SUBJECT: 4.5/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Amish “India’s literary popstar” Over the years Amish has emerged as one of India’s most popular writers in English. His books have sold… [Continue Reading]
my Hanuman Chalisa | Devdutt Pattanaik | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4.5/5 RELEVANCE: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Composed over 400 years ago by Tulsidas in Awadhi, Hanuman Chalisa quickly gained tremendous popularity. It was a hymn of the masses and… [Continue Reading]
19th Akshauhini: Algorithm of the Gita | Haribakth & Vaishnavi | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 The book is an attempt to peep into the infinite knowledge that Bhagwat Gita has to offer. Bhagwat Gita or simply Gita is a collection… [Continue Reading]
Tales and Legends from India | Ruskin Bond | Book Review
CONCEPT: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 RESEARCH: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 “India is more than a land, it is an atmosphere,” says the famous author Ruskin Bond who, incidentally is also the author of “Tales and… [Continue Reading]
Shikhandi: And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You | Devdutt Pattanaik | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 3.5/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 It is with these strong and effective words that the blurb to the book starts and in my humble opinion it very aptly… [Continue Reading]
Who Wrote the Bhagavadgita – A Secular Enquiry Into a Sacred Text | Meghnad Desai | Book Review
SUBJECT: 5/5 RELEVANCE: 5/5 RESEARCH: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 The Bhagavad-Gita, along with the Vedas and the Upanishads, constitutes a basic triad (prasthanatrayi) of the Hindu religion. It is by far one… [Continue Reading]
Brahma Dreaming | John Jackson | Book Review
SUBJECT: 5/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ILLUSTRATIONS: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Hindu mythology is a vast subject; multi-coloured, multi-layered, and very complex. With 330 million Gods and incarnations, it is like an unsolvable maze,… [Continue Reading]