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When you work in so many commercial movies, you are often considered as a star rather than an actor. This perception is not 100% right. Late Rishi Kapoor once said something like this: when the actor is good looking it is often referred to as a poor actor and vice versa. That is an irony! Probably, he himself answered it ... Read More »

We love to talk about genuine books in self-help, motivational, inspirational and spiritual genres too. Here are quick links to some such books we talked about in the recent past. Clarity is the only Spirituality by Susunaga Weeraperuma The Quest of the Sparrows by Kartik and Ravi Nirmal Sharma The Blue Moon Day: Five Men’s Magical Discovery Enroute Life by ... Read More »

The historical/mythological fiction genre has gained popularity in India in last decade with a lot of brilliant books re-telling our well-loved legends. Some of these stick to the established versions of the epics, but provide insights and observations like Devdutt Pattanaik, while others re-interpret the epics with their own version of characters as well as timelines. Here, at ThinkerViews we ... Read More »

Some people are born with so much talent that they achieve scintillating success in whatever form of art they practice. Satyajit Ray is definitely one of such artists. While his international fame is linked to the movies he directed, we are also big fans of his writing. He has given us characters like Feluda and Professor Shonku. He also edited ... Read More »

We have often mentioned that the perks of being a professional book reviewer include getting exposed to new talents. And, we genuinely believe it. Recently, we got a chance to read a fantastic short story collection named Walks Through Life: Stories by author Santhosh Komarraju. We came to know about the book when the author has proposed us to read ... Read More »

Manoj V. Jain is a businessman who loves writing books. His books are always thoughtful and mostly fall in the inspirational/self-awakening categories. We came to know about him through his book Dystopia. Eventually, we got a chance to read his book, A Man From Mandu and we’ve had an opportunity to have an author interview with him as well. Dystopia ... Read More »