Visiting Indian Coffee House is like visualising the past and the present coming togethar at a place! Any cafe is more than just a coffee. It's the centre of varied artistic activity, endless discussion, get-togethers, and whatnot! The place, the people, and the ambience created by them count more than the food. One such place … Continue reading Exploring the Timeless Charm of Indian Coffee House
If you travel, travel in company; if you sit down, look where you are going to sit; if you visit strangers, be on your guard! -Oraon Proverb My fondest memory of this book is reading its stories while going to bed. It meets one of the purposes for which it's written, doesn't it? The book … Continue reading Why “Folk Tales of Bihar” Matter Today!
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?
This book combines two genres, romance and self-help but it's largely self-help after a short love story ending on the break-up. The remaining part of the book is about overcoming it. The theme of the book is very relevant to teenagers where love and separation are universal.
Three Men in a Boat, running through 19 chapters is written uniquely. Largely first-person narrative, a brief summary of each chapter is provided at the beginning. The story narrated is non-fictional and the incident actually happened with Jerome and his two friends
If only thinking would have made us rich, we all would have been millionaires. Unfortunately, we are not! This book is the perfect example of the quote, "We shouldn't judge a book by its cover". The word 'rich' here is used metaphorically i.e. rich in terms of quality of life and thought process. Let there … Continue reading Book Review: Think & Grow Rich
Hi Folks! Poetry books are always a source of delight when read due to two reasons specifically. The first one, so many meanings are embedded within a few lines that unearthing them is a joy whereas the second, you can finish it quickly. However, I'll not suggest you to go for the latter one because … Continue reading Book Review: The Broken Rainbow
