Tag Archives: popular fiction

We love reading the fictional retellings of ancient Indian scriptures. Actually, only India has a tradition to wholeheartedly accept various retelling of very important scriptures. Be it Ramayana or Mahabharata (referring just popular ones), you may find hundreds of versions of the same across the country. Bharatiya culture is the only one where you can love the Gods or their ... Read More »

Religion is a cornerstone of our lives and for most children it takes shape as they grow up and see how important it is to their parents, or not. It is also such a personal aspect of everyone’s life that commenting on any religion always carries a lot of inherent risk. However, most people agree that the purpose of having ... Read More »

“What is your Christian Name? Answer N or M” – Book of Common Prayers First published in 1941, “N or M” was set in the contemporary backdrop of World War II and tells the story of espionage and invasion by Germany into Britain. Book Title : N or M Author : Agatha Christie Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks (April 17, ... Read More »

Very popular for his crime thrillers, author John Grisham once said in interview which summarizes something like Harry Potter is the character whose books are sold more than mine! May be inspired from the same he went on to write for the kids. Well, he didn’t change the genre of writing. But went on writing Crime Thrillers (or Legal Thrillers) ... Read More »

“Dumb Witness” by Agatha Christie is yet another novel featuring her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel was first published in 1937. Book Title : Dumb Witness Author : Agatha Christie Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks, Collins Crime Club, and others Purchase Links : Buy Dumb Witness from Flipkart.com How often does it happen that we write a letter and ... Read More »

First published in 1994, The Fist of God is a typical Frederic Forsyth suspense-thriller set in the background of the war that followed the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1989. The story focuses on a super-gun with a capacity to fire the nuclear weapon called Qubt-ut-Allah or The Fist of God. Book Title : THE FIST OF GOD Author ... Read More »