Non-fiction

Women and the Weight Loss Tamasha
Weight Loss Tamasha (Paperback)
Author-Rujuta Diwekar
Publisher: Westland (2011)
Price: Rs. 200
Do you know the secret behind the toned look of Kareena Kapoor? Well, she eats Parathas which she loves. She eats whatever she relishes and still manages to look gorgeous. If I tell you that you can eat all your favourite food and still lose weight will you believe ?
I am not joking but just stating the fact emphasized by Rujuta Diwekar; that food and eating should be revered and not…

A fun that lies in reading a book can not be even imagined by those who just think of reading a book. Let a book be a Fiction story or a Non-fictional narration, if the book is good, you are bout to land into a world that is as new to you as to anyone else. And exploring a new world with a road that no one knows will turn where is another fun. I have just finished reading one of my last books of 2012 as my exams are…

I still remember my comeback into this world of book reading- The first time that I picked “Who will cry when you die?” by Robin Sharma from Nashik Railway Station’s wheeler store(in 2008). I used to read too many books in my childhood out of which most of them used to be magazines. But after passing my 8th std, mere parr lag gaye and I refrained myself from doing any intellectual activity. In 11th std, I picked up this book again because I was in depression and I wanted to…

Title: Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, Random House
ISBN: 978-0-224-09397-2
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoirs
Pages: 633
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5/5
So I have a confession to make: I have not been able to complete a single Rushdie novel, except for Haroun and the Sea of Stories and I am not ashamed of it, only because I have tried reading his works time and again. I haven’t been able to cross the hundredth page. That is the relationship I share with Salman Rushdie’s books.
I started reading,…

Title: Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City
Author: Guy Delisle
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 978-0224096690
Genre: Graphic Novel
Pages: 336
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5/5
Graphic novels always make it easier for a story to tell what it has to. They have the sense of making the reader understand what it wants to without putting in too much effort. Maybe that is why I understand politics best through a comic strip. That works for me on more than one level.
“Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City” by Guy Delisle is one…

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Book: Curfewed Night
Author: Basharat Peer
ISBN: 8184000901
ISBN-13: 9788184000900, 978-8184000900
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2009
Publisher: Random House India
Number of Pages: 256
Language: English
Author:
Basharat Peer was born in Kashmir in 1977. He studied political science at Aligarh Muslim University and journalism at Columbia University. He has worked as a reporter at Rediff and Tehelka and has written for various publications including the Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and Foreign Affairs, where he was assistant editor. He is currently based in New York.
Synopsis:
Basharat Peer…

Reviewed by Kamalika C
Title: Timepass
Author: Protima Bedi with Pooja Bedi Ebrahim
 First Published on: 1999 in Viking by Penguin Books India
ISBN: 978 0 14 028880 3
Pages: 333
Price: 375/-
Rating: 1.5/5
If you are a bookworm then you must know when you crave for reading, you succumb yourself to read anything. And the same thing unfortunately happened with me.
My online library site was under construction. The book providers were not able to track my requested book list. So they asked me whether they could send…

Title: The Liberals
Author: Hindol Sengupta
Publisher: Harper Collins India
ISBN: 978-93-5029-143-6
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 311
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4/5
So one cannot help but compare parts of, “The Liberals” by Hindol Sengupta to Pavan K Varma’s, “The Great Indian Middle Class”, however that is just those very small parts. The rest of the book is nothing like it. The reason I start my review with this comparison is that both the books have their roots in the Indian Middle class.
“The Liberals” is in part a meditation on the…

The only thing for which I, as an emotional Indian remember about Brett Lee is how he blocked Sachin Tendulkar in his way in the last Test series we had with Australia when Sachin was running between the wickets and got run out. Once again the dream got shattered- A dream to see Sachin scoring 100th 100 in the then match. All Indians abused Brett Lee on Social Networking sites and said that he did it intentionally. In an interview, Lee made it evident that it was a mistake that…

Completed reading the first Non-fictional book by Random House publication. And it is- “The Average Indian Male” by Cyrus Broacha. I am still in surprise as to what did I expect from the book before thinking of reading it. All of us have seen this guy entertaining us as VJ many a times on several music channels. His “Bakra” show has been one of the most popular comical shows. Then we also saw this guy in Jhalak Dikhlaja where he danced less but made us laugh more with the spontaneous…