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The Christmas Train (Book Review)

“There’s something about a train that opens people up.”

~David Baldacci The Christmas Train

Indeed, there is something about a train, especially about a Christmas train, that provokes people to think, speak, reflect and just enjoy the journey together. It helps people to open up, talk their hearts out and go into the inner crevices of their mind.

Tom Langdon goes through a similar experience in the novel “The Christmas Train” where he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventu...

Growing as a Human Being (Book Review)

“Get yourself out from your safe zone and experience life like never before.”

~Aakash Sharma, Growing as a Human Being

“Growing as a Human Being” is a book where author Aakash Sharma puts down all his learnings, wisdom and self-realizations gathered from the experiences of life, with the intention to bring some positive changes in the life of his readers.

“Attack obstacles because there is a door of victory just behind you.”

~Aakash Sharma, Growing as a Human Being

Penned at the age of ...

One Day in December (Book Review)

“This is the only time we will ever kiss each other. He knows it, I know it, and it’s so achingly melancholy-sexy that I feel tears threaten again.”

~One Day in December, Josie Silver

“One Day in December” by Josie Silver is a heart-warming, unforgettable love story spanning over 10 long years and 10 Christmases, weaved with a magical touch that makes us believe in chances, destiny and true love again.

It’s a story of a love triangle between two best friends and a boyfriend. Laurie locks h...

Mostly Normal (Book Review)

“Disability does not teach anyone patience and courage, life does. And life is for all of us.”

~Priyadeep Kaur, Mostly Normal

And this is what author Priyadeep Kaur wants to express in her book “Mostly Normal”. From her personal experiences, she knows exactly how a person with special needs should be treated: not with pity, not as a brave soldier, but as a person who, if not normal, is mostly normal.

“Mostly Normal” is actually a bunch of unedited letters that author Priyadeep Kaur wrote f...

Venom of Poetry

Earlier,
I believed
Of all the modes
Of expressions,
Perhaps only Poetry
Is the one that
Speaks the truth.
I believed
Poetry to be that emotion
Of the innocent heart
That doesn’t know
The venom of lies.
And
I foolishly believed
Every word etched
In your Poetry,
Thinking them to be true.

I believed you
When your poems made
The promise of
An eternal love;
I believed you
When your poems said
You can’t live without me;
I believed you
When your poems hinted
You will go crazy
If ever I choose to leave;
I believed you
When you...

Break the Period Myths!

A lot of myths, superstitions and misconceptions are circulating around the world regarding the natural process of menstruation since forever. It’s strange how even though at one time, a quarter of women of reproductive age are menstruating and yet there is still a great deal of confusion about how periods affect women’s lives. For centuries many cultures believed that a woman on her period was impure. This false belief still lingers in the mind of people even today, along with several other myt...

I am With You, Always and Forever (Book Review)

“Close your eyes and feel the warm embrace;
Look into your heart, I’m already there.”

~Sweeti H. Markhana: I am With You, Always and Forever

True to its promise, the words penned by author Sweeti H. Markhana in her self-help book “I am With You, Always and Forever” is sure to stay etched forever in the heart of its readers.

Combining prose with poetry and divided into multiple mini chapters, this book goes on to give some of the best advices of life that will always be there for us as we jo...

Healing Comes in Waves (Book Review)

“They say time heals
but maybe,
Time heals its wounds
as we heal ourselves.”

~Twinkle Patel, Healing Comes in Waves

Simple, vibrant and emotional, “Healing Comes in Waves” by Twinkle Patel is penned with the unique thought that our emotions are like that of the uncontrollable waves of oceans, magnificent and chaotic at the same time. So, we must embrace the storm within and dance with the chaos if we wish to experience the rainbow of life.

“Unmistakably,
the eyes that once seemed still
now seem...

Icy Magic: Ocean Fairies (Book Review)

“As fairy power is dimmed in the human world, we may need outside help to recover the shells. Human contact will empower us.”

~Icy Magic: Ocean Fairies

And so began Alice and Christy’s journey into the magical world of ocean fairies as the two sisters meet with Oceana, the ocean fairy on their summer camp and joins her to visit the Icy Palace. The magical journey continues with the promise of a great adventure to recover the seven magic shells from the villain Fireblast who stole them from the...

Message From The Stars (Book Review)

“You give me that
Which no one else does!
You stir my fire
And calm me too.”

~Sukanya Basu Mallik, Message From The Stars

Astrology, birth charts, zodiac signs and the thousand extraordinary ways of the Universe have been fascinating mankind since time immemorial. And when Astrology gets intertwined with Poetry it gets even more fascinating.

So, welcome to Sukanya Basu Mallik‘s “Message From The Stars” where she dedicates a poem for each zodiac sign and explores the interpersonal dynamics bas...