Book Review

Delhi Is Not Far by Ruskin Bond

Delhi Is Not Far | Ruskin Bond | Book Review

DELHI IS NOT FAR IS ONE OF RUSKIN BOND’S BEST WORKS PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 As will be the case with most of the people who grew up in the 1990s, a major chunk of my childhood too was spent on watching Doordarshan sponsored children television programs. …

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The Kings Harvest by Chetan Raj Shrestha

The King’s Harvest | Chetan Raj Shrestha | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 3 /5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I remember it was the summer of 1996; my aunt was newly married and still living with us when her tall, dark, handsome knight in shining armour came to stay with us (read stay with her) for two weeks. It was a …

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Walking with Lions | K. Natwar Singh | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I have always been a fan of memoirs and I prefer the ones written by politicians. K. Natwar Singh has been a diplomat, a politician and an author. He has served as India’s ambassador to many countries, has been an MP and has also served …

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A Passion Beyond Extremes by Rajnish Gambhir

A Passion Beyond Extremes | Rajnish Gambhir | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 There is one thing which scares me the most in any book – the number of pages it contains. There are a few exceptions to this – Lee Child, Tolkien, James Patterson, etc. Their books are a delight to read and even those …

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Pow! Mo Yan

POW! | Mo Yan | Book Review

PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 “Wise Monk, where I come from people call children who boast and lie a lot ‘Powboys’, but every word in what I’m telling you is the unvarnished truth.” Just as the author, I too would like to present my opinion in all honesty. …

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Kasab The Face of 26/11 Rommel Rodrigues

Kasab: The Face of 26/11 | Rommel Rodrigues | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Throughout modern Indian history, there have been some events which have forever left a cavity so deep, that even the mighty Arabian Sea cannot attempt to fill it in its lifetime. One such atrocious disfigurement of the beautiful face of our Mother India …

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The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Set at the brink of the Early Modern Era, a time which remains a landmark in the power struggle between the Pope and the Roman Emperor, Umberto Eco’s inaugural novel, The Name of the Rose, is as much a murder mystery as it …

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Roll of Honour Amandeep Sandhu

Roll of Honour | Amandeep Sandhu | Book Review

PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 Amandeep Sandhu is a friend of mine (on Facebook) and I find him to be very creative. He had, very recently, posted an album consisting photos of the people who had influenced his life while he was in Delhi. It was a very interesting …

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Behind the Silicon Mask

Behind the Silicon Mask | Eshwar Sundaresan | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 There have been numerous books these days on office life – “The Bankster”, “31: A Thriller”, etc. but most of them have been based on either financial or advertising industry. Behind the Silicon Mask is based on the lives of Indian IT professionals and …

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South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun | Haruki Murakami | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 After spending almost an hour wondering how to do justice to this work, I’ve realised the best way would be to begin by stating outright what South of the Border, West of the Sun isn’t. Firstly it isn’t a raunchy novel about a …

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Compass Box Killer

Compass Box Killer | Piyush Jha | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 With over a hundred options, every week, to choose from, selecting a good book to read is a very difficult task. Some go with the cover, some with the author name, some with the title and some with the synopsis. I prefer going …

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