We have written before about Philip Pullman’s most popular work, the “His Dark Materials” trilogy. The majestically vast canvas of the worlds and peoples described in His Dark Materials along with its central idea of questioning the concept of human consciousness, spirituality and the role of religions left many characters and questions in reader’s memories. We all wanted to hear ... Read More »
We firmly believe and often said that the Mahabharat (aka Mahabharata) is the most inclusive epic known to the mankind. It has all the types of problems, relations, situations, love, hate, generosity, rivalry, and all the other aspects of the life we can think of, are explored in depth. It thus fascinates authors and writers to get inspired from it ... Read More »
Sometimes the real world is either too bleak if you are old, or too limited if you are young, and so you want the flight of fantasy to take you to the lands where life is more magical. Not simpler by any means, but richer in terms of adventure, in terms of drama, where every life doesn’t necessarily end in ... Read More »
Vish Dhamija’s name was on our “authors whose book we need to read and review” since very long. Before few months, I got a chance to read his book Bhendi Bazaar. The book is a crime thriller cum police procedural which starts in the International arena and then settles down in Mumbai for the rest of the part. Writing a ... Read More »
The James Bond franchise needs no introduction and as the trade of spying is as old as humankind and its tendency to go to wars, i.e, as long as our histories go, it also goes in the circles like everything else in life. The James Bonds of sixties through eighties might score very high on the flamboyance and glamour aspects ... Read More »
When we think Prithviraj Chauhan, we think of the fabled king immortalised through Chand Bardai‘s Prithviraj Raso that has survived through centuries to tell us about the larger than the life Rai Pithora – of his courage and bravery, his valour in battles that drove Mohammed Ghori back 21 times, his daredevilry in taking Sanyukta away from under the eyes ... Read More »
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