SUBJECT: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 The film industry is full of all sorts of characters – some are revered and some are frowned upon. While we know why some characters ( the likes of Big B, Om Puri etc) are revered, often we do not know the real reason why […]
Mrs Funnybones | Twinkle Khanna | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CANDIDNESS: 3.5/5 HUMOUR: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 To be able to write humour is a gift and after reading “Mrs Funnybones” I can surely vouch for Twinkle Khanna in this department. Reading her book is akin to having a dose of the laughing gas as throughout the 233 odd pages […]
I Inspire | Neerja Malik & Megha Bajaj | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Of all the ghastly diseases that plague the citizens of this world, Cancer is the deadliest, ugliest and the most widespread. God forbid, it should never happen to anyone. The insanely tough chemotherapy sessions and the incessant hair fall are just a few of the […]
Cracking the Code | Ayushann Khurana & Tahira Kashyap | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Most of us have, in our younger and juvenile years, dreamed of making it big in the tinsel town and maybe some of us still harbour that dream. But honestly what are the odds? What are the chances? Somewhere down the treacherous path, we all […]
Real Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Service | CNN-IBN | Book Review
CONCEPT: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service” – Mother Teresa These words reflect upon the meaning of true love. What is love if not giving, and giving if not service? […]
Stolen Years: A Memoir of Simranjit Singh Mann’s Imprisonment | Pavit Kaur | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 CONTENT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CANDIDNESS: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Simranjit Singh Mann was an Indian Police Officer posted in Bombay when he resigned from the services of his organisation as a gesture to protest against the wrongdoing on the part of Indian government by causing harm to the holiest shrine of the […]
Stillness and Speed | Dennis Bergkamp | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4.5/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 If you ask fans of Arsenal football club who they think their best player was, Dennis Bergkamp would certainly be in most peoples’ top 5. The Dutch international was a player that was in the mould of the great Johan Cryuff, someone who wanted to […]
Stephenie Meyer: The Unauthorized Biography of the Creator of the Twilight Saga | Marc Shapiro | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Having been translated into 38 languages around the globe, her series has sold 120 million copies worldwide. Her fourth book “Breaking Dawn” had sold a record of 1.3 million copies on the first day alone. She is none other than Stephenie Meyer, the author of […]
Unbreakable: An Autobiography | M.C. Mary Kom | Book Review
WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Pursuing professional sports in India is a daunting job and that job becomes even more difficult when the gender in question is the fairer sex. Women sports in India are still treated as a joke and therefore there is hardly any effort or expenditures to help develop […]
On Women: Selected Writings | Khushwant Singh | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Khushwant Singh, who breathed his last on 20th March of 2014, was a man with many faces. A novelist, politician, journalist and a lawyer too, he is largely known today for his famous works like a Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, […]
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban | Malala Yousafzai | Book Review
SUBJECT: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I am Malala is the brutal but true story of Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot by the Taliban. The famous girl from the valley of Swat in Pakistan, who rose to worldwide fame when she was attacked by the Taliban on her way […]
No Matter What | Sally Donovan | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Children are considered to be God’s angels on Earth and a life without children is as dry as a barren land. In a world fueled by material aspirations, they are the only saviours of mankind. But not all have the privilege of their company. Some, […]