Centripetal by Rohit Shukla – Book Review
Centripetal is a novel written by young and rising author Rohit Shukla. The novel is very intriguing, loaded with allusions to various popular songs in the background, many implicit analogies…
Books I have picked up in January 2022 – a new beginning
My association with Indian Book Critics is as old as the platform itself. I have been reading various kinds of books that IBC offers for review (and also for a…
Acts of Sanctification by Amitava Chaudhuri – Book Review
The novel ‘Acts of Sanctification’ by Amitava Chaudhuri is a wonderful political fiction loaded with aspiration, conspiracies, duel with the past of oneself and hopes and despair about the future…
Isha Upanishad by Sri Aurobindo – Book Review
Sanatan Dharma (if we can really grasp the depth of the term) offers thoughts, anecdotes, songs, lyrics, literature, analysis, epics, instructions and many things more that we can read to…
Naakam Dushman by Ravi Ranjan Goswami (Hindi) – Book Review
Book: Nakaam Dushman Language: Hindi Author: Ravi Ranjan Goswami The world of Indian English literature has been lit up with a variety of works published by a variety of authors…
The Weekend Books – November 2021 – titles you must read
It’s the weekend again. Book lovers like me must be thinking about books that will make their lazy evenings today and tomorrow wonderful, once again. I have decided to offer…
Are You My Twinflame by Neha Sharma – Book Review
There have been many feministic novels in recent years. Even the ones by this latest, diverse and expressive generation of novelists in India have offered a variety of perspectives to…
Gaurav Upadhyay – an author bringing his readers close to Hindi
Hindi is the language of a massive reader base in the world. Though it had a few issues for a brief period of time, Hindi literature has come out in…
Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life by Amish Tripathi (and Bhavna Roy) – Review
Though Amish and his respected elder Sister, Bhavna, have made it too easy for the readers to decode the epics and enjoy a meaningful life, the readers, practically, will have…
Rays of Reverie by Rosy and Jones – Book Review
If you are a poet, occasional or frequent doesn’t matter, you must understand that ramifications of poetry might be different for every unique individual. However, in general, poetry is a…
The Powerful, The Powerless by Shiva Dhuli – Book Review
The title contains the central idea of the novel – one set of characters is powerful and another set is powerless. However, in this world that we inhabit, nothing is…
See Glass by Ido Graf – Book Review
Political crime thrillers are not new. Espionage and spy fiction as well as novels based on grim realities are seldom welcomed in our country with open arms by readers as…