Does literature inspire life or does life inspire literature? The question is akin to a chicken and egg situation. The simple answer I think is that life and literature are reflections of each other, one without other is not worthwhile. Although majority of contemporary fiction is market based and targeted to specific section of readers – for example, romantic fiction, ... Read More »
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Madness Of The Monk by Anuj Tikku | A Short EBook | Personal Review
Indians love exploring life beyond its known boundaries. When knowledge and imagination blend perfectly with wisdom the journey of spirituality can be begun. It is very essential to apply your logic, see the things in the context and understand the hidden message when reading scriptures or following rituals. And, it is applicable to almost every aspect of Dharma – which ... Read More »
The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix | Book Series Review
Like most bookworms who start in childhood, we also grew up on stories filled with magic and fantastical fairytales, and somehow that affinity for books targeted at young readers have remained with us. If you think about it, most of such books are filled with a lot of fundamentally valuable moral lessons for young minds and so there is a ... Read More »
Moment of signal by Sreedhar Bevara | Book Review
Wealth and success are almost universal desires. All of us, no matter where we start from, would like to give our family a good quality of life, and although money isn’t everything in life, it can go a long way towards creating a healthy home and comfortable lifestyle, not to mention open doors to opportunities of advancement. Hence, it is ... Read More »
A Magnificent Obsession by Rashmi Bansal | Book Review
A hero is someone who dares walking the unexplored path and does the things which others often shy away from doing. He/she need not wear specially made costumes for them nor he/she need any extraordinary skills. What a hero needs is a genuine heart, human qualities, and conviction to fight against all odds to do the things for greater goods. ... Read More »
Trade Winds to Meluhha by Vasant Dave | Book Review
A few thousand years ago, the Sindhu – Saraswati plains were home to one of the world’s most ancient civilisations. As you may already know, the Indus valley civilisation is part of the trio formed with Egypt on Nile and Mesopotamia on Euphrates-Tigris rivers. Although the historical evidence and archaeological dig-ups on the Indus valley sites may go a few ... Read More »