Blurb A Story of love and ambition set around the creation of a dream school in the Little Red Dot of Asia, Singapore Shekharan is consumed by the fire of ambition – so much so that he ends up scorching his lady-love Angela’s beloved dream. She is faced with heart-wrenching choices. What does she sacrifice?…
Experience taught me that honesty is not the mark of any particular class not it is related to education or wealth. It cannot be taught at any university. In most people, it springs naturally from the heart. – by Sudha Murty Sudha Murty is a very unusual woman, one of a kind. Being a teacher,…
Old Cameos In the long verandahAt the top left landingOf the wooden staircase,You will find them waiting. Grandfather in singlets and shorts:Beaming toothlessly;Great-grandfather in alpaca coat,Frowning majestically. The lady by a Chinese vase,So like a Ravi Varma painting,Is Great-uncle’s first wifeWho died in childbirth. And those three studiousLadies are your aunts,Pramila, Urmila, Nirmala,Proud university graduates.…
Blurb: Poetry- A garland of words is a collection of poems primarily based on the theme of nature. The poems in the book are a result of my life-long love for nature and natural surroundings. Also, I have always been captivated by the vastness of the cosmos. Our lives seem so utterly insignificant when we…
When I scan the title of the book for the first time, automatically “Mind your own business” began popping out in my head ( same as you who are reading this right now). And, then curiousness started liberating more vacuum to read up the things with a clear mind. I feel that you can never…
Blurb What is it like when two souls fall in love? Have you ever come across a person for whom you feel as if you’ve known that person ‘forever,’ even if you’ve just met? Have you ever met a person with whom you immediately connect, without knowing why? When two such souls meet, there is…
Often a simple encounter on the path of life can change one’s entire future. “Lines of Fate” by Neelam Saxena Chandra is a collection of such selected, distinctive and unique tales from different walks of life. When a dice is rolled, one does not know what the outcome will be. Similarly, in an encounter between…
‘Vishwas Aur Main’ is a story of two simple lovers of a small town. They live a relation that doesn’t have a name. Society gives several names to their relationship but it doesn’t bother them and they keep on living it. ‘Vishwas Aur Main’ spends 13 years tangling in between love, friendship, and society. Still,…
‘Sapiens’, A brief history of humankind is a phenomenal book by Dr. Yuval Noah Harari. I have never been much into non-fiction genre so I was dubious about whether I’d be able to finish this cult book(also a fat one) in near future. But then I read a few pages and kept on going unstoppably.…
Veronica Decides to Die in Paulo Coelho’s full-of-life novel. Nonetheless, the book lives on… Despite the title, this book is more about life. At some point in life, you must’ve reckoned how meaningless, how futile your life is. How difficult it is to put on your shoes and walk even a few miles. How callous…