Melodies of Society by Arav Rajesh – Book Review
Poetry can be a very powerful tool to convey earnest and important messages in an emphatic yet creative way. While novels tend to be long and often become too weary…
10 Stream of Consciousness Novels you must read – a list
You may have heard about stream of consciousness many times in literary discussions. What is a stream of consciousness? What is its role in writing? What kind of novels use…
Debating Reading on Amazon Kindle vs Mobile Phones (tablets) – an honest opinion
And I am going to be brutally honest about it, friends! I have indulged in reading books for more than 15 years now (leisure and professional reading besides compulsory academic…
Pinholes in the Night: Essential Poems from Latin America – Book Review
“Life forces wane. Death is the end of life.” These two lines from the poem Life by Gonzalo Millán are interestingly the last two lines of the poetry collection that…
Jejuri by Arun Kolatkar – Book Review of the Poetry Collection
Arun Kolatkar’s legacy as an Indian English poet won’t survive beyond the elite circles of academicians, research scholars and extremely aware poetry readers. Before you slander me, try finding a…
Maya, the blindfolded: Her mistake? She trusted him by Prasad Bag – Book Review
Last week, I got to know about a novel from one of my book reviewer friends. It is the debut novel by Prasad Bag, Maya, the blindfolded: Her mistake? She…
Ponder Awhile by Mohit Misra – Book Review
A collection of poems is not a usual scenario these days. You cannot find a sensible and ‘affordable’ poetry collection at the same time. You may have to do a…
What Is Everything Made Of? The five elements of creation by Ananya Singh and Khushboo Singh – Book Review
When kids become students and start their schooling, other than the books that their teachers teach, they should start reading a few essential books that would shape their thoughts and…
The Mystery Mountains by Aurijit Ganguli – Book Review
In this article, I will review the latest novel by Aurijit Ganguli – The Mystery Mountains. Before this one, Aurijit wrote the novel titled The Shambala Sutras. The Shambala Sutras takes…
How Leaders Decide: Tackling Biases and Risks in Decision-making by Harjeet Khanduja – Book Review
Though I have read a few highly popular and immensely reputed self-help books, my venture into business books is about 4-5 years old. I started with job strategies, leadership on…
Some Love Only Once by Seema Seth is a purposeful entry to the new 20-20 literature genre
I would like to include Seema Seth’s recent work Some Love Only Once: The drone Story in the ’20-20 literature’ genre. What do I mean by 20-20 literature? It is…
Dewdrop and Banyan Tree by Ramachandran Rajasekharan – Poetry book review
Poets are not as straightforward as novelists. A novelist may speak his or her mind directly. A poet, however, has to choose the right subjects and images that might hint…