Ayodhya: The Dark Night by Krishna Jha – About the Book Krishna Jha is a Delhi-based freelance journalist and through a series of first-hand interviews with eyewitnesses and the unearthing of archival material, he takes us behind the scenes to examine the liaison between Mahasabhaites and Hindu traditionalists in the Congress – an association that Jawaharlal [...]
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A Step by Step Visual Guide on How to Buy Books from Flipkart Since I run one of the most popular book review sites in India, I tend to get a lot of questions from readers with regards to book reviews and buying books. Most of my readers like to buy their books online and [...]
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The 10 Best Rakhi Gifts for Your Sister – From Books to Mobiles to Watches It’s that time of the year again when the bond between a brother and his sister is celebrated with loads of love and blessing all over the world. According to a recent survey, it was found that books and phones [...]
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In Different Form by Yuvraj Singh – Book Summary We Indians love cricket and worship our cricketers as gods, in some cases. And after India won the 2011 ICC World Cup, in my eyes, they were right up there with the Gods. One of the heroes of the Indian Cricket Team and one of my [...]
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Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry – Book Summary A lot of you might not have heard of Cyrus Mistry and for the rare few who have, you’ll most probably have mistook him for Ratan Tata’s successor! If you belong to the second group, then you’re not alone; when I picked up Cyrus [...]
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Till The Last Breath by Durjoy Datta – Book Summary I, unfortunately, belong to the old generation of book lovers that are seen my many as staunch opponents of the current crop of rom-com bestselling authors that are well-known for their engineering/MBA/love-story-gone-sure/office tales. While yes, there seems to be just too many engineer-turned-MBA authors for [...]
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What Young India Wants by Chetan Bhagat – Book Summary I still remember it was way back in 2004 and I was in my 2nd year of Engineering when I came upon this debut book by a young IIT – IIM graduate by the name of Chetan Bhagat. The book was titled “5 Point Someone” [...]
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The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi – Book Summary Thanks to authors like Amish Tripathi and Ashwin Sanghi, there’s a lot of intrigue and excitement around Indian mythology and people are seeing that old stories, written in an entirely new light with gods being cast in modern day avatars is a sure-fire way of a [...]
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My Kumaon: Uncollected Writings by Jim Corbett – Book Summary While growing up in a boarding school in Nainital, one of the first names I learnt was that of Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter turned conservationist, author and naturalist. I read Corbett’s, Man-eaters of Kumaon, way back when I was still learning to spell man-eaters! His books [...]
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How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company – Book Summary Last weekend I happened to pick up a book simply because of its quirky name, How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company and thought at best it would make for a small nice read. However, by the [...]
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