Reviews

Phuhaar, The drizzle

BOOK TITLE – Phuhaar, the drizzle PUBLISHER – BlueRose Publishers PAGES – 159 PRICE – ₹ 180 /- LANGUAGE – English AVAILABLE ON – Amazon.in   Phuhaar, the drizzle is all that its title suggests – a gentle sparge on the senses, soaking us in love. Neeru Agnihotri or Neer Agni …

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The secret of Palamu Fort

Book title – The secret of the Palamu Fort Publisher – Story Mirror Author – Razi Price – ₹ 299/-                          Pages – 264                     Language – English Available on – Amazon The title itself – ‘The Secret of the Palamu Fort’ is enough to intrigue a reader and I must say …

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Driftwood – stories washed ashore

#BOOKREVIEW #LONGPOSTALERT #DRIFTWOOD Book title – Driftwood, stories washed ashore (genre – fiction) Publisher – Readomania Author – Beetashok Chatterjee Price – ₹ 295/- Pages – 191 Purchase link on amazon – https://www.amazon.in/Driftwood-Beetashok-Chatterjee/dp/9385854771 When impeccable language meets real-life experience, the resultant prose is likely to be anything but not gripping. …

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The deadly dozen

#BOOKREVIEW #LONGPOSTALERT #THEDEADLYDOZEN Book title – The Deadly Dozen, India’s most notorious serial killers Publisher – Penguin Author – Anirban Bhattacharyya Price – ₹ 299/-                          Pages – 281                     Language – English Available on – Amazon What makes a killer? What makes him commit serial crimes without ever blinking an eyelid? …

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Hiraeth, partition stories from 1947

HIRAETH is neither a book nor a compilation of short stories. NO! HIRAETH is a river of emotions that gently flows into the crevices of your heart. It seeps in through the open pores of your skin and it envelopes you like a gossamer veil. It stays with you like a haunting melody that keeps niggling. It is an avalanche of warmth that cascades down to deluge you.

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Where are the lilacs?

I was introduced to Dr. Santosh Bakaya’s work by my mother. Every day since then, I have thanked her because from the moment I picked up her first book, I was hooked. It seems to me that she always writes what I love to read. Yes, the connection is that …

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Death at Midnight

BOOK – Death at Midnight by Manoj Paprikar PUBLISHER – #ArtoonsInn Room9 PAGES – 167 PRICE – ₹ 295/- PURCHASE LINK – https://www.amazon.in/Death-at-Midnight-Manoj-Paprikar-ebook/dp/B082MQMDYH   Written by a doctor, Death at Midnight is a chilling portrayal of how things can rapidly go downhill in the medical profession.   A seemingly normal delivery develops complications …

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