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  Murder before Carnival Author: Sameer Kumar Pages: 117                    ‘Murder before Carnival’ by Sameer Kumar is a book that revolves around a murder that takes place in the middle of a carnival during the Durga Puja. The murder is done in such a way that everyone is shocked and the dead body too is not identified by anybody. The police are in turmoil to get their hands on the person who has committed this crime but during this investigation there are many mysterious things and shocking revelations that come to the front. Who is this person who has been murdered? What is the motive behind the murder? Will the police be able to catch the murderer? To know more read ‘Murder before Carnival’. My Thoughts:                 The plot is well written and it will surely keep the readers on edge throughout the book. It was really shocking to see the way in which the murder had been done. The constant chase of the murderer was also described in such a way that it felt that the in

  Fab Four -   The Legend of Garuda Author: Srinivasan Gopalan                   ‘Fab Four – The Legend of Garuda’ by Srinivasan Gopalan is a book that revolves around four characters Mike, Tanya, Rohan and Maria. The story begins in the period 1501 where we get to see the meeting that was arranged by Javi the bartender between Columbus and Vasco Da Gama and the conversation that they have. Moving ahead in the story we get to know the characters which us a brief idea about their background and the fact that they are on a search for something. But in the midst of all this there are a lot of other things that are taking place a murder, a detective who is determined to get his hands over the murderer. To know more read ‘Fab Four – The Legend of Garuda’ My Thoughts:                 The plot was really interesting and I must say that the author has done a lot of research. I liked how the author has nicely correlated mythology a fictional story. It is very interesting to see how ea

  Voices Beneath Our Waves Author: Dhaval Radia Pages: 81                   ‘Voices Beneath Our Waves’ by Dhaval Radia is a book that revolves around a rich man named Raghu Deshpande, his wife Maya, his father and yesteryear underworld gangster Vinayak Deshpande also known as Baba, then a coconut seller named Anna and his daughter Gutthi. The story begins with Vinayak Deshpande aka Baba taking over an ancestral property from a real estate owner when he gets the news that a baby girl is born. Then we are taken over to several years later where we get to see a lovely bond being shared by Anna and his daughter Gutthi. Gutthi was adopted daughter of Anna and he always used to worry about who her parents are but he used to love her like his own child. Then we have Raghu’s wife Maya who has her yoga classes and is in love with another guy named Faisal who wants Maya to be happy and live a life that she deserves. Raghu too used to regularly visit Anna where they start sharing their th

 Moon Light Proposal Author: Sayali Arora Pages: 119 'Moon Light Proposal' by Sayali Arora is a book that revolves around Ishika who's only wish is to have an arranged marriage just like her parents who are living a happy life together. So, when she gets the proposal of Adithya she readily agrees but then she feels there's something missing in this relationship. Then one day Ishika is sent to Mumbai for a project and there she meets Siddhant and there is an instant she feels what was missing when she met Adithya. Soon, they both start feeling the same way and Siddhant proposes her but what about Adithya? Whom will Ishika choose? To know read 'Moon Light Proposal'. My Thoughts: The plot was really cute and I enjoyed every bit of the story. I liked how the author has put a thought provoking question at the end of each chapter which will surely make the readers think about the question. The characters are well developed. I liked the relati

The Diary of My Love Author: Deesha Sangani Pages: 166  'The Diary of My Love' by Deesha Sangani is a book that revolves around Anushkaa and Ayush. Anushkaa is a passionate girl who wants to achieve great things in her life and she is dedicated to her. Ayush is a really sweet guy for whom it was love at first sight when he saw Anushkaa. But, Ayush always used to think too much about everything and Anushkaa too was in a relationship with Sahil and hence they could never really share what they felt about each other. Soon, Ayush gets married to Riya and Anushkaa moves back to Pune after a while. Things were going on for Anushkaa until one day she gets in touch with Ayush when she learns a lot has happened in this period and changed in their life. Soon they start talking with each other but will Anushkaa and Ayush be able to express their feelings for each other? Are they destined to be together or will destiny take over its decision for them? To know read 'The Diary of My Love

  The Best Friend Author: Akash Verma Pages: 184                   ‘The Best Friend’ by Akash Verma is a book that revolves around two friends Nakul and Samir. Nakul was a senior to Samir in school and Samir absolutely adores Nakul and always wants to be with him. Samir used to do each and every task for Nakul even acting as a messenger to deliver his letters to Ginny. But there was someone who was not liking it and then one Samir was bullied and physically abused by Nakul’s classmates. Nakul observes this from a far but doesn’t do anything about it in fact he just runs away from there thinking that the bullies might see him. Coming back to the present there has been a suspicious death of a student named Rohit Bajaj from XI A in Oaks International School and there is an investigation about the same being conducted by the school. That’s when Nakul gets to meet Samir face to face and the past incidents start coming back. Both Nakul and Samir come face to face but not as the best fr

  L. I. T. – Lost in Translation – a poetry chapbook Author: Himanshu Goel Pages: 32                   ‘L. I. T. – Lost in Translation’ by Himanshu Goel is a collection of 26 poems which contains words from the author’s native language. The poems are short but convey very deep meaning and revolve around various themes of life which most of us sometimes contemplate on. I liked the choice of words that the author has made and the way the poems revolve around each of these words. Some of my favourite poems are as follows: ·          Rimjhim ·          Lamha ·          Muskurahat ·          Sukoon ·          Manzil Each of these poems has such deep meaning that every reader will find some of them to be close to themselves like the poem Manzil which conveys that each person has his or her own destination which nobody else can climb but you as a person are destined to climb. Language is simple and lucid and people who want to start reading poems should really start re