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BOOK REVIEW: A Life to Die For by Nilay Shah

BOOK REVIEW: A Life to Die For by Nilay Shah

Posted January 9, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 334, Paperback Published: 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 I love reading complex plot structures. Not only it is clear view of writer’s imagination on how far they can push things inside their head and then put it in writing, but are a  challenging for a reader’s mind. Such is Nilay Shah’s latest book, A Life To Die For. A political thriller with a great amount of action. Based on a fictional representation of controversial state in the country of India, Kashwarg is is considered a paradise. The plot starts at an interesting point when a man who is the member of a militant force hands over a sixteen year old girl to the local police. The girl has been a […]

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#BOOKSPOTLIGHT: The Assassinations – A Novel of 1984

#BOOKSPOTLIGHT: The Assassinations – A Novel of 1984

Posted January 4, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Spotlight/Giveaway / 0 Comments

Published: 2017 by Speaking Tiger Books Blurb To Deepa, Prem gave no hint of the churning inside him. In front of her he affected a cheery demeanour, indulging her in her plans for their honeymoon, which she kept revising. It was a welcome escape from the mayhem surrounding him. There were occasions where the pretence got to him and a voice rose inside, urging him to tell her everything. He silenced it. Deepa was a Hindu and would never understand. Until then, he had never thought of her as different.

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BOOK REVIEW: Saudade by Husna Mohammad

BOOK REVIEW: Saudade by Husna Mohammad

Posted December 30, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 149, Paperback Published: September, 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 This year, I  have read  few short stories. Recent addition being Saudade written by creative Indian Writer, Husna Mohammad. Saudade is a collection nine different stories that cover a variety of topics but every one of them share same geographical location: Kerela, Southern India. The stories revolve around the social, political and cultural environment that exists in the region.The title itself explains by  the meaning of the word Saudade, which is incidentally the running thread in most of the stories. Short stories generally mean different plots and these stories are centred around the lives of people from different walks of life and shaped by their own fate and circumstance. The first […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Dream Big by Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj VS

BOOK REVIEW: Dream Big by Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj VS

Posted December 28, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, Business, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 236, Hardcover Published: 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 Very few Indian writers talk about money and in the book Dream Big the co authors Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj talk not only about money but offers you pragmatic and healthy tips on financial planning.

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BOOK REVIEW: Dancing Stars by Sujata Morab

BOOK REVIEW: Dancing Stars by Sujata Morab

Posted December 19, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 6 Comments

Pages: 170, Paperback Published: September 2017, by Author Unlock Cover Rating: 3/5 Whenever I read a book that is takes a different concept and blend it into fiction, it excites me. Dancing Stars by Sujata Morab is one of them as the book deals with characters portraying humans beings whose fate and lives have major effect by their revolving planets (or stars or zodiac).

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BOOK REVIEW: Ice Bound by Hywel Richard Pinto

BOOK REVIEW: Ice Bound by Hywel Richard Pinto

Posted December 16, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 5 Comments

Pages: 234 Publisher: Becomeshakespeare.com First edition (20 July 2015) Cover Rating: 4/5 In a post-apocalyptic world, Earth is mostly covered by snow. A group of residents are traversing these frozen lands and being led by a man in search of his own father. The Diabolical army have always been one step ahead but are not the only concern of the group. Another major concern that exist is beating the nature in its own game.

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Author Interview: Manoj Jain

Author Interview: Manoj Jain

Posted December 12, 2017 by @amanhimself in Interviews / 0 Comments

Q. Hi Mr. Manoj Jain, and thank you for agreeing this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? By profession I am a businessman running my own export company, a business I started after I completed my studies at IIM Ahmedabad. I have always wanted to write and I finally made the plunge, writing during my business travels. Besides my business and travels, I keep busy with my ongoing psychology studies as well as learning Spanish. I believe that a person should constantly learn and grow oneself.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Dravidian by Kalyan C. Kankanala

BOOK REVIEW: The Dravidian by Kalyan C. Kankanala

Posted December 7, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Thrillers / 1 Comment

Pages: 178 Published: October 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 I have said this so many times on my blog, few Indian authors write about the ancient cultural knowledge that this diverse nation possess. Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala does that in his latest book, The Dravidian. Dravidians are an ancient tribe residing in South India since the age of mythical stories such as The Ramayana. What more interesting about this book is that it is a legal thriller.

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BOOK REVIEW: Ramona by Manoj Jain

BOOK REVIEW: Ramona by Manoj Jain

Posted November 30, 2017 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 5 Comments

Pages: 110, Paperback Published: 2017 by Notion Press Cover Rating: 5/5 Manoj Jain released his fourth book few weeks back. After his success of his third novel Balraj which made an honest effort to explore deeper psychological and spiritual self, somewhat a territory that not many contemporary Indian writers try to explore. His latest book Ramona, a novella, which originally is a sequel to Balraj but works well as a standalone novel explores psychology of an abandoned married woman.

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Dravidian – God's Own Tribe by Kalyan Kankanala

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Dravidian – God's Own Tribe by Kalyan Kankanala

Posted November 29, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book List, Book Reviews, Books, Spotlight/Giveaway / 0 Comments

Pages: 139 Published: 25 October 2017 Blurb “From a renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Author comes a fast paced legal thriller! The Dravidian tribe in the Western Ghats holds the key to ancient knowledge capable of redefining the fundamentals of modern medicine. When an army of Bio Pirates descend on them, the warrior tribe is faced with an adversary that must be taken down at all costs to avoid complete destruction. The last weapon in the Dravidian arsenal is Arjun Mamidi, a young, blind lawyer. 

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