Category: Books
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Inside the service lifts of posh high-rise apartments
While reading the book “Dharma Artha Kama Moksha”, I came across a chapter Worlds Above & Below. The chapter spoke about the Pataal Lok, home of the asuras, the Bhu Lok, home of the humans and the Deva Lok, home of the devatas. Pataal Lok is filled with gold and gems but asuras are never…
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The oldest love story
I have read this story a thousand times yet, to me, it seems something new to me to understand every time I read it. The Ramayana and its numerous adaptations tell us the same story of Ram and Sita but then what changes? Except for my state of mind and my specs? Not the actual…
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Metamorphosis
(Image Source: http://www.slideshare.net/Joy1618/the-metamorphosis-15879135) One rainy morning, Gregor gets up in the morning and finds out that he has turned into an insect! Instead of panicking over how he turned into a bug and how he can get back into his original form, he was worried how to get to the work as soon as possible.Metamorphosis…
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Book Review: God is a gamer
It seems that Blogadda is hell-bent on making me read thrillers but I can’t complain because I loved both the books. In contrast to Private India which focuses more on India, God is a gamer focuses on global affairs. Although both the books are very different in stories and plots, one thing is common- Brilliant…
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Book Review: Private India
First of all… An Introduction of Private India (Straightaway copied from Flipkart.com) Private India is a thrilling suspense novel from two masters of the art: Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson. Summary of the Book When a series of seemingly unconnected murders rock the city of Mumbai with the macabre rituals…
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Bards of the Blogosphere: Week 1 Chapter 9- The Confrontation
N.B. – This is the ninth chapter in the ‘Game of Blogs’ by the team ‘Bards of the Blogosphere’. #CelebrateBlogging Read the previous chapter (8) Here “Not bad Jenny, you’re doing wonderful!” Jennifer patted her own back. “Now you have…