Category: Book Reviews
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A Cloud Called Bhura by Bijal Vachharajani, Aindri C.
I liked the message conveyed through this book. It’s high time we correct our steps and build a sustainable lifestyle. Environment conservation is an important topic, not to be neglected or just wait for Bhura to hover over us in a few years. Although the story felt dragged at a few places. I felt it […]
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Unfair by Rasil Ahuja
I wish there were such books during our school times. It was tough for me to cope with having to bias for my dusky skin colour throughout my growing days. I could relate to every part of the story. The flow of the book is smooth and keeps you engaged. Absolutely loved the rap song […]
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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It was a nice short story. The first chapter was quite descriptive about the streets of St. Petersburg but the next ones were only long conversations between Nastenka and the unnamed bachelor who is also the narrator of the story. This is a beautiful but short-lived love story of the two. I did feel sad […]
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Undertow by Jahnavi Barua
Loved everything about the book except the ending. The story was flowing well until the second last chapter which was just abrupt. But again, even in real life things happen, sudden and abrupt. I admire the strong-headed attitude of Rukmini but her calmness at the end killed me. I wished she would cry, scream, talk […]
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Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
This seems to be the oldest romantic comedy that I have read. It’s a play staged during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgaria war, not really a book. It felt more like reading a script yet it was amazing. There was some confusion built in the story about who would finally marry whom but it was quite predictable. […]
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50 Greatest Short Stories by Terry O’Brien
I wouldn’t say all stories are good and engaging but this indeed is a great collection. I loved rereading (had read this long back) the story of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book is a mix of genres and below are the stories I liked reading the most. The […]
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Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny by Sadhguru
I have always admired the way Sadhguru speaks and hence I went for the audiobook version of the book rather than paperback or ebook. I am a bit disappointed with the narration as it was just like reading through a script monotonously, with no appropriate pauses, it just went on and on. Coming to the […]
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
It is a lengthy book. Read/listen at your own pace. When I first started it, I was under the impression it will talk more about the history of evolution from monkeys to humans. But I was totally surprised by the facts that were discussed there. How did religions start, what divided them, what is the […]
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The Gita (Amar Chitra Katha) by Anant Pai
Gita Saar has been explained by many in varied forms but this book outstands all the narrations. With bright illustrations and within 34 pages, the complex fundamentals of Gita have been explained. A good book, especially for our little ones when we are trying to introduce them to the life concepts described in Gita. Available […]
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Stories We Never Tell by Savi Sharma
The story isn’t something new, we have read and heard and watched it several times. Two stories are going on parallelly, one of Jhanvi, an influencer who is trying hard to deal with infidelity and success simultaneously, and Ashray, an orphan who is also trying to overcome heartbreak and just then his mom (the one […]
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