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To most avid readers, reading comes from the quest of understanding the world, not only the one immediately around you, but the bigger picture, faraway cultures, the shadowy space where reality ends, but thinking does not. The surreal and the magical does not always have to be fantastical. Some of the best examples of such works are the writings by ... Read More »

The modern competitive world comes with so many technological advancements and its side-effects. Balancing in this competitive era is really tough. The life in the corporate world is even more challenging. Actually, you get some fantastic perks in those jobs. It all depends upon the management, especially your immediate boss, your team and top management. You may have a really ... Read More »

There are so many reasons that lead us to the world of books: education, entertainment, escape, etc. But the books also are one of the best tools to inspire introspection, especially when we read works that serve as almost analytical history of time passing, generations moving and history forming. As the world has commemorated a century of the end of ... Read More »

Murder mysteries and detective fiction are some of our favorite genres when it comes to fiction and so books falling into this class are always on our reading list. One of the contemporary writers we like is Abir Mukherjee and we have reviewed his Sam Wyndham and Surendranath Banerjee series here: A Rising Man A Necessary Evil Smoke and Ashes ... Read More »

Although fiction is one of the greatest selling and mostly loved genre in the book-world of today, there is also a segment where historical fiction based on real events days past is a favourite with readers. Not only it offers the escape into past and opportunity to look at it with our contemporary glasses, it also offers a chance to ... Read More »

A person who can take a satirical look at the current happenings is more often one of the most intelligent fellows. Kamal Upadhyay is one such author. Inspired by the writings of Premchand-ji and Parsai-ji, he love to explore the things from the satirical goggles. It was Lankapati Ka Loktantra (लंकापति का लोकतंत्र) – a satire by him, that connected ... Read More »