Reviews & Musings

Introduction ISIN: 978-93-8061-979-8 Genre: Travelogue (Anthology) Publishers: Good Times Books Pvt Ltd Price: Rs. 250/- (I got this book from Blog Adda for review) Interested in funny, heart-warming, and inspiring real life travel stories? You will love reading Railonama. It is an anthology inspired by travel on the Indian Railways. The book contains stories from authors: Ajay Mankotia, Ambika Jindal, Anindita Deo, Anupama Sharma, Asiem Sanyal, Atul Sharma, Bala Parthasarathy, Chandrashekhr B. Kulkarni, Diane Caldwell, Dilshad Sanyal, Dr K.C. Jindal, Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan, Elayne Clift, Francois Juneau, Frank Joussen, Ganesh V, K.H.D. Karr, Ken Haigh, Kshitij Bisen, Lalita Bhatia, Malini Mathi Vathanan, Mary McCormack, Michael Clifton, Monali Ghatge, Nikhil Narayanan, Pradeep Chaswal, Raminder Rayar, Renuka Vishwanathan, Rohit Khanduri, Savita Mudgal, Shailender Arya, Sharada Balasubramanian, Sheela Jaywant, Sheila Kumar, Sijeesh V Balakrishnan, Snigdha Khurana, Su...

Introduction ISBN: 978-93-84030-58-2 Genre: Mythology Publishers: Westland books Price: Rs. 395/- ( I got this book from Blog Adda for review ) Lakshmi massages Vishnu's feet. Is this male domination?  Kali stands on Shiva's chest. Is this female domination?  Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender quality? Why then is Shakti never half a man? Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things about humanity and nature. Which is the correct reading?The fourth title in the bestselling '7 Secrets' series focuses on the Goddess, and respected mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik tries to unravel the secrets locked within her stories, symbols and rituals. Behind The book Source: Google Images

Introduction ISIN: 9789382665199 Genre: Fiction Publishers: Sristhi Publishers Price: Rs. 195/- (I got this book for review from Blog Adda) Oh… You cannot go without me! I know you are tired, but come, This is the way. – Rumi Maahi has lost her way. The tired, desperate young soul who remembers nothing except dying next to sea waves and a strange golden-haired man. Veeru is a young, happy-go-lucky entrepreneur who creates www.marryAghost.com, and gets pulled into an adventure when Maahi registers as the first ‘ghost’. Asmita Burman is an old, half-blind professor who finds Maahi inexplicably, can hear and see ghosts, and knows way too much about them. And then there’s D’Mello, a five-hundred-year-old ghost of a Portuguese nobleman also searching for Maahi, mysteriously appearing and disappearing. Who will help Maahi get freedom by finding her golden-haired beloved in fourteen days before she gets trapped on earth, maybe forever? Join the age-old...

Introduction ·          ISBN - 978-0-473-17480-4 ·          Genre: Fiction ·          Publishers: Southpac Publishers ·          Price: Rs. 350/- ( I got this book from Blog Adda for a review ) The title is an attitude - our tendency to feel defeated by the scale and nature of certain problems. Rather than meet them head on, we circumvent them with a sigh and a consoling “never mind, yaar”. When long time friends Binaifer Desai and Louella D’Costa meet Shalini Dayal at Gyan Shakti College, a true friendship that transcends cultural and religious backgrounds is born. Louella is a Christian, Binaifer, a Parsi and Shalini, a Hindu. The novel’s main plotline surrounds Shalini who has fallen for an impetuous student activist, Bhagu. Where does his desire to help the less fortunate lead him? The challenge...

Introduction ·          ISBN -978-81-925354-4-9 ·         Genre: Fiction ·          Publishers: Vitasta Publishing ·          Price: Rs. 195/- ( I got this book from Blog Adda for a review ) Teenage is an age when there are so many changes that happen in our lives - blame it on hormones, peer pressure, friends and the eternal thing LOVE that happens to most of the teenagers in this age. It also leads to confusion, loads of mistakes , some wrong decisions and yes a life long repent. I am an eternal romantic and hence the name Love is Vodka made this book a sure shot read for me so when it was there in Blog Adda for review I had to grab it with both hands! Behind The book   Source: Google Images Will she decipher the true meaning of love?

“ Amma….uppu…. .” ( Translation : Ma.. ..salt ) Padma screamed from the dining table. She started taking deep breaths as instructed by her yoga teacher to control her seething anger. Her mother had prepared her favourite upma for breakfast today as asked by her but like every time she had forgotten to put salt in it. “ Forgot … "she sniggered “ How can someone forget some basic things just like that ” Padma recollected her school days when her mother would forget to put sugar in her milk sometimes making her irritated early in the morning. Forgetting salt was perhaps the most common thing that she did regularly otherwise every day there was something new forgotten.

Lessons in life come in various forms; sometimes it is an incident, sometimes it is a book, sometimes it is a movie while sometimes it is a person. For me it came in the form of Mr. Sharad Patel, owner of I-care Optics Limited.  My first meeting with him is still very deeply imbibed in my mind as it was truly what you can call an unforgettable encounter. I had been requesting him for a meeting since past 6 months when one fine day God was kind enough to bestow me with His blessings in the form of a meeting with Mr. Patel. Equipped with loads of investment brochures and tons of positivity I set out to meet him unknown to fact this was going to change the way I viewed things.

Introduction   ISBN: 978-81-923280-7-2 Category: Business Publishers: Aleph Price: Rs. 695/-  ( I got this book from Blog Adda for review) As you might have guessed by now I am a voracious reader and I literally gobble up books be it fiction, nonfiction, self help or business. I fell in love with Devdutt Pattanaik’s writing when I read his 99 thoughts o n Ganesha. His grip on mythology with added knowledge the lucid style of writing had me hooked and I can claim proudly I am huge fan of his after that. I had mentally vowed that day to read each and every book written by him. The day I saw this book up for review the most striking feature which pushed me to apply for it was its blurb and the cover page. In an instant I knew I had to read this one. Am not I lucky that I was selected to read this one? ( Especially when it is currently out of stock on all leading book stores!! ) Behind the book Source: http://bit.ly/Z4XgSd ‘As is belief, so is b...

Introduction ·          ISBN: 978-81-908636-2-9 ·          Genre : Fiction ·          Price: Rs. 195/- [ I received this book from Blog Adda for review ] ·          Pages:335 ·          Publishers: Ap eejay S tya Publish ing The biggest thing that attr acted me to this book was that it had a woman as a super hero a nd more so it was set in India. Having read the Twilight ser ies, there is nothing more that I could have asked for o ther than reading a book with vampi res in it and an Indian S uper heroine fi ghting against them !

Introduction ·          ISBN: 978-93-81206-09-6 ·          Genre : Self help ·          Price: Rs. 200/- [ I received this book from Blog Adda for review] ·          Pages: 160 ·          Publishers: Power Publishers I am sure by now you must have guessed that I love quotes and one liners. Be it my FB profile or my blog here, I am either sharing them or trying my hand on them. This book was a had-to-be-read for me simply because it promised to be a collection of one liners from the author.More often than not if observed closely all of life’s questions are answered in such one liners. And this book, Words to Inspire the Winner by Dr. Roopleen in you is also one such answer.

Introduction Shakuntala & Dushyanta ISBN: 978-93-82618-28-7 Publishers: Westland books Genre : Fiction, Romance Price: Rs. 125/- ( I got this book from Blog Adda for review) Ganga & Shantanu ISBN: 978-93-82618-29-4 Publishers: Westland books Genre : Fiction, Romance Price: Rs. 125/- ( I got this book from Blog Adda for review) Love is the language of the universe. History has witnessed everyone including Gods and Goddesses have fallen prey to it and spoken this language. When love decides to attack it does not see the caste, creed, religion or status symbol. It just chooses its victim and the rest as they say is history. Epic Love Stories by Ashok K Banker is a collection of 5 such love stories which created history. Thanks to Blogadda, I was fortunate enough to recieve 2 of those stories for a review,

Introduction ISBN: 978-81-291-2048-9 Publisher: Rupa Publications Category: Fiction Price: Rs. 250/- ( P.S: I got it from BlogAdda for review ) Behind the Book Bankers build their career on trust, or so everyone thinks, till a series of murders threaten to destroy the reputation that the Greater Boston Global Bank (GB2) has built over the years. Source: http://twitpic.com/b8o8wp

Source: Google Images Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons.  ~Author Unknown

Waking up, now that September has ended it feels as if the entire month of September passed away just like that in a dream.

Introduction ISBN: 978-93-81626-68-9 Category: Thriller Publishers: Westland Ltd Price: Rs. 250/-   Once in a while you come across a book which makes you feel ‘ WOW ’. The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi is one such book. Combining history, mythology and geography with fiction the author has managed to create an excellent storyline which makes you feel like being on a roller coaster ride. Behind the book The Krishna Key is a furiously paced and riveting thriller that explores the ancient secrets of Vedic age and the Mahabharata. The review in progress!   About the Author Ashwin Sanghi is an entrepreneur by profession but writing historical fiction in the thriller genre is his passion and hobby. For more details please visit www.sanghi.in ‘Me’ Thinks I have a very bad habit of reading the last page of the book first before beginning to read the entire novel. It kind of convinces me to read it as I am able to gauge the flow of the ...

Introduction Fractured Legend (ISBN 978-93-81791-07-3) By Kranthi Askani Published by APK publishers Price Rs. 195/- ( I got it from Blog Adda for review)   ‘ And then…God created Women and the world was never ever the same .’ Though people chose to blame women for all the chaos on this earth I think it is women who actually add a sense of calm to the otherwise chaotic ways of this world. This book, Fractured Legend, is woven around the lives of three women who are clinging onto the tiniest hope they have with all their grit. An interesting attempt by a first timer at capturing the various, mysterious forms of women! Behind the book Source: Google Images Fractured Legend is the story of three women who are sailing away from their turbulent pasts, the denouement puzzlingly curling them all together into one tight ribbon of hope. About the Author Kranthi Askani is a novelist from Hyderabad, India. His fictional style integrates m...