What is the single most remarkable aspect of the novel, Maila Aanchal? My immediate reply would be the usage of language. Like English, we Indians do speak Hindi differently, wrapped in dialects that vary across regions. There are more than 48 dialects of Hindi alone, practised across different parts of India. It is said that Language and culture change in India every 12 miles.
Life can seem either very long or very short, according to how you live it. -Paulo Coelho Reading Coelho is like immersing yourself in mythology and morals. His novels appear like a spiritual journey where the protagonist is in search of a better future. His novel is characterised by the experiments he undertakes to understand … Continue reading Coelho’s Insights on Good and Evil: The Devil and Miss Prym
Atomic Habits is composed of eight sections, including an introduction and an appendix. The chapters extend to 8-10 pages with a summary at the end. There is a section consisting of an 'Appendix' that provides a useful conclusion at the end about how to apply the book.
But sometimes, one has to drop logic and go with the instinct of the heart, even if contradicts law (Divakaruni 2008, 353). While reading Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions and revisiting the epic Mahabharata, a series of memories, though cluttered, flashed back and forth in my mind. The foremost includes watching the weekend's telecast on … Continue reading Mahabharata Reimagined by Divakaruni: The Palace of Illusions from Draupadi’s Perspective
Oh! Nastenka! It will be sad, you know, to be left alone, quite alone, and not even have something to regret- nothing, absoluetly nothing......because all that I have lost, all this, it was nothing, absolutely nothing, a stupid, round zero- it was merely a dream! -Dostoyevsky, White Nights, pg. no 39 I didn't come across … Continue reading Why Read White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
I have been in search of something like this since the time the first-year students asked me to recommend a book to improve their writing skills. The first was obviously Norman Lewis's Word Power Made Easy
Hi Friends! It won't be wrong if I state that the book-reading habit has been replaced by several addictive social networks on the phone. We do read books for academic purposes but when it comes to 'hobby', a significant decline is quite apparent. Some of my friends who belong to a technical or science background, … Continue reading Book Review: An English Made in India
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”
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