Tag Archives: English

Curious by seeing famous writer/poet Gulzar’s name associated with it, we bought Half a rupee : Stories (Kindle Edition) at very affordable rate from Amazon. The book is translated in English by Sunjoy Shekhar. We have already posted our views and reviews about the same in the first segment of reviews for this book. Book Title : Half a Rupee: ... Read More »

There are a very few magazines we came across which offers a quality reading material. Safari – a science and knowledge magazine is one of them. The latest issue (August 2014) is out and here are our views and reviews for the same. Carrying forward its tradition to have cover page giving us the impression of a wild life or ... Read More »

First published in 1927, The Big Four reminded me of a 70’s Bollywood masala entertainer. Powerful villains, look-alike long separated twins, impostors, kidnapping, a long chain of mysterious murders, a big conspiracy and a happily ever after at the end of it……Sounds familiar…isn’t it? Especially so with all the remakes we have suffered recently of films from those good old ... Read More »

It is often said that genius people are somewhat mad. Possibly their passion for something make them focused on the target and ignorant of everything else, is responsible to create such image. This episode have references from the following stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A study in scarlet The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Naval ... Read More »

Although Sherlock Holmes considered his powers of deduction perfectly natural and to someone of his intellectual stature elementary, he remains one of the most enigmatic and appealing fictional characters ever since he was created. The stories of Sherlock Holmes and Watson have appealed a few generations and there have been countless adaptations in various forms of art including drama, radio, ... Read More »

In the first part of the reviews of the book Obsession: Eternal Stories Of Life And Death we took a look to the short stories written by Stormy and Bishwa. Book Title : Obsession: Eternal Stories Of Life And Death Authors : Gurpartap Khairah, Bishwa Sigdel, Stormy Hazarika, Suraj Sinha Publisher : Tara India Research Press (2013/2014) Total Pages : ... Read More »