Reviews & Musings

  ISBN: 978-9354400520  Publisher : Wonder House Books Year: 2021 Genre: Colouring Books / Self Help / Spirituality  About the Book Tatva: An Aspect of Reality, combines sacred geometrical designs to create images that soothe and relax the mind. Frame your favorite image or choose from over eight possible combinations to make larger versions. This is a never-seen-before coloring book that is sure to take you on a transcendental journey and gift to you a unique spiritual experience.  About the Author  Anaida Parvaneh is known for her famed rise in the Indian pop music scene of the nineties. She is an award-winning celebrity chef, artist, inspirational speaker, and healer. Her 'Power of You' workshops employ music, food, and art to help people connect to their inner selves. Book Review Tatva is a colouring book however, it is not the usual colour book with random images meant to be coloured by the reader. It is a book that has a lot of hidden meanings and sig...

  ISBN: 978-0578849010 Price:  INR 291/- Genre: Fiction/ Young Adult/ Thriller Book Blurb When was the last time you confronted the skeletons in your closest?  Immediately following book one, “Elephant,” Matthew “Matty” Smith awakens from his coma and discovers that his worst nightmare is all true: his grandmother, Jamie, and Derek have gone missing and his mother murdered his father and grandfather years ago. With the hospital placing him on lockdown, including no visitation rights by his loved ones such as his best friend, Lisa, Matty finds himself deteriorating into a state of the abyss, consumed with the secrets of his family. Convinced that it was the ‘stranger’ who kidnapped his grandmother and friends, no one believes him.  The hospital only believes that Matty is slipping into a toxic mental state, repeating the cycle of his family. Until one day, Lisa helps Matty escape the hospital. On the run from Dr. Brown, Officer Barry, and the town of La Crosse, Wisco...

ASIN:  B085XMDJZP Publisher: Natalie Rodriguez Price: INR 228.21/- Genre: Fiction/ Young Adult / Mystery/ Coming of Age Book Blurb When was the last time you were shut down for experiencing a mental health struggle or feeling unheard by others, including those closest to you?  Summer of 2006.  Four childhood best friends.  A family secret.  After a strange encounter leaves him hospitalized, a timid teenage boy named Matt "Matty" Smith comes home to a continuous series of events met with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Under the guardianship of his grandma, Lucia, Matt lives with unspoken questions about his grandfather and parents. The elephant in the room.  As Matt develops over the summer, the secrets only grow more profound and complex. Will the answers ever come? While searching for answers, Matt and his three childhood best friends encounter the meanings of love, forgiveness, and fate.  This story is for those who feel their voice is unheard and ...

  Genre: Nonfiction / Biography/ Memoirs ISBN: 978-9390356355 Price: INR 695/- Publisher : Rupa Publications India  Year of Publishing: 2021  Book Blurb  The Presidential Years gives a fascinating account of how one of the country's most respected veteran politicians reshaped the functioning of Rashtrapati Bhavan and responded to tumultuous events as the country's first citizen, leaving behind a legacy that will be hard to match. Pranab Mukherjee became President of India after having spent several decades in politics, and there was great speculation over how he would approach his new bipartisan role after having been associated with a political party for so many years of his life.  By the time he had served his term, Mukherjee had won the respect and admiration of people from across the political spectrum, including those who were his rivals when he was a political figure. He had the occasion to work with two prime ministers, belonging to two parties who were ...