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Publisher:Westland
Price:INR 250
Pages:184
Source:Blogadda book review program
First Published:June 2012
Homeshop 18
The outsider is blind to the drudgery of Dharavi.He chooses to see a colourful,creatively inspirational mess.We watch these blindmen as they scramble over the elephant of Dharavi.it is an amusing sight and,at the same time,a tragic one.
(from Chapter1,PLRS)
Poor Little Rich Slum is the 4 th book from best selling author,RashmiBansal.While her first 3 books have been about successful enterpreneurs, in ‘PLRS’ she(along with Deepak Gandhi) has chosen to tell the story of Asia’s largest slum-Dharavi.The…

First things first,Kiran Nagarkar’s ‘The Extras’ is a sequel to his 1995 novel ‘Eddie and Raven’. I haven’t read ‘E&R’ still I thoroughly enjoyed it’s sequel which traces the adult lives of the protagonists,Eddie Coutinho and Raven Pawar.’The Extras’ is a ‘big book’.At 488 odd pages,the novel is way too long but that doesn’t make it a boring affair.Infact I enjoyed it more than any other book which i read recently.Set in the Bombay of the 80′ s,Kiran tells a touching and poignant tale of life,love & hope and asks…

Author: R Chandrasekhar
First published in 2010
Pages:290
Price:INR 250
Published by: Hachette India
Source:Personal Copy
Homeshop 18
I had read a couple of short stories by the author which prompted me to buy his first novel.This 290 pages book published by hachette india,turned out to be a genuinely funny one.
The Goat,the sofa and Mr Swami is the most hilarious book that I have read in recent times.It is the kind of book which you can read in one sitting.Though the book has got shades of ‘Ji Mantriji’,R chandrasekhar’s…

Title: Manjaveyil Maranangal(Deaths in Yellow lights)
Author: Benyamin(Benny Daniel)
Originally published in Malayalam(2011)
Publisher: D.C. Books
Pages: 356
Price:INR 226/-
Homeshop 18,DC Books

First Things first.I am not a great fan of Benyamin.Though I loved ‘Aadujeevitham’( Kerala Sahitya Academy Award 2009),his ‘Akkaporinte Irupathu Nasrani Varshangal’ made me mad.So I was a bit sceptical when I picked up his latest best seller,’Manjaveyil Maranangal’.The book turned out to be a half baked thriller and left me terribly disappointed.Manjaveyil Maranangal starts off (well) as a murder mystery,tries to be a historical fiction in…

Author: Keigo Higashino
Originally published in Japanese (2005)
Pages:378
Price:INR 350
Published by:Abacus for Hachette India
Source:Blogadda book review programme
The Devotion of Suspect X is a difficult book to review. After all ,what’s the point in reviewing a book which has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide till date?Millions of people can’t go wrong anyways,right?I was seriously thinking about buying this book when I chanced upon Blog adda’s announcement on this book being a part of their Book review programme.Thanks to the wonderful people at Blogadda that I…

Disclaimer:This blogpost is on Kaui Hart Hemming’s debut novel,’The descendants’.I haven’t seen the movie based on this book henceforth this post needn’t be seen as an opinion on the same starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne(Foxsearchlight pics,2011)

Matt King,the land baron has his wife in a comatosed state after a boating accident.The doctors have predicted a poor prognosis and have withdrawn her of ventilatory support.Soon Matt realises that his wife has had an affair with realtor,Brian Speer and has been cheating on him all these years .The descendants…

Title:Urban Shots:Crossroads
Editor:Ahmed Faiyaz
Publisher:Grey Oak/Westland
Price:INR 199
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At a time when the market is cluttered with innumerable similarly plotted,un- inspiring works by debutant writers,Crossroads(the second in the Urban Shots series from Grey Oak/Westland India)comes like a breath of fresh air.An anthology which explores the conflict,chaos and the confusion in the lives of interesting and colourful characters in Urban India,Crossroads penned by 26 young authors and edited by the best selling author Ahmed Faiyaz is definitely a must read for all those who have a penchant for good short…

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Book Review: Aslam Rahaman’s ‘The Fortune Hunters’

Posted by nikhimenon on 7:00 PM

THE FORTUNE HUNTERS
AUTHOR: Aslam Rahaman
Genre: Romance
ISBN:9789381576816
NO. OF PAGES: 177
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2012 BY FROG BOOKS

‘The Fortune Hunters’, Aslam Rahaman’s debut novel  is a cross cultural Hindu-Muslim love story set in modern day India.

The plot-Aamir,a young Muslim is a happy go lucky guy who falls in love with Ragini who belongs to a conservative Hindu family.Set in New Delhi ‘The Fortune Hunters’ is the touching saga of their love which…

The Great Indian Love Story- A terrible book!
reviewed  by nikhimenon on 8:12 PM

Ira Trivedi’s ‘The Great Indian Love Story’ tries to explore the darker side of Delhi and it’s socialite class.Though her intention to tell a bold and provocative tale on the lives of rich and the mighty is noteworthy it’s treatment is so bland that the story loses its track right after the first few chapters itself.The characters appear as if they are sleep walking through a Madhur Bhandarkar movie with almost everyone sleeping around with everyone…

reviewed by nikhimenon 
           At a time when even the judiciary isn’t entirely free of corruption,Suresh Taneja’s debut work as a writer ‘We can pull it off’ comes across as a relevant book.Suresh not only envisages a corruption free,super power India by 2030 but also puts forward a novel strategy to achieve the goal.

          ‘WPTO’ tells the story of G4,(Vikram, Yuvika, Manisha and Akshay).They chance upon certain unexpected events during their vacation of 2009 which inturn force them to fight against the rotten system.In this fight for justice,they are…