Tag Archives: Books

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 »

The world is full of diversity and that is what makes the world worth living in, and the life, more interesting. Of course, we see a vast variety of species, monuments, structures and other stuff around us. But what I found even more fascinating is the fact that this diversity is reflected even in the abstract stuff as well. Majority ... Read More »

Another year has gone by and a new year has wandered in. I am sure book lovers around the world have published their wishlists and new year resolutions for 2022 trying to restrict themselves to only a few fabulous books out of thousands of choices. For people like us there aren’t really enough hours in the year to read all ... Read More »

Swami Vivekanand or Swami Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Datta (shortened to Narendra or Naren) in Kolkata (then Calcutta). Since last few generation he is viewed as an inspiration, especially by Bharatiya (that is Indian) youth. His iconic speech in Chicago, his dedicated work and efforts to spread the “Ramakrishna Mission” are iconic and remarkable. His life is nothing less ... Read More »