Tag Archives: Literature

Recently we got a chance to go through a book named “India Unlimited – Stories from a Nation Caught between Hype and Hope” by author Kulpreet Yadav. What made us to go through the book is definitely its title. We are curious to know the stories from a nation which has the oldest historical references available. The country which was/is/will ... Read More »

First published in 1963, “Caravans”, by James A Michener, is one of the first stories to come out of Afghanistan. Written as memoir of an employee of the American embassy, it vividly captures the complicated Afghan life, in the post world-war II era. Today, when we think of Afghanistan, we invariably think of it as a victim caught in the ... Read More »

The September 2013 issue of Reader’s Digest (India Edition) is reached to us and here are our personal reviews for the same. Red background and white and yellow text is there on the cover page. There seems to be a humor special article inside, and,… well let us dig into the content to know more. Mohan Sivanand clears the details ... Read More »

As the life moves on like a wheel, there are ups and downs. We cannot win every time, we have to accept that. We are blessed with a great organ named brain and have a tremendous ability to store memories. But sometimes some memories from the Past life comes haunting us, and we think it will affect adverse on our ... Read More »

A noted Indian economist, environmentalist and urban theorist, Sanjeev Sanyal is fond of history and did wrote a book named – The Indian Renaissance: India’s Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline. The book got a successful selling. His latest book is – Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India’s Geography. Here we present our reviews for ... Read More »

This time we got our subscription copy of Reader’s Digest Magazine (India edition) – August 2013, even before the scheduled time, so here are our personal reviews for the same. The cover page shows the piggy bank in the getup of a thief and the title “Is Your Bank Cheating You?” gives us the hint of what to expect inside. ... Read More »