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Something Old, Something New: A Fresh Second Take on Romance

I had been away from Indian Indie writers for a long time, and then I fell out of reading. However, things turned when my Kindle suggested this novel, which is a collection of novellas. Yes, Kindle did suggest the novel. I could […]

Something Old, Something New: A Fresh Second Take on Romance

I had been away from Indian Indie writers for a long time, and then I fell out of reading. However, things turned when

Something Old, Something New: A Fresh Second Take on Romance

I had been away from Indian Indie writers for a long time, and then I fell out of reading. However, things turned when my Kindle suggested this novel, which is a collection of novellas. Yes, Kindle did suggest the novel. I could recognize the names of the authors, a couple of them being from my friend-list, and I dug deep inside. And as I started diving into them, the love for the local Indie flavor began, which has taken me to different writers till now (not all as great though).

I ...

Ghoomketu Movie Review – A Plot, Performances, and Dramatization

One line: if you can clear up your mind, you will have moments of laughter in the film. I happened to chance upon

Ghoomketu Movie Review – A Plot, Performances, and Dramatization

One line: if you can clear up your mind, you will have moments of laughter in the film.

I happened to chance upon the headline of a review of the film, and before more of it fell my way, I used my free Zee5 subscription (comes with Airtel, and totally worth it because of the overall content – more on that later). I watched the film today morning, hours after its release. Later, I checked reviews, which were unanimous in declaring the film to be terrible. I respect them, but can’t change my vi...

I Am the 10th by D.R. Downer – An Extraordinary journey of about 5020 years…

I would love to echo a thought that many of the others have already echoed: Read it and enter a beautiful journey. Indian

I Am the 10th by D.R. Downer – An Extraordinary journey of about 5020 years…

I would love to echo a thought that many of the others have already echoed: Read it and enter a beautiful journey.

Indian mythology offers us so much, and yet we have always scratched the surface to suit a certain audience, and probably because the makers are not intelligent enough to comprehend anything beyond the surface. That is why, books like ‘Slayer of the Kamsa’ by Ashok Banker have remained unpopular, although highly respected.

Yet, here’s this book, I Am the 10th...

Palanquin of Heaven by H.R. Krishna, One of the Finest Novels I’ve Ever Read

I would suggest you to read this novel right away, before anything I mention about it! First things first, I’ve known H.R. Krishna

Palanquin of Heaven by H.R. Krishna, One of the Finest Novels I’ve Ever Read

I would suggest you to read this novel right away, before anything I mention about it!

First things first, I’ve known H.R. Krishna for a long time now, and I’ve known his writing skills are not ordinary. I’d not been able to read his novel till now because I wasn’t comfortable reading Kindle books on mobile, and the paperback never came here. So when I bought Kindle, it was naturally one of the first novels on my mind.

Coming to the novel, it is a story of Raag – an orphan who ref...

Parenting at the Time of a Pandemic

Dear parents,  If this lockdown is so difficult for us, it would be even more difficult for our kids, who have much more