Looking Within: Life Lessons From Lal DedEditor: Shonaleeka KaulPublisher: Aleph Book CompanyRating: 3.5/5 Lal Ded or Granny Lal was a Shaiva mystic saint who shared her wisdom through vaakhs (sayings) which were originally in Kashmiri. These adages have been used …
Book Review: Depression and Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim
Depression and Other Magic TricksPoet: Sabrina BenaimPublisher: Button PoetryRating: 4.5/5 I cannot express my state of mind in words after I finished reading this masterpiece. Sabrina’s approach to depression is entirely unique. She uses words to build a labyrinth in …
Book Review: The Poet’s Garage by Terry Tierney
The Poet’s GaragePoet: Terry TierneyPublisher: Unsolicited PressRating: 3.5/ 5 The Poet’s Garage offers a confluence of contemplative poems about ageing, nature and memories. Delicately embroidering themes of separation, discomfort, misery and desires, the poet presents the readers an elegantly collated …
Book Review: Cranium Retaliations by Isaak Sank
Cranium RetaliationsPoet: Isaak SankPublisher: Austin Macauley Publishers LtdRating: 3.5/5 Symbolism and metaphorical references are some of the key elements of an allegorical poem. Often when the vicissitudes in life become unbearable, it becomes imperative to vent out the pent up …
Book Review: Love Unexpected by Ritu Kakar
Love UnexpectedAuthor: Ritu KakarPublisher: Srishti PublishersRating: 2.5/5 Love is an uncanny emotion. One cannot plan and then fall in love. It just happens. Like how the day seems brighter when the sun shines- love, too, makes one view the world …
Book Review: Love Possible Marriage Impossible by Anurag Kumar
Love Possible Marriage ImpossibleAuthor: Anurag KumarPublisher: Inkquills Publishing HouseRating: 1.5/5 Love is boundless as it cannot be chained by whims and uncanny notions. Nor can it be controlled by the rules of the book. It happens when it has to …
Book Review: Warming Fumes by Saurabh Pant
Warming FumesAuthor: Saurabh PantPublisher: Lulu.comRating: 3/5 These are trying times. Nature is expressing its anger in different forms. While mankind is taking forever to understand the consequences of the actions, Nature is doing its job of reclaiming its rightful position. …
Book Review: Irrationally Passionate by Jason Kothari
Irrationally Passionate: My Turnaround From Rebel to EntrepreneurAuthor: Jason KothariPublisher: Harper CollinsRating: 4/5 The life of an entrepreneur is not easy. One needs to have the audacity to challenge oneself at every turn of life in order to survive with …
Book Review: Vivid by Niraj Babu
VIVIDAuthor: Niraj Babu:Rating: 3/5 Our mind is an extensive labyrinth that has the calibre of making hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. Dealing with the matters of the mind is not always easy. Thus, it is all …
Book Review: Stories of Us by Bobby Sachdeva
Stories of UsAuthor: Bobby SachdevaPublisher: Pan Macmillan IndiaRating: 2.5/ 5 The dream of living in a world where no one is judgemental, no one promotes a tendentious point of view and no one discriminates on the basis of factors that …