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Book Review: Finding Juliet

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Finding Juliet by Toffee Blurb Arjun is an incredibly nice guy who believes in true love and is waiting for it with open arms. He falls in love, not once or twice, but thrice. And every single time, happiness – like the girls he fell for – comes very close to him before pushing him away. His only pillar of strength in all his moments of grief and dejection is his childhood friend Anjali. Dejected by the games played by girls and fate, he leaves Hyderabad for Bangalore and ends up meeting Krish, an irresistible flirt. Krish understands Arjun’s predicament, pacifies him with his words and enlightens him about the most complicated species ever created by God – Women. And then, Arjun’s life changes forever. Will Arjun find the one he has been waiting for, or will he end up becoming a flirt? Will he ever taste lasting happiness? Join Arjun as he tries to figure out women and discovers the meaning of love, lust and life… all in his journey of Finding Juliet. ...

A walk in the Rain : Book Review

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A Walk in the Rain by Udai Yadla Blurb Love is elixir that keeps you alive. Love is poison that kills you. Unreciprocated love keeps you alive but kills every day. Heartbroken Sunny lives a reclusive life, trapped in the past, living in his memories. He has no complaints about his life but refuses to embrace the present. Saloni is a prostitute who is desperate to earn money by any means. She does not care about exploiting others to fulfill her purpose. Fate unites the loner and the prostitute to embark on a life changing journey of retribution and self-discovery. Lovelorn Sunny turns misogynistic after Sandy, the only girl he loved walks away from his life, unannounced. He suffers painful solitude for almost two decades with the relentless haunting of her thoughts. A distressed friend Imran, vows to change his life forever. A surprise planned for his birthday turns into a tragedy that claims the life of his dear friend, triggering a series of unbeli...

Book Review on Soulless

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SOULLESS by MV KASI BLURB They say when you take revenge you lose a part of your soul. But Sia hadn't felt her soul in a very long time. She only knew the soul-crushing fear and helplessness. Especially during the nights, when she fought an invisible enemy that terrorized her during the nightmares. Her days weren't any better either. She spent most of them trying to desperately gain control of her life while battling her various fears and addictions. She was only twenty three, but she had resigned herself to live the rest of her life that way. Fearing the unknown. Until it all changed one day. Now she knew. She knew that the monster from her nightmares was real. And also that her soul had been ripped apart from her. The memories had brought in fear, rage and pain, along with a strong craving for a swift payback. But revenge was a dish best served cold. And it required a complete absence of emotion. So now? Now...

Book Review : The Secret of God’s Son by Usha Narayanan

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KATHA HAI YEH YADU VANSHA KI… Book- The Secret of God’s Son Author- Usha Narayanan Genre- Fiction (Mythology) Publisher- Penguin Metro Reads Pages- 246 Price- 299 BLURB ‘The seas will devour the glorious city of Dwaraka. People will forget your name and your Gita. May the world perish! May the world perish!’ With this cruel curse on Krishna, Queen Gandhari plunges mankind into the unspeakable evil of the Kali Yuga. It is up to Pradyumna to try and reverse the dire prediction. To journey into terrifying realms, confront Yama and Shiva, and to vanquish the Kali demon. In order to do so, he must shed all that holds a mortal back—his arrogance, his fears, his baser instincts… He must lead his people out of the swirling vortex of greed, disease and misery. And there is one powerful weapon still…the secret surrounding Pradyumna’s origin.  Will he uncover it in time to fight off the cataclysm? In the answer lies the destiny of all humanity...

A short review on "The Simarillon": A Detailed and Illustrated history of Tolkien's Middle Earth

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Tolkien had created a great compelling world with a variety of intense characters. I met many of them for the first time in the "Lord of the Rings" series. Here there are far too many great characters to pen down.  The characters like Hurin and his son Turin, Beren and Luthian, the Valars, Feanor and not to  forget Morgoth or Melkor and his disciple Sauron are fantastically described and had been displayed in  all their flavors.  Mithrandir always has been my favorite and still it IMAGE by  http://greev.deviantart.com/art/Mithrandir-348547257 remains the same. Though I would love to read about all the characters far more than it is given here. These are only some of the immortal characters that one will come by in this book.   THE VALAR Photo source:  http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/File:Tumblr_n2cn1tJpre1s3svhbo1_1280.png The book gives us a rich set of tales that explain in minute details the mythology behind Tolkien’s fantasy w...

Sense of Rootlessness in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “NAMESAKE”

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“ The formation of a diaspora could be articulated as the quintessential journey into becoming; a process marked by incessant regroupings, recreations, and reiteration. Together these stressed actions strive to open up new spaces of discursive and performative postcolonial consciousness. ”  ― Okwui Enwezor   (web) “Quest for Identity” or “Roots” marks the Diasporic fiction. While major concerns of the most diasporic writers are fractured and fluid nature of individual identities they also points out the differences in exploring how new and old generation Diasporas relate to their land of origin and the host culture. Due to the displacement, Diaspora’s quest for identity, a sense of inability to belong becomes all the more problematic and desperate. The rootlessness, coupled with the apathetic attitude of host culture sums up to the sense of otherness and alienation. If seen metaphysically human beings seem to be in eternal exiles. Human beings do not have a permane...