Book Review: Rescued by Love

Rescued by Love  by  Shilpa Suraj Author: Shilpa Suraj Publisher: Harlequin India ISBN: 978-93-5106-495-4 Genre: Romance Price: INR 150 No. of pages: 184 The Blurb When Naina Ahuja is kidnapped as hostage days before her father, a Supreme Court Chief Justice, must sentence a terrorist, the stakes are very high. Lt Col Arjun Rathore and his team are the only ones who can be trusted...

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The Day I Rose Above Fear

That morning we had no clue where we were about to be taken. We were waiting early morning at our hotel reception and I casually took a stroll outside to check the weather. And with double the speed I ushered myself back to the safe confines and stood near the reception a bit away from the main door. My teeth were still chattering aloud as the outside was too chilly for me to stand and take the soft rays of the sun. She eyed upon seeing me, gave...

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An Interview with Author S.V.Divvaakar

Today at PonderingTwo we have Mr. S.V.Divvaakar who writes under the pen name Dee Walker and is out with this latest thriller 'The Winner's Curse' . You can read my review here.  He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and a self employed professional assisting international companies to invest, set up, and grow their businesses in India and also serves on board as a professional Director. He alos works closely with international agencies...

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Matches Made in Heaven : Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal: MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN Romantic Short Stories by Sundari Venkatraman Sneak Peak Swayamwar on TV reality show; Dating Clubs; Matchmaking websites; parents setting up their children with one another; friends getting married and more – there are many ways that couples get together for hopefully a “Happily Ever After” experience. MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN explores the various premises in the form of short stories that...

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Movie Review: Bhopal - A Prayer for Rain

I had a wonderful privilege to attend a special screening of the movie Bhopal - A Prayer for Rain in Mumbai which in fact commemorates with the 30th anniversary of the deadly gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal - the biggest man-made disaster in the history. With a bit of restlessness and eagerness as well, I waited for the movie to start and trust me not even for a single minute I was left disappointed. Many things were...

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Book Review: The Winner's Curse

Author: Dee Walker Publisher: Shrishti Publishers & Distributors ISBN: 978-93-82665-24-3 Genre: Fiction No. of pages: 283 Price: INR 195 On the cover: Orphan Harsh makes it to the billionaire club with a burning vision, sheer intellect and the blessings of his political Godfather. The favours must now be paid back, through a huge Guru Dakshina. To honour his Master's wish, Harsh, with the help of his fellow IITians, sets out to...

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Ab Montu Bolega

Montu Montu saw something usual while he was walking back home. He simply shook his head, made a wry face and continued walking. Walking for few steps, his insides suddenly quivered leading him to take a walk back where he had saw a group of people devouring some road side foodstuff. He stood there as one of them rolled the paper dish into a ball and threw it aside to a corner near near the boundary wall of a building. He swiftly took...

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PonderingTwoSays - Day 6

Hola everyone!! PonderingTwoSays is back after a short haitus.  And this time we have something simple, yet we somehow forget doing it in our day to day lives. Rather we are immersed in our tensions, work pressure, agony and completely stressed out that we almost fail doing it and letting it flow freely. So, here's presenting the Day 6 in the #PonderingTwoSays series... #PonderingTwoSays Do leave your comments on the same...

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Book Review: God Is A Gamer

Author: Ravi Subramanian Publisher: Penguin India ISBN: 978-0143421399 No. of pages: 324 Price: INR 299 Genre: Thriller On the cover: What happens when you cross gamer, banker, politician and terrorist with virtual money? From the bestselling author of If God Was a Banker comes the first ever bitcoin thriller. God Is A Gamer is a world where money means nothing, martyrs are villians, predators are prey, assassination is taught...

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Health Can Definitely Be Fun

What is health? It is nothing but a condition in which you find yourself in the best of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely absence of any disease. But, off late we tend to associate our social well being with how high is our klout score rather than how much we are smiling or rather how much we indulge in making others smile. Sad, but true. And similarly we relate our good mental being with how much stress we can handle and come out winning eventually. And moreover we determine our healthy being with the presence...

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