Recently, Shootout at Wadala released and earned approximately 60 crore+. Everyone felt that the movie had potential except that the acting of John Abraham didn’t go well with the role. I had a big problem with the movie because I was expecting it to be just as the novel “Dongri to Dubai” was from which it has been adapted. Over this, in the movie, the main protagonist is Mania Surve instead of Dawood Ibrahim, the protagonist in the book. But while reading Dongri to Dubai, a huge respect for S…
Book No 5 of Ashok Banker’s take on the Mahabharata stories titled, ‘Devayani, Sharmishtha and Yayati’ is about ‘a love triangle that changed a dynasty.’ While the Amba and Bhishma book dwells lightly on love and more on the battle scene, ‘Devayani, Sharmishta and Yayati’ is a story about emotions – about love, lust, passion, jealousy, frustration and revenge.
Devayani loses Kacha’s love to his Dharma….
“His soul wept to deny her – and to deny himself that pleasure, and instead to stick to the original plan for which he…
The first thought that crossed my mind when I beheld this little book in my hand was, ‘Such a cute little book!’ How much could such a little book offer to the reader, I further wondered. Being an Ashok Banker’s book, expectations were naturally high too.
The last I had read in detail about the Mahabharata was C. Rajagopalachari’s book which till date is one of the finest books in English about the Mahabharata. So, when I came across Ashok Banker’s take on some of the love stories that figure…
“If I tell you all that my people have faced, blood, and not tears will flow out of my eyes… Years of genocide have desensitized us.”
“Driven out of Bangladesh, the Chakma Buddhists are a persecuted and homeless people today. The influx of these tribal refugees from the Chittagong Hill Tracts to Tripura continues unabated, with most of them refusing to return home because they fear for their lives.”
The book, ‘The Partition and The Chakmas’ is a compilation of the written work of the unsung hero of Chittagong Hill…
When Yuvraj Singh survived from his cancer, recovered and started giving interviews, the one thing that continuously gave him inspiration that we kept hearing was the book “It’s Not About the Bike My Journey Back to Life” written by World-champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong himself survived Cancer and went on winning 7 Tour De France which, recently, this year, has been taken away from him because he accepted that he doped during the races. It shocked even Yuvraj Singh who saw him as inspiration throughout his treatment. In one…
After reading lots of fiction novels, I am done reading a non fiction self-help book “A Survival Guide For Life”. Seems to be just another Self-Help book but no, its not. The name of the author will itself make you determinant to read this novel as soon as you can even though the author has scripted more than 11 books. Awesome!!! He is no one other than our very own adventurous role model- the host of Man vs Wild- Bear Grylls.-Bear Grylls’ prime-time TV adventure series is one of the…
Reading fiction and non-fiction are two different things. While reading fiction, you end up being in a world of imaginations but while reading a non-fiction attempt, you know that these things can specifically happen with you. Hence you read it with more determination and pleasure. You know that you can end up being a protagonist or experience the same events as mentioned in the book. I am just sitting after completing 4 hours read of Yuvraj Singh, the cricketer’s autobiographical attempt where he tells us about his journey from Cricket…
I am done reading Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl”. This book has been published with various titles and in almost 60 different languages in all over the world. Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who hid herself with her family during the World War II wrote a diary which was found later on from the spot and handed over to her father. Later it was decided that the book should get published as people need to know what Jewish suffered. Unfortunately, Anne Frank wasn’t alive when her book…
Tonight, I am not reviewing yet-another-fiction but a Non-fiction book named “Let’s talk money” which also has the tagline of “Road to Riches Made Easy” that is published by Times Group Books. Book is authored by Akhil Khanna who has successfully pursued the degree of MBA with specialization in the field of Financial Management at the University of Sheffield, U.K in the year 1992. He spent the next eight years working for three organizations in India, two Indian reputed companies and the third a Korean Multinational. During his corporate career,…
Title: The Krishna Key
Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Publication: Westland Ltd
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 464
“Ekkam satya vipra bahuda vidhaante. It means Truth is one, God is one, although sages may call him by a variety of names. This is the essence of Vedic philosophy.”
Ashwin Sanghi is definitely not the “you have read one, you have read it all” kind of author. The Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant and now, The Krishna Key are proof of the writing genius of this gentleman who pushes himself to the limit, exploring all horizons…