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February 7, 2024
Book review: Kashmir: Book 3 of The Partition Trilogy
Book: Kashmir
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Mythology and History
Pages: 294
Cost: 324
Blurb
Maharaja Hari Singh rules Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Princely State expected to accede to Pakistan during the partition in 1947. But Hari Singh dreams of a Switzerland-like status for his Himalayan kingdom. Meanwhile, popular leader Sheikh Abdullah rallies for freedom and the Poonchis in western Jammu revolt, telegramming Jinnah for help; soon, fearsome kabailis are carving a ...
January 7, 2024
Book Review: Battle of Vathapi: Nandi’s charge
Book: Battle of Vathapi: Nandi’s charge
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 512
Genre: Historical Fiction
Author: Arun Krishnan
Book review:
Set in 640 CE, this trilogy of books revolves around the historical Battle of Vathapi, featuring The Pallavas, The Chalukyas, and their respective allies. The story begins with the Pallava King, Mammalla (also known as Narasimhavarman), who is determined to honor two promises made to his dying father, the former king, Mahendravarman. ...
December 11, 2023
Book Review: Hot Stage by Anita Nair
Book: Hot Stage
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Thriller/Fiction
Author: Anita Nair
Blurb
When elderly Professor Mudgood, a well-known rationalist and fervent critic of right-wing forces in India, is found dead in his home in Bangalore by his daughter, ACP Borei Gowda is quite certain that it is a homicide.
Although all evidence points to the murder being politically motivated, the more Gowda delves into the case, the more convinced he is that it isn’t an assassination....
November 15, 2023
The Blogchatter Book of Thrillers
Publisher: Readomania
Author: Rehana Sultana, Anuradha Shetty, Roma Gupta Sinha, Kajal Kapur, Deepti Menon, Chinmayee Sahu, Huma Masood, Nirmiti Narain, Tarang Sinha, Anushree Saha, Dr Alpana Das Sharma, Rahul Vishnoi, Harshita Nanda, Roshan Radhakrishnan, and Suchita Agarwal
Price: 250
Buy it here: https://amzn.eu/d/2kzGADc
Book Review
The Blogchatter Book of Thrillers is a recommended read for everyone looking for a spine-thrilling reading experience. The book includes 15...
October 29, 2023
Book Review: The Nemesis
Book: The Nemesis
Author: Manoranjan Byapari
Publisher: Eka
Translator: V. Ramaswamy
Buy link: Buy the book here.
Review Manoranjan Byapari’s ‘Chandal Jibon Trilogy’ is thought to draw loose inspiration from the author’s own experiences. Within this trilogy, ‘The Nemesis,’ the penultimate installment, follows Jibon, a twenty-year-old navigating the tumultuous landscape of 1970s Bengal, marked by the burgeoning Naxal movement. In this era, both state-driven and anti...
October 6, 2023
Book review of Saturday Stories by Rashmi Bansal
Name of the book: Saturday Stories
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 156
Ease of reading: 4/5
Rating: 3/5
Buy link: Buy the book here
Blurb
From the bestselling author of Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish and Follow Every Rainbow, comes a set of sparkling stories that explores the full gamut of human emotions, vulnerabilities and truths, and captures the distinct spirit of our times.
Deceptively simple in their telling, and occasionally laced with dark humor, the short...
Book Review: Tell a Tale by Saurav Mittal
Publisher: Locksley Hall Publishing
Pages: 97
Genre: Short stories
Blurb: An arrogant man, in his greed to accumulate wealth, loses everything valuable that he has. In this current Covid scenario, when everything revolves around saving oneself, can there be anything more dangerous than Covid? A mourning father tries to bribe everyone. Sometimes, life makes you run circles according to its wish, despite your fool proof plan. If you cheat on someone, will you be able to move on? A g...
September 10, 2023
The Ex Factor by Harini Srinivasan
Author: Harini Srinivasan
Publisher: Om Books
Genre: Rom Com
Time to complete: A few hours, max – a day
Rating: 3/5
Blurb
Oindrilla Roy, also known by her friends as Oinks among several other nicknames, is having a lousy week. Cook, maid, driver, all (help) have deserted her. At work, her boss, Hawkeye, is making her life miserable. Her cousin Ankita seems to have got involved in some mess at college and needs her intervention. Her best friend Sweety Chopra is running amok...
September 9, 2023
Unbroken: The Untold Story by Indrani Mukerjea
Book: Unbroken
Author: Indrani Mukerjea
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Memoir
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“Peter’s family abandoned me…”
A rich, powerful, beautiful, and opinionated woman is always an eye sore for society. All it takes is one weak moment for the forces to pull her down, and stamp her till she stays down – shown her place in the order of things. Indrani Mukerjea is neither down nor can be shown her place. She will ri...
July 22, 2023
The Stolen Necklace by Shevlin Sebastian And V. K. Thajudheen
The Stolen Necklace is a true crime story that took place in Kerala. The events are narrated as they unfolded.
V.K. Thajudheen works in Doha, Qatar, and comes to Thalassery, Kerala for his daughter’s Nikah. After the wedding, while returning from a feast at his sister’s house, Kerala police from the Chakkarakkal police station, way lay Thajudheen near his house and take him into custody. His life takes a drastic turn that night.
Kerala police pick up Thajudheen on the suspicion of ...
