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Book Review: All Drama, No Queen by Andaleeb Wajid

Name of the book: All Drama, No Queen

Author: Andaleeb Wajid

Publisher: Penguin India

Number of pages: 223

Genre: Drama, romance

Price: ₹ 275 (on Amazon)

Andaleeb Wajid is a very experienced, prolific writer. All Drama, No Queen is her 28th book! She mainly writes romance and horror.

I have read her story called 'Will the Oven Explode?' (on Juggernaut books app), which I liked, so I was quite eager to read and review All Drama...

The blurb says: All Drama, No Queen is a romance novel with well loved cha...

यादों का पिटारा

एक बोल है, नीले रंग का। पुराना है पर बहुत ख़ास है। ख़ास इसलिए क्योंकि वो तुम्हारा है। उसपर नज़र पड़ती है और ऐसा लगता है मानो तुम्हारी यादों ने गले लगा लिया हो।

चीज़ें, इनपे हमारा इख़्तियार होता है। तुम्हारे चले जाने पर मेरा बस नहीं था। 

'आप जाने दें इसे। इसके चले जाने से जितनी तक़लीफ़ आपको होगी, उससे कहीं ज़्यादा तक़लीफ़ इसे आपके पास रहने से हो रही है।' डॉक्टर ने कहा था।

तुम समझ सकते हो हमारी व्यथा? शायद नहीं। वो शायद सही कह रहे थे पर हम सेल्फ़िश होते हैं। हमें बस अपनी पड़ी होती है। पर तुम्ही सोचो, आसान है क्या...

Book Review: When the Wildflowers Bloom by Rupa Bhullar

Book: When the Wildflowers Bloom

Author: Rupa Bhullar

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Genre: Inspirational/Drama

Pages: 240

Price: ₹ 248 (on Amazon)

'Cheers, to lost love, new choices and unknown possibilities.'

This quotation (From the book) is the gist of this story. 

The story opens with a conflict: a very unpleasant, shocking situation Tara, the protagonist of this story has to face. A public humiliation from her husband. It makes you feel sad and angry; it intrigues you: what next?

Next, you see Tara t...

पुस्तक समीक्षा: नीना आँटी (Neena Aunty) - अनुकृति उपाध्याय

किताब: नीना आँटी

लेखिका: अनुकृति उपाध्याय

प्रकाशक: राजपाल

पृष्ठ: 112

कीमत (पेपरबैक): ₹170 (अमेजन पर)

पुस्तक स्रोत: ब्लॉगचैटर 

मुझे लगता है कि कहानी के पात्र उस कहानी के स्तंभ होते हैं। एक पाठक के तौर पर मुझे कोई कहानी कितनी पसंद या नहीं पसंद आएगी, ये बहुत हद तक उस कहानी के पात्रों पर निर्भर करता है। दिलचस्प किरदार कहानी को और दिलचस्प बनाते हैं। और नीना आँटी एक बहुत ही दिलचस्प किरदार है। साहसी, स्वतंत्र, स्वछंद और अपने मन की करने वाली और रहस्यमयी।

जैसा कि कहानी में कहा है कि उनका इतिहास है। काफी लम्बा च...

Book Review: In pursuit of Mi Amor by Sujata Parashar

(I painted a bookmark for this book)

Name of the book: In pursuit of Mi Amor

Name of the author: Sujata Parashar

Publisher: Vishwakarma Publications

Number of pages: 186

Genre: Fiction/romance/drama

Price of the book: ₹250 (On Amazon)

I received this book through Writersmelon for an unbiased review

Suhana is an intelligent and independent woman who is struggling to forget her past. Her past, so murky that it still haunts her, even in her dreams. She doesn't trust men, and after a failed relation...

कुछ अनकहा सा: A Hindi Story on Kindle

 

मेरी नयी कहानी, कुछ अनकहा सा, हिन्दी में। 

उनको देख भर लेने से सुकून मिल जाता है और फिर एक अजीब सी बेचैनी। ऐसा नहीं कि ये एहसास नया है। कई बरस पहले उनके लिए कुछ महसूस किया था पहली बार। पर ये बेचैनी नयी थी। जैसे खो दूंगा उन्हें अगर ज़्यादा देर दूर रहा उनसे।

पर सवाल ये है कि उन्हें पाया ही कहां है? इतने बरस उनके इतने करीब रहकर भी इतनी दूर। यही तो बेचैनी का सबब है।

ये एक अनोखी प्रेम कहानी है: कबीर और आयशा की। जो बरसों से साथ रहकर भी एक दूसरे से बहुत दूर हैं। क्या वो कभी करीब आएंगे? कभी ज़ाहिर करेंगे अप...

Landscape: Intuitive Finger Painting

Experiments can be so frustrating at times. But, anyway, hold on to it. They teach you a lot. Mostly, what 'not-to-do' (and it's important to know that).

And that's why I am experimenting these. The above painting is an intuitive finger painting (I did use a brush to create small branches though). I took a blank canvas and started smearing colours on it, using my palm and fingers. I had no idea what I was doing. What I was going to paint. I let it rest for a day and restarted working on it. It to...

Acrylic Painting: Black Canvas and Colour Mixing

 

I painted this forest scene for my own colour based art challenge on Instagram. Just to experiment and keep myself motivated. The prompt is : Turquoise Forest. Four more prompts to go. Join if you find it interesting.

Here are the details. I'm going with the hashtag #paintwithtarang

Also I have painted it on a black canvas, which I find very fascinating. The colours look more vibrant on black canvas. Do you paint on black canvas?

And I'm experimenting with colour mixing and find it very interestin...

Book Review: Shall We Tango, Charlie? by Chetna Lumb Bedi

(I painted the bookmarks)

There was a television serial called Aarohan and it was my favourite! When I read the blurb of this book, I was so intrigued and excited that I decided to read it, as it tells about a woman's journey, her struggles in the Indian Air Force.

There's something very cool and touching about the Armed Forces. And soldiers are something else. 

And it actually reminded me of Aarohan. (Plus the cover indicated that it was a love story, and my mind instantly ran back to ...

Peiskos: A Short Story

(A fireplace study. My first attempt. I always wanted to paint a fireplace. Not very happy with this but I painted it for this story. Acrylics on canvas)

It's a little cottage style house, situated in a sleepy town. There are two large abstract paintings hanging on lemon yellow walls.

I arrived to live in this quaint town some five months ago. The beautiful, hilly vista took my breath away. I couldn't believe I would be actually living here.

My life in the city had turned out to be a nightmare beca...