Mindfulness by Vinay Dabholkar: Book Review

Well, if you ask me, what’s the most searched term I looked this year, read numerous articles or watched videos on the internet, it is about the conception of Mindfulness. This term has been acclaimed to improve one’s mental well-being and reduction of stress. Mindfulness has always been treated as the act of meditation, adoption …

The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee: Book Review

Title: The Body Myth Author: Rheea Mukherjee Publisher: Penguin Hamish Hamilton Publishing Date: 25th June 2019 My Rating: 3 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook The body myth is about Polyamory, irksome, weird and yet still settled relationship of Mira, Sara, and Rahil. This threesome thing in the book will surely make many readers …

Books, reading and Book Cafes

So, I completed a short story today about a woman having a fearsome and intense love for his husband. I’ll share my thoughts on that one soon. I also made progress with my other current reads and hopefully will complete them by the end of the coming week. Sunday was fun with books, food, and …

The Binding by Bridget Collins: Book Review

Title: The Binding Author: Bridget Collins Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers/The Borough Press Publishing Date: 15th February 2019 My Rating: 4.5 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook Imagine you could erase your grief. Imagine you could forget your pain. Imagine you could hide a secret. Forever. Before I start my babbling on how I much I …

Thoughts on Bright Sunday Morning

  “Appreciation, whether of nature, or books, or art, or men, depends very much on temperament. What is beauty or genius or greatness to one, is far from being so to another.” - Tryon Edwards   These words of Tryon Edwards would leave you to contemplate about admiration for something solely depends on how you …

Dark Blossom by Neel Mullick: Book Review

Title: Dark Blossom Author: Neel Mullick Publisher: Rupa Publications Publishing Date: 20th December 2018 My Rating: 3 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook Sam seeks the help of Cynthia, a therapist to overcome the grief of losing his family in a car accident. Cynthia on the other hand, too, is coping with her frustrated …

Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri: Book Review

Title: Hijabistan Author: Sabyn Javeri Publisher: HarperCollins India Publishing Date: 14th February 2019 My Rating: 3 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook It’s when I read the first two stories, I got the notion that this book is going to be one of my best reads this year, but when I was thorough the …

The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts: Book Review

Title: The Flower Girls Author: Alice Clark-Platts Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing/ Raven Books Publishing Date: 24th January 2019 My Rating: 4 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook I’ve always loved reading thrillers particularly psychological thrillers, for they let you delve deep into the minds of the characters- their emotions, fears, and perception. Such characters have …

CUT by Sreemoyee Piu Kundu: Book Review

Title: CUT: The Death and Life of a Theatre Activist Author: Sreemoyee Piu Kundu Publisher: Bloomsbury India Publishing Date: 10th January 2019 My Rating: 4.5 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook Honestly, while reading the few initial pages of the book, I assumed it as a sensuous sort of book and I might end …

The Silent Witness by Anuradha: Book Review

Title: The Silent Witness Author: Anuradha Publisher: Jaico Books Publishing Date: 12th November 2018 My Rating: 4 stars Links: Amazon Goodreads Instagram Twitter Facebook The Silent Witness is an impressive blend of history and fiction. A translated work of Malayalam novel set in seventeenth-century in Kerala. The plot takes back to the times of history …