USAma (2nd edition): Is USA the World’s Largest Terrorist? by Amit Bagaria

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Terrorism has become the biggest threat in the contemporary world. Though the threat of ‘Fat Boy’ has gone now because every nation has realised the consequences of war, the threat that looms above us is certainly terrorism. However, the fight against terrorism has become the subterfuge for many nations (like the USA) to grind their own selfish axes. Osama Bin Laden was one of the terrorists who terrorised the world for almost one decade after pushing the

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Demythsifying Myths: Demystifying 18 Myths about India by Amit Bagaria

Demythsifying Myths by Amit Bagaria review

Background of the Book:
A distance from ‘truth’ can mislead you to a room of darkness that is often full of ignorance and, obviously, lies. Sometimes, the attempt is made deliberately because of our ideological or otherwise affiliations and sometimes it happens because we just want to roll with the status quo. The same is the condition with India’s history where much misinformation has been created to mislead the masses form the truth. However, there are

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Casino Royale – Ian Fleming – Book Review

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Review

Whenever you think about either a spy movie or spy thriller novel, with the blink of eyes the first name you will recall is surely gonna be James Bond. Well, I am not here to put up a fight with the fans of Jason Bourne or Ethan Hunt. Neither am I here to hail-high his lordship, James Bond. However, James Bond’s fame is something that can seldom be matched by any other fictional characters! Ian Fleming, the novelist

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The Great Indian Bust: A Coming of Age Fiction – Review

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The Great Indian Bust by Rishabh Bhatnagar is the latest novel by him and it has been the talk among book lovers for a few weeks now. With a good rank on Amazon and good feedback on Goodreads, it was my turn to get a copy of this work and find out what’s inside. The full title of the novel is The Great Indian Bust: A Coming of Age Fiction and the subtitle clarifies many things at

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Tatva, Soul & Karma by Tanuj Lalchandani – Book Review

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Book: Tatva, Soul & Karma
Genre: Non-fiction, religious, spiritual
Author: Tanuj Lalchandani
Published in: 2019
Reviewed by: Amit for Active Reader Book Blog
Rating: 5/5 Stars

I really love reading spiritual books and those are the closest to my heart. The best thing about spiritual books is that they just don’t provide reading pleasure but also a lot of information can be found in spiritual books. Out of many spiritual books I have

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SHE by Dr Sarika Jain – Book Review

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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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The ON Side of Office by Himanshu Saxena – Review

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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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Antarctica Diaries: a trip to beyond by Anuj Tikku – Review

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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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The Chronicle of Golgotha Days – Review

The Chronicle of Golgotha Days review

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 am in love now I can’t get it up by Anuj Tikku – review

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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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