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Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Book Review: Prisoner Jailor Prime Minister

Published on: 3/25/2014 06:03:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

Author: Tabrik C Publisher: Hachette India Genre: Fiction/ Thriller ISBN: 978-93-5009-670-3 No.of Pages: 319 Price: INR 350 Synopsis: India has a new Prime Minister. But is Siddhartha Tagore the product of his genius or of his dangerous mind? India is on edge as a subversive internal revolt against the Constitution, and the threat of Jehadi terror of an unthinkable level, are looming on the horizon.. Ringing Shiva's damaru in...

Book Review: Lamplight

Published on: 3/20/2014 01:41:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

Author: Kankana Basu Published by: Pan Macmillan India Genre: Fiction ISBN: 978-93-82616-13-9 No.of Pages: 189 Price: INR 250 Synopsis: Lamplight is based in the picturesque town of Monghyr, in Bihar, in the year 1934. After a devastative earthquake that rattles the town, but the mansion of Chattopadhyas, an old aristocratic family continues to stand upright although a wall is cracking right down the middle. The members of the big joint...

Book Review: Virgin Gingelly

Published on: 3/13/2014 04:12:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

Author: V.Sanjay Kumar Published by: Hachette India Genre: General and Literary Fiction ISBN: 978-93-5009-720-5 Price: INR 499 No.of Pages: 248 Synopsis: I hope to be remembered in this street, amongst the lame, as the husband of the one with amorous thoughts and sexy legs. 'There used to writer here in this empty house," They will say. "He had a porous mind." A stubborn writer struggles with his stories in a city that has been...

Book Review: Time's Lost Atlas

Published on: 3/07/2014 05:10:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 5 comments

Author: Various Published by: Half Baked Beans Literature Compiled by: Harsh Agarwal ISBN: 9788192648002 Genre: Fiction/Drama No.of Pages: 252 Price: INR 175 Synopsis: Times's Lost Atlas is an anthology of eleven stories of various genre, compiled into one, to take us through the most impacting events of our lives happened during the previous decade. The book is about the events that shook the world, that shaped the world as it is...

Second Lease of Life

Published on: 3/04/2014 10:01:00 am by Rohan Kachalia - 8 comments

Horses. For many, it is just a simple animal which you love and adore to have a ride on. But for me, it is a synonym to hate and fear. Why so? Because it allowed me to see death in front of my eyes. You don't believe? Just go to Shimla and you will realize it for yourself. We had been to Shimla on a holiday a month ago. The tour operator had their schedule fixed. So it was the time to visit Khufri which is some few kilometers away from Shimla...

Authentic or Not?

Published on: 3/02/2014 05:53:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 14 comments

‘Common push, push hard’, bellowed Priya as she waved a caring hand over her head. Tanya yelped out hard in agony as Priya pushed with both her hands, using hers. The tension on Priya’s face was evident as Tanya barely had any energy left in her. ‘It’s close, pretty close. One or two more push and it’s done’, said Aachal in an affirmative tone. Priya patted Tanya’s cheek so as to make sure she doesn’t succumb to the pain. Tanya screamed...