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Sand Storms, Summer Rains
By : Asha Iyer Kumar
“What I saw of men here (the Gulf region) who came from their homeland (Kerala), leaving their people behind, was far cry from the stories I had heard of them back there. The much touted, much envied Gulf returnee there was sweating, slogging, lonely campaigner here. I saw them all around me, in the pick-up taxis, on the streets of Ruwi, on the lawns along the highway, under the summer sun, inside factories. I can describe them as my literary epiphany for the novel. They inspired such despair in me that I felt an urge to write about them”
Frying Pan and Other Stories
By : Raja
Review By Abhilash Vijayan, Debonair, April 2009 -
The themes of the 27 stories in this slim collection are relevant to our times. Issues such as social challenges of caste and class, women's rights and empowerment, friendship, love ( or rather the search for the true meaning of love ) form the base for quite a few stories. The other themes that the stories deal with are freedom and teh need to excercise it responsibly, a passion for living versus a passionate living, hope, reformation and transformation, human foibles and failings.
A Thing Called Love in an Utterly Rotten World
By : Amitava Chaudhuri.
AMITAVA CHAUDHURI has penned over 50 poems and 15 short stories. A Thing Called Love is his debut novel, which unfolds a tragic tale of a man who fails to maintain a healthy balance between family and work.
Sumit Sahai, a mechanical engineer, marries Deepa and they start their married life in Lucknow at former’s ancestral house. Before marriage, Sumit was quiet apprehensive of the holy Indian tradition of arranged marriages where a mere 15 minutes talk with a stranger required one to know each other, and..
A Guy thing
By : Suman Hossain
A debut fiction by Suman Hossain, A Guy Thing is the story of an IIT-ian, Sahil, who is a dreamer and has the courage to follow his dreams. He wants to break the norms at IIT, Delhi, and change the cliché, which he has heard from girls that "IITians are nerds".
Love From The Sidelines
By : Mayank Anand
TV actor Mayank Anand on his first book, Love From The Sidelines, which is due for release soon
Mayank Anand aka Dr.Rahul Garewal of Star One’s Dill Mill Gaye is ready to reveal yet another aspect to his personality.Soon, he will be releasing his first book, Love From The Sidelines, which is based on extra marital relationships.
The Evolution of Religions of Egypt and Harappan India
By : Sulabh Jain
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The Evolution of Religions of Egypt and Harappan India, is a thouough analysis of the striking similarities between ancient Egypt and Harappan civilisations. Each chapter itself is a goldmine of information and contains exhaustive references to other books and basic sources for further study
GANDHI’S EPISTLE TO OBAMA
By : K.B.GANAPATHY
A lucidly-written commentary on the unseemly politics of terrorism post – 26/11, Gandhi’s Epistle to Obama is both a topical and timely book of enormous depth and heart, whick unfolds in the form of massive to 44th American President. An interesting take on the development and decay of the Indian political system that deserves to be read by all those who want to know India or change India.
- Hindustan Times, The Free Press Journal (Sunday Spectrum), 30 August 2009
A lucidly-written commentary on the unseemly politics of terrorism post-26/11, this is in nature, an epistolary novel – a story told in the form of a series of letters, It’s a collection of 20 columns written as epistles. This is both topical and timely book of enormous depth and heart, which unfolds in the form of missives to the 44th American President. This is also an interesting take on the development and decay of the Indian political system that deserves to be read by all those who want to know India or change India.
- Sunday Pioneer, 6 September 2009
UNDER THE POETREE
By : LAKSHMI SHANKAR
Today children seem to be moving more and more away from the beautiful nature that surrounds us. Trees and birds and butterflies are fast being replaced by TV and video games. Verses and songs are a wonderful way to bring these into the minds of little children, and let the bubbling streams, the swaying trees and the slopping hills fill your hearts with joy.
- Hindustan Times, The Free Press Journal (Sunday Spectrum), 30 August 2009
The Fanatic Four
By : Vidit Chopra
This novel, as the title suggest, is a story about four best friends: Vidit, Kishan, Madan and Vikrant. They hate being bookworms like other students in school and always end up getting low grades. But they are happy. This debut novel by a teenager gives a wonderful insight into their highs and lows, their love-hate relationship – dexterously encapsulating their emotional journeys as they strive to archieve their goals in life. It describes how difficult things can get if one doesn’t think straight.
- Sunday Pioneer, 6 September 2009.
Avantika’s Garden
By : Prashant Pinge
Avantika’s Garden is a simple, delightful tale for children about the asdventures of a spightly menagerie lf animals that live in and around a house in suburban Pune. The cast includes Sheru the dog, Shanti the peacemaker cat, Krrish the loquacious lizard, Titli the Miss Poona Butterfly aspirant, Gun Gun the queen bee, Birbal the brainy spider, and Eddie the Anglophile squirrel. Like Children anywhere, they too have their little everyday fights and flights to fancy, dare to dream and try to make sende of their worlds. Engagingly written, the book marks the arrival of an exciting new voice in children’s writing.
- The Pioneer on Sunday, 8 November 2009
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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