Book: SHE: A message for those who belittle girls
Author: Dr Sarika Jain
Published by: Blue Rose Publications
Year: 2019
Review by: Smita for Active Reader Book Blog
Rating: 3.8/5 stars
I have been assigned to review this debut title by a talented author named Dr Sarika Jain. Her book is a lasting impression upon my mind as I could relate myself to many of the issues she has raised. However,
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A change sometimes is essential. I changed my reading course for once, recently, and got my hands on something that’s different – a book written by Himanshu Saxena – The ON Side of Office. The cover gives an impression of the book being a novel but it isn’t. This is a first-hand experience of being in professional life for about 16 years and now the author wants to share his professional experience with many others who are in
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Anuj Tikku’s travel diaries are always interesting. He has travelled to many destinations in the world. However, his journey to Antarctica has been the most coveted one that many travel enthusiasts in India have been waiting for. Anuj’s trip to Antarctica, that he took in 2017, has been recorded in a very elaborated way in his book Antarctica Diaries: A Trip to Beyond. This book is decorated with pictures, details of beautiful landscape, all important sights that anyone
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Sujith Balakrishnan’s debut book in English, a novel, The Chronicle of Golgotha Days, has left the readers impressed with its pathos and a powerful narrative in the first-person that directly involves the victim, Abhaya. This novel is based on a true incident that took place years ago in 1996. The victim was a school student who was abducted and compelled to become a prostitute by the people who were conspiring with the bus conductor she thought herself to
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“I use to be a man fine and witty
No cares in the world full of terimity
Untill the heavens fell off my dad was murdered
And i was stranded with his property”
Anuj Tikku is a famous name. Sometimes ago, he was very much into Bollywood. However, after certain incidents, he turned himself toward different paths and began exploring his inner self in his writings. In his collection, I Am in Love
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Writing a historical book, either fiction or nonfiction, is not an easy task. The author has to maintain harmony between facts and personal opinion. Neither can you manipulate the facts nor present a completely different narrative. It tests the skills of the writer to come out with her or his best. Moreover, as a reader, we want to read those historical writings which share shreds of evidence and a few personal opinions or biases, maybe. So, today we
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In 2015, a novel hit the book market – Life is a Bitch. It featured the central character who is taken rather from the common society – Kumar. A guy with ambition but not a direction and then the life around him changes when he meets his fate – in a common civil society, things, even the tiny things, matter a lot. This is what the novelist of that debut novel, Asmit Rathod, wanted to tell his readers.
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Ananya and Raman are school sweethearts who grow up together, laugh together, cry together, celebrate together, fight together but all the way, remain together and understand that whatever is between them is pure, serene and lively – is that love? Well, they are still learning but they are certainly the perfect couple!
Sunain Banga’s latest novel, and his second overall, The Perfect Couple has recently been published by Notion Press. After his first novel, The First
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Book: Why do we celebrate Holi: Holi Festival
Author: Anitha Rathod
Pages: about 30
Published by: Self-published
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reviewed by: Surabhi for Active Reader
Anitha Rathod’s, the famous children writer from India, latest book for kids has a message, has the connectivity to keep the readers indulged and also have wonderfully designed graphics that convey the exact ideas – her book Why do we celebrate Holi: Holi Festival has
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Ravi Dabral’s debut novel, Greed Lust Addiction, has been recently published and launched for the readers worldwide. This novel is apparently a blend of issues that we face in contemporary society. However, the twist comes with the introduction of a Yogi (or Sadhu or Sanyasi) referred to as Guruji. When the central protagonist fails on all fronts and loses hope, he is rescued by Guruji and then guided to lead a revolutionary plan to eradicate corruption and evils
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