Neelam's Book Blog

Leatherback & The Strange Place Author: Shubhra Shah Pages: 192                 ‘Leatherback & The Strange Place’ by Shubhra Shah is a book that revolves around Leatherback and her friends. So, Leatherback is Tanya’s pet turtle and she is 100 years old but Tanya thinks herself as her mother. Leatherback is everyone’s favourite and one day Tanya has a competition to attend but the problem is that pets are not allowed. So, Tanya decides to take Leatherback to her friend Sara’s place but the turtle doesn’t want to go there there’s a cat who she doesn’t like. Everything was going well but then one day Sara’s mother Lolita gets kidnapped. Who must have kidnapped her? Where might she be? What does somebody want from Sara’s family? To know the answer to these questions Leatherback & all her friend set out in search of Lolita. To know what happens on this interesting quest read Leatherback & The Strange Place. My Thoughts:                 I liked the

Love Letters with Spelling Mistakes Author: Dr. Vaijayanthi Subramanian Pages: 220                 ‘Love Letters with Spelling Mistakes’ by Dr. Vaijayanthi Subramanian is a collection of eight short stories. Each story is about how Indian women are facing challenges and also discusses about the social constraints that are laid upon them. In early days there were restrictions there were believes that people used to follow without even understanding the logic behind them. But what about now in this 21 st century too people are still blindly following the previously made so called rules!?                 I loved the writing style of the author she has handled all the prevailing topic that we somehow find in India. Be it female infanticide, gender bias, stereotyping all the topics are handled efficiently. These are so imbibed in us that we sometimes don’t even notice that we ourselves are directly or indirectly doing it in some way or the other. Like in one story an

The Roar of My Silence Author: Ankit Bagdi                 Most of us have experienced this indirectly or directly. Being a girl/woman comes with terms and conditions. Almost every day we get to see NEWS where we get to see something or the other happening. Who is responsible for all these ill that are taking place in our society? Earlier when children used to play freely and now even children are not spared. These evils or devils are not only unknown people but people who are near to us too. Child Marriage, Gender Stereotype, Gender Bias are all social evils which are deteriorating our society. We need to imbibe this feeling in our future generation that all are equal and what one gender can achieve the other can achieve too.   Such is the story of Kumudh who has been through a lot and how she fights against all the odds. This is a story that will make you cry, angry and sometimes even agree. Kumudh who never had friends in her school life but as she joins college she

Till We Meet Again Author: Shibaji Bose                 ‘Till We Meet Again’ by Shibaji Bose is a story about Aryan who is not sure of what he wants to be in his life. On the other hand his sibling are well focused and know what they want to achieve and where they want to be. While all this is going on his father becomes the victim of a political violence. All of a sudden all the responsibilities of the house come on Aryan and he becomes the sole care taker of the family. While experiencing life he has an encounter with some incredible women who play a different role in his life. What role do these women play in Aryan’s life? To know more read Till We Meet Again. My Thoughts:                 I would like to begin with the characters. The characters are really strong, bold and each of them are unique in their own way. The characters are independent and they are very well developed. I loved all the female characters in the book.                 The plot and t

A Drop of You Author:   Krishna Chhetri Pages: 288                 ‘A Drop of You’ by Krishna Chhetri is story that revolves around three people Karma, Ghazal and Diana. Karma and Diana are childhood friends and Diana used to love Karma but destiny had other plans Karma falls for Ghazal. And hence, the love triangle starts. All three face hardships, struggles in their friendship and love. What will happen in this love triangle? To know more read A Drop of You. My Thoughts:                 The plot is the usual but the narration was done in such a manner that it made the story more interesting.   We get to see the struggles that each character goes through and how their relationship grows into a strong bond.                 The characters were well developed. We get to see the struggles that each of us at some point went through. The way each person tries to do their best in the relationship can be seen.                 The language is simple and lucid