As the brutalities and monstrosities of the East India company reach their peak, there are voices of dissent rising from all across the Indian sub-continent. The imperial giant continues to ignore the warning signs, but all around, kingdoms, small and big, are plotting a major overthrow.
Kranti: Ab Ek Sex Worker Ki Beti Banegi Ek Police Officer | Anuj Tikku | Book Review
Nayana is a woman born in abject poverty. Destiny brings her to the Kotha of the famous Buddho Bai in Lal Nagar of Mumbai. The kotha becomes the place where she is initiated into the world of flesh trade and where prostitution becomes her future.
The Pickle | Roshan Kulki | Book Review
The Pickle promises to take the reader into unchartered territory where hunger and lust exchange places and roles. It talks of a taboo world where hunger is restricted, but sex is openly and publicly accepted in all its permutations, combinations, kinks, and quirks.
You Don’t Love Me, The Way I Love You | Ekta Chandana | Book Review
Aarav the college heartthrob has his eyes set on Shreya. Unfortunately for him, Shreya is a girl not given to flirting and dating. When because of Aarav’s persistent efforts to woo her, Shreya finally falls for him, she falls hard and falls fast. Soon, Shreya finds herself truly, deeply, madly, and irrevocably in love with him.
A Rogue’s Love Diary | Krish Gangadharan | Book Review
Chandran Ramachandran aka Chandru is a seemingly innocent middle-class young man who falls head over heels in love with the college sweetheart Devi. Devi is dainty, sincere, and warm, the daughter of yet another middle-class family who has high ambitions and hopes from life.
Mangtu Baba’s House and Other Stories | Deepshikha Mehta | Book Review
Mangtu Baba’s House and Other Stories is a collection that fills one with nostalgia about a time and era that can never be recreated. Well written and full of innocence, this book is a beautiful blend of fact and fiction.
A Pleasant Escape | Piyush Rohankar | Book Review
Alok Shirke wants to be a civil servant and comes to the dusty old lanes of Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi to prepare for it. While he was harboring rosy ideas about a secure and respected future, he had no idea that the world that he is soon to inhabit would be much more than heavy books and day long classes.
Meeting Yama | Manoj V Jain | Book Review
Meeting Yama is the story of 3 different people who come to Varanasi for different reasons, each seeking an answer to his questions and each looking for the resolution of their issues. If you are someone with a mystic and spiritual bent of mind, Meeting Yama is the book for you
Reserved: One Won | Manu Saunkhala | Book Review
कहानी का प्रारंभ दो घनिष्ठ सहेलियों सनाया और अनन्या से होता है जो समाज के दो वर्गों सामान्य तथा आरक्षित से संबंध रखती हैं। इनमें से सनाया का चयन आरक्षण के आधार पर देश के प्रतिष्ठित इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज में हो जाता है जबकि अनन्या प्रवेश से वंचित रह जाती है। यहीं से इन दोनों सहेलियों की दोस्ती में दरार पड़ जाती है।
Faith and the Beloved | Kochery C Shibu | Book Review
At the very core of the book is the idea of keeping faith and the notion of being one’s beloved. It talks about loving someone wholeheartedly only to discover a completely different side to their personality that eventually comes as a shock.
Together We Were (W)hole | Namrata Gupta | Book Review
A page-turner is an understatement for Together We were (W)hole. This thriller opens in an office cabin when it suddenly begins to rain cats and dogs. A major business deal is about to be signed but what pans out is corporate politics and mishandled secrets which the protagonist deals with wit and cool-headedness.
Einstein Ka Ankaha Siddant (आइंस्टीन का अनकहा सिद्धांत) | S.S. Raw | Book Review
पुस्तक का शीर्षक “Einstein Ka Ankaha Siddant” विषय वस्तु के अनुसार सटीक है। यह मन में जिज्ञासा उत्पन्न करने वाला है। विश्वविख्यात वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंस्टीन के सापेक्षता सिद्धांत से तो प्रायः सभी परिचित हैं फिर यह कौन सा सिद्धांत है जो अभी तक रहस्य के पर्दे में छुपा हुआ है? यह प्रश्न कौतूहल उत्पन्न करता है।