to the time when...
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The meaning of Secularism takes a whole new meaning when it comes to the dictionary of Indian politicians. BJP ( Bharatiya Janata Party ) is labeled a right wing hindutva communal party by the oppostion parties. They are supposed to have an “agenda” representing only the majority hindu population. They are treated as divisive...
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Five Point Someone is the maiden novel of Chetan Bhagat , the IIT / IIM graduate turned Author , whose novel “ One night @ Call centre ” was quiet a hit with the Indian readers (but not with me) and was later made...
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