Sriramcharitmanas aur Prabandhan Neeti by Rajeev Acharya and Surabhi – Review
I have been a reader of self-help books for a long period of time. I like many things about self-help books and also don’t get along a few things that…
Think Again: the power of knowing what you don’t know by Adam Grant – Review
Well, many people (and rightly) believe that argument is the key to unlock many unsolved questions. When we stop arguing and start accepting everything as it is, the problem starts…
The literature of the diaspora – for whom?
Indian literature, in various languages, has always been home to a diversity of opinions, ideas, thoughts and creativity that cannot be matched. Who can claim to have the creative height…
The Ritzy Maartle (The Mystery Crackers Book 3) – Review
The Ritzy Maartle is a suspense novel by Jinal Chirag Shah. Well, let this be conveyed at the outset that the novel is majorly written for a young audience who…
Uma Vanka drops the hint for his upcoming book, Future is B.I.G – technology, career, business, AI and more
Uma Vanka, the bestselling author who has written I AM A ROCKSTAR: An Expert Guide to Success, has announced his upcoming book on Social Media – Future is B.I.G. The…
Preety Praveen’s writing exhibits promise, simplicity, and a ‘serious’ concern for the romance genre
Indian fiction is almost becoming customary for the readers who read romance fiction day in and day out. A guy and a girl, most probably do not want to see…
Bond between readers and writers – secret to success as an author
Why do we know Ian Fleming? Why do we know Robert Ludlum? Why do we know J K Rowling? Coming to India, why do we know Chetan Bhagat? Why do…
A story of love, anger and Menopause – Her Passover by Jasmin Johnson brings a much-awaited discussion on the fore
Though the recent comment came from a cinema actress that there is no dearth of good content in Indian cinema (which many interpret to be Bollywood only), it is quite…
Kumar Dipanshu’s Next 5000 Years: memoirs of a Hindu without a tag – a personal attempt to express the (outsider’s) thoughts & emotions
“With the renewed interest in revitalizing cultural awareness, I have always stressed the need for ‘ingenuity’ in any effort to find the common thread of shared heritage.” While a kind…
The Poetician: A common man’s satire by Lov Pathak – Review
I have read satires by Dryden and Shadwell, vyangya by the great Indian authors like Harishankar Parsai and Sharad Joshi. I have also read critical works by the supposed great…
Sarojini Naidu: Selected Poetry and Prose Ed by Makarand R Paranjape – Review
Indian English Poetry offers a great display of diversity if you are careful enough to observe all those and minutely admire the threads that are almost invisible to the carefree…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee – the deliberately ignored poetry giant!
In India, every critic is a marxist critic emboldened with a great historical and contextual entitlement. And this gives rise to a very judgemental practice of literary criticism that discounts…