Title: Urdu ki Prasiddha Kahaniyaan Genre: Short Stories Author: Multiple Authors (mentioned below) Publisher: Rekhta Books Price: MRP Rs 199/- (Usual discount 10- 20%) Click here to buy on amazon. An attempt to revive my reading habit with 'Kisses' as motivation Whenever I attempt to read quotes, Shayari, stories related to Urdu, I am quite … Continue reading Book Review: Urdu ki Prasiddha Kahaniyaan
Several quotes like Mountains are calling and I must go, the mountains are my happy place, where I feel most alive, Adventure awaits the mountains, There is no Wi-Fi in the mountains, but you will find a better connection etc are often quoted to inspire the self to explore places located amidst mountains. Many a … Continue reading Dhanaulti: A Perfect Weekend Gateway
Fed up with the prolonged use of ‘screens’ in this digital world, Samarth decided to spend a few hours without scrolling the cell phone. Having decided to cut down its use, he spent enough money converting the online materials into hardcopy. Now, someone will say that I am wasting paper. Yeah, it's true but in … Continue reading An Evening without Cell Phone
Sri Ram Theatre, Delhi Playwright: Reginald Rose (1954) Genre: American Courtroom Drama, Crime Language in which it is written initially: English Stage Adaptation: Sri Ram Theatre (Hindi). Also available in other languages. Ticket Cost: 200/- + gst Screen Adaptation: First as a Television play, then a stage version by Sherman L. Sergel. Later into movies. … Continue reading Play review: 12 Angry Men
In this poem, I'll attempt the translation of a stanza of the poem J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot. "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights … Continue reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (translation)
Before reviewing this book, I'll take some time and space to describe how I came across this book! It happened to me for the first time when I ordered a book from amazon and another book got delivered instead. Usually, we place a return request as soon as we unwrap it if the product isn't … Continue reading Book review: Blades on Flowers
In this post, I'll attempt the translation of a Hindi poem 'Berozgar' by Devi Prasad Misra into English! बेरोजगार यह सवाल उसे शर्मिंदा कर देता हैकि वह क्या कर रहा आजकल वह डकैती नही डालतावह तस्करी नही करतावह हत्याएं नही करतावह फरेबी वादे नही करता वह सिर्फ वोट डालता हैवह देश नही चलाता फिर भी … Continue reading Unemployed
"Life is a race" Isn't it an oft-quoted line whether in life or while watching '3 idiots'? This race of life, for life and by life can be viewed the best at the interchange of two metro stations when you're in Delhi or Kolkata, or in the local trains of Mumbai, the weekly street market … Continue reading The 10 and 11 am Race
"Sharing enables us to feel light. Isn't it? However, there is a great deal in choosing the right people to go cosy with. Most of the time, we suffocate by keeping the things plaguing us to ourselves, in absence of trust or incorrect advice from the people around us. In that case, have you ever … Continue reading Will You Write My Story?
A room, a bit untidy in one corner of the house. The rest part of the house can be modern except this room. A part of cemented shelves have been occupied by medicines, multiple tonics to supplement additional vitamins, syrups, and tablets- both homoeopathic and allopathic to cure the disease which has an affinity to … Continue reading Grandfather: A paradigm of life
Author: Meena Nayyar and Himmat Singh Shekhawat Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Non-fiction/Biography Pages: 179 Narrative: Third-person narrative Price: 194/-(amazon). I got it for 149/- on offer. The story of how I came to know about this book is fascinating. On one of my visits to the theatre, the first time at NSD (National School of … Continue reading Book review “The Tiger of Drass”
12:45 AM The tranquillity in the environment is being interloped by certain things such as the click of the keys, feeble tik-tik sounds from the hands of the table clock and the fan running at full speed. A book of poetry which is next on your reading list is kept above the book written by … Continue reading Selfing
And here it is; A glimpse of the cover page of my upcoming book of poetry. Now you've the idea about the title and the outlook. "Epistles from Heart" has a collection of 51 heartfelt poems, where each poems is ready to touch your heart, inducing in you, a beautiful feeling. Do let me know … Continue reading “Unveiling Cover Page”
Located near my hometown, an unplanned trip to Bodhgaya has never been a new phenomenon for me but always without Pragmatica. This July, I was home with her and wanted her to see the beauty of the place so that through her lens, you'll also get to adore and admire it. How to reach: By … Continue reading Bodhgaya: A World Heritage Site!
मन भारी है। इसलिए नही की बारिश ने एक बार फिर मुझे रोकने की कोशिश की अपितु इसलिए क्योंकि एक बार फिर घर- परिवार को टाटा कहना है। एक मां है जिसे आज मैने सबसे ज्यादा क्रियाशील पाया क्योंकि वो मेरे जाने की त्यारियां में व्यस्त है। एक पिता है जो हमेशा की तरह आज … Continue reading घर से आते वक्त।
