Tag: Indian Literature

BOOK REVIEW: Mountains to Manhattan by Pinakie Kansabanik

BOOK REVIEW: Mountains to Manhattan by Pinakie Kansabanik

Posted March 13, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction / 1 Comment

The stories that explore harsh realities always fascinate me. Mountains to Manhattan is a book about Tibetan immigrants to India after the invasion of Red Army. What more fascinated me about this book is that the author has narrated the whole story by opting the opposite gender. The plot revolves around a young, and smart Tenzin Lhamo who was labeled as a refugee before she was born. After the invasion of Red Army her mother, aunt and grandmother had to leave Tibet and settled in India. But did the Indian government did not grant them citizenships and there was a fake hope in their hearts that one day they will be able to go back. With restrictions and no passport, […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Based on Lies – It Begins by Debarshi Kanjilal

BOOK REVIEW: Based on Lies – It Begins by Debarshi Kanjilal

Posted February 24, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Based on Lies: It Begins is the first in a series of two novellas published in 2017.  The main element used in this novel is of psychological thriller following the life of Anuraag Sanyal, the protagonist of the novella. The writing certainly displays the dark corners of an imaginative mind. The plot starts with the protagonist sitting in the middle of the night, suffering from insomnia writing in his notepad about the event of his past life. The storyline somewhat follows this pattern and a reader gets to see the Anuraag’s present too. He is having a troubled marriage  for five years and had a lover in past, and one as a nearby cafe owner. Each new chapter decipher a […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Book of My Life by Abhishek Vincent

BOOK REVIEW: The Book of My Life by Abhishek Vincent

Posted February 22, 2018 by @amanhimself in Authors, Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Abhishek Vincent’s debut The Book of My Life: A True Love journey was released in late 2017. Full of emotions, and deciphering feelings page by page both of the character and the reader, it is a book not to be missed if you are a fan of romance fiction or like to read good heartwarming stories.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Presentation by Anoop Anthony

BOOK REVIEW: The Presentation by Anoop Anthony

Posted February 15, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

The Presentation is a short story about the tragic modern life, on an individual who is leading a life in the corporate world but fate has something else in its book for him. Written elegantly by Anoop Anthony, it will put its reader to think hard about what they have got and how to start living instead of dying.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Assassinations by Vikram Kapur

BOOK REVIEW: The Assassinations by Vikram Kapur

Posted February 13, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 1 Comment

The Assassinations, A Novel of 1984 written by Vikram Kapur is a historical fiction that deeply covers the riots that took place after a former Prime Minister of India was assassinated. The complete plot takes place in New Delhi which was at the time (in 1984) a locus for the riots. The storyline follows the lives of two families who are engaged and affected in the historical event in a deep manner. Deepa is a Hindu girl who falls in love with Prem an ambitious son of a Sikh refugee. They both decide to get married with their families approval keeping aside their religious differences. Then the strike hits and changes both of their lives.

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Author Interview: Priyanka Baranwal

Author Interview: Priyanka Baranwal

Posted February 10, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Interviews / 1 Comment

Q. Hi Ms. Priyanka, and thank you for agreeing this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? Hello, Amandeep! My pleasure to be here again. I am Priyanka from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh (India). I currently live in Kuwait. I am an author, and a blogger; love to play guitar and do some poetry as well. My hobbies are traveling, reading, jogging, and watching movies. I have two books to my credit – It’s Never Too Late and the latest, The Shadow of Darkness. Both books are being received well by the readers.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Shadow of Darkness by Priyanka Baranwal

BOOK REVIEW: The Shadow of Darkness by Priyanka Baranwal

Posted February 4, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Not all nightmares arouse questions, some give away answers too. The Shadow of Darkness is the second book in the series of “It’s Never Too Late”, picks the journey of a mother and a daughter from the first book. Written by Priyanka Baranwal, an Indian author who has a very detailing writing style, this novel revolves around the theme of childhood trauma. The blurb of the book is so well written with the ease of simplicity, that I am going to share with you since I cannot express it with more clarity. When Maya fought two criminals one night and saved herself and her five-year-old daughter, Sejal, she thought the worst was over. But was it really? Or, there could […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar by Kochery Shibu

BOOK REVIEW: Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar by Kochery Shibu

Posted January 31, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 284, Paperback Published: 2015 by Niyogi Books Cover Rating: 5/5 Kochery Shibu’s debut novel Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar is a mesmerising tale. Set in the lesser Himalayan Ranges around the peaks in Dhauladhar, this book is a perfect companion on a wintry night to get cozy. The plot majorly revolves around the lives of three individuals who in return somehow get intertwine with each their. It starts at a hydro power project in Himalayas where an engineer running from his past, after losing almost all of his family. Another individual, a Kashmiri boy displaced in his youth from his family, gets involve in terrorism and some how lands working as a labour at the Dam construction site. […]

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Book Spotlight: The Shadow of Darkness

Book Spotlight: The Shadow of Darkness

Posted January 27, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Congratulations! On your book, The Shadow of Darkness. I hope you won’t mind answering a few questions for my book blog and the lovely readers who are awaiting your book. Not at all! I am glad to answer your questions and hope (the) readers enjoy reading them. Q. What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? When it comes to gifting ideas for adults, it’s hard to pick books because you don’t know their reading preferences and also the fact whether they like reading makes books a challenging choice. But if I know the receiver likes to read, I’d certainly pick […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Invoked – Hymns of War by Karan Bhatia

BOOK REVIEW: Invoked – Hymns of War by Karan Bhatia

Posted January 11, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 2 Comments

Pages: 200, Paperback Published: 2016 by Notion Press Invoked is the first book in the series of Hymns of War (a very thoughtful title, in my opinion) written by Karan Bhatia. The book is a horror thriller in the fiction genre and some of the scenes are dark and terrifying enough to give one goosebumps. The plot revolves around Krishna, a common man who is teacher at the university, and leads a simple life with his wife, daughter and his parents. An accident changes the fate of the whole family. These attacks starts like baby steps, small, as warnings but soon turn fatal and the life of Krishna becomes painful and intolerable. He then decides with the help of a […]

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