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Blame it on me
By : Seshadri Reddy, Harish Reddy
Review by Savvy National Edition, January 2010
‘Blame It on Me’ – a real life black comedy by a father and son, Seshadri and Harish Reddy, is a witty Wodehousian spin on everyday Kafkaesque moments in contemporary India.
Adrift: A Junket Junkie in Europe
By : Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
Review by The Times of India, New Delhi, 23 April 2010:
Roman theologian Saint Augustine hand remarked that the world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page. Sidhu seems to have made this her mantra for life and here she shares her experiences of extensively exploring Europe.
Have Some Chilli Snakes
By : Mamta Alva
LIFE IN A METRO
A tale about spying neighbours and bored housewives. Entertaining, but inconsistent writing hampers
ZOOMING AHEAD
By : SUNIL KAUL
Review by Sunday Free Press Journal (Panorama), 28 January 2010
This is the story of Raghu Razdan, whose single point agenda in life is to excel in whatever he does – be it in school or college, at the cricket ground, in love or in his professional career as an engineer. When he falls prey to corporate deceit, the only person to stand by his wife, Ragini. This exciting novel is a playful, tender, sensitive love story, peppered with sparkling wit- an action packed saga of the murky world of overt and covert corporate operations; it lifts the veil of dubious and turgid public issues that are used to deceive gullible investors
Review by Savvy National Edition ( Cool Pickings ), May 2010
‘Zooming Ahead’ by Sunil Kaul is a simple, action- packed saga of the murky corporate world. Fast- paced with a real twist, this book is worth a read.
The House at Hill- Beauty
By : Dipak K Pal
Arun reluctantly sits down to write a story, and soon finds himself unable to differentiate between the world he lives in, and the fictional world he has created. Be it the father’s death wish to belong somewhere, the loss of a first love, or the little child who clings on to his dear uncle, Dipak Pal’s characters have all the frailties of human nature that creates an interesting web for the reader, weaving in and out of the protagonist Arun’s imaginary and real life.
Dust, Dusk and Sesame Seeds
By : Siddhartha Choudhary
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Review by The Sunday Pioneer National Edition, 16 May 2010
Basera is a small village situated on the foothills of the Sahyadri ranges, and like any other village in India is awaiting transformation. Here one finds interesting characters – Babua who is puzzled by the constant reverie he is into; Kancha, his school friend, disapproves of the life in the village and finds happiness in a newfound path; and Saloni who is determined to set the pace of Basera’s development. The author through these characters paints a picture of life in Indian villages and addresses different social issues, namely how the evil of illiteracy haunts rural society.
A Swordtail and other stories
By : Santosh Rathod
The weaver of these short stories explores the world of unrealized dreams – from that of a housewife’s insecurity about life in Mumbai, to a girl’s innocent desire to be treated like her brother and a beggar’s quest for a better life. Those who realize their dreams, as Tulsiram and Surekha do in ‘A Family Album’ also realize that those dreams come crashing down too. A beautiful compilation of seven stories that touch on every nerve of our contemporary lives.
- Review by The Sunday Pioneer, 23 May 2010
Embracing Destiny Memoirs
By : Dr. Ashley Minas
Embracing Destiny: Memoirs is awe- inspiring, compelling poignant, true- life, entrepreneur and dedicated family man who just not only dreamt the impossible dream but embraced his destiny without wincing once. It was a journey of hope, despair and victorious living despite disappointments and temporary setbacks. It is also a survivor’s guide of an independent, self- made man and a must read for anyone interested in living to the fullest. This autobiography will keep the reader riveted, to learn how each episode in this maverick, master of survival’s life was played out in open ruggedness; this should inspire all those who desire to make a difference in life, by leaving behind their footprints on the sands of time’.
- Review by TimeOut National Edition, 5 February 2010
POINT BLANK
By : FARHAN SIDDQUI
Point Blank is not about the young who make it to the IITs and IIMs of today’s India, but about those who nurse ambitions and dreams in non-descript colleges and institutions of small-town India. Young men, like the book’s protagonist Junaid, who try to balance their carefree and inconsequential lives in a mofussil college, with growing pressures to mould themselves into ‘products’ that modern India seems to seek. This book provides a no- holds- barred view of the lives of a group of students in Aurangabad who wrestle with their existential problems, related to studies, girls and growing fears of an uncertain future. This is not a story of metro angst, but of small-town blues. The book’s portrayal of small-time desires and relationships is hilarious and also brutal, but leaves the reader misty-eyed with an end that is poignant. Point Blank’s India, after all, is the India to which most of us belong.
- The Sunday Free Press Journal, Mumbai Edition, 14 March 2010.
Short Takes Stories from Bangladesh
By : Tanvir Malik
This rare, enchanting collection of short stories from Bangladesh is a long and hard, but very compassionate, look at all that constitutes the life of a nation that came into existence after a long and bloody war of liberation.The 18 short stories, or Takes, presented here..
The Moments of Life
By : AJU Mukhopadhyay
Aju Mukhopadhyay’s The Moment of Life is a compilation of 26 short stories. The author’s deep understanding of human nature and emotions comes across through the different situations that he explores in each of the stores. Set in Bengal and sometimes in the South, the stories focus on varied subjects drawn from the everyday life of the common man.
- Free Press Journal Sunday (Weekend), 22 Novemmber 2009
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