And yet again I am starting another series when I am in the middle of tens of other incomplete series. Truly speaking I didn’t have any intention to start this one, because I know that this is massive series. For people who don’t know there are around 14 books in…
Last year, I watched the movie ‘Social Dilemma‘, which portrayed how big tech companies manipulate and influence their users. It was quite a scary business and it raised so many questions in my mind as a consumer. After reading this book, those questions are popping again in my mind, but…
There are some books that are meant to change you and your life. And this is one such book. From the experiences, in the early days of my life, I have closed myself to vulnerability. I used to build a wall around myself and did not allow anyone to come…
For most popular books I try to dive blindly, especially for classics. But I didn’t know I was going for a big surprise here. First of all, I wasn’t aware that it is a modern classic. I checked that it was published only in 1951. Second I wasn’t aware that…
“Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.” Plot Overview Linus Baker works as a case-worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth for more than 17 years. His job is to visit orphanages having children with magical…
“Fiery-eyed and indignant, they would pen their stories for the whole world to read.” Synopsis Nikki lives in West London and serves as a bartender in a local pub. Being a first-generation immigrant she has distanced herself from her traditional Sikh family. But after her father’s death to support her…
I am never a fan of Ramayana. I find the characters of this epic a little too single-minded and illogical to find it convincible. Comparing it with another famous epic Mahabharata where I can see multiple layers of each character and can understand them even they are on the side…
Historical fiction has always been my favorite genre. One of the reasons is that it gives me a glimpse into the life of the people who lived and faced various atrocities of the past. But I believe fiction is always aggravated and it can sometimes convolute the reality. That’s why…
“In India, individual shame did not exist. Humiliation spread, as easily as oil on wax paper, to the entire family, even to distant cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews.” Plot Overview 17-year-old Lakshmi escapes from an abusive marriage and builds her life in the city of Jaipur as one of…
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” When I read this famous opening line, I so hoped that it is a satire. Even if you don’t read classics, there are good chances that you…
