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Not really revolutionary was Revolution 2020

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Title: Revolution 2020
Author: Chetan Bhagat 
Publisher: Rupa & Co.
Price INR 140
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 2.7 on 5
“Love.Corruption.Ambition” are the words under the title of chetanBhagat’s most recent book “Revolution 2020″. These 3 words were properly justified by him in his book but the title was not apt or may be i could not get the purpose of naming the book so.
It was 9th november when one of my favourite authors the man himselfChetan Bhagat was in the city of pearls, my city Hyderabad. I was thoroughly…

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A calendar too crowded but still time for all.. That’s her

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Title: A Calendar Too Crowded.
Editor: Sagarika Chakraborthy
Publisher: Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd
Price INR 295
Rating: 3.5 on 5
Daughter’s day, Mother’s day, Women’s day and many other days are celebrated around the world to celebrate the fact of being a woman and the uncountable situations a woman is put through every moment in her life. Well Yes, A calendar too crowded is book by sagarika chakraborthy where she has listed down the special days dedicated to the fairer sex now WOMAN.She has given heart touching stories to relate…

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Love,Friendship,Angst,Relationships,Longing….all captured so well in Urban Shots :)

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Title: Urban Shots
Editor: Paritosh Uttam
Publisher: Grey Oak- Westland
Price INR 145
Genre: Contemporary Indian Fiction/Short Stories
Rating: 3 on 5
Lets say you get to choose between a bar of chocolate as a gift or a box packed with chocolates, which one would you pick? I would pick the box because it would be a lot of sweet surprises packed together. And if you too were going to pick the same as me, then Urban Shots would work very well for you. It has the very cute Kainaz…

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It was wise to read Wise and Otherwise :)

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Title: Wise And Otherwise: A Salute To Life
Author: Sudha Murthy
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Life stories
Price-199
Madhu’s stars: 3.5/5
Wise and Otherwise was a book which i picked up looking at its title and then when i came to know it’s by Sudha Murthy, my interest in it deepened. Though i have not met her in personal life, when i read about her work and i developed a sort of respect towards her.
Wise and Otherwise is a collection of 50 really short stories in which Sudha Mam has…

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Love can happen a lot of times…. after all we all crave for love :).

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A review for Ravinder Singh’s second novel:Can love happen twice.
Title: Can Love Happen Twice?
Author: Ravinder Singh
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Love story
Price-125(Flipkart gives you at 88)
Madhu’s stars: 3/5
Ravinder Singh, author of Indian bestseller, “I too had a love story-True story” , is back with fiction this time. His previous novel was one painful read dedicated to his girl friend Khushi, who died a week before their marraige. His next book’s title is apt for the story he has carried, and will be a interesting read for…

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