Neelam's Book Blog

  Maya Author: Karan Kapoor Pages:53 ‘Maya’ by Karan Kapoor is a book that revolves around Maya and Rudra. Rudra is very confused about his feelings for Maya and his friends too feel the same and try to make him understand the same. Through this story we get to see how sometimes it might be difficult for a partner to express himself/herself but it is the responsibility of the other to understand him/her. Why is it that they are facing so many problems in the relationship? Will they be able to overcome the difficulties that they are going through. To know read ‘Maya’. My Thoughts: It is a short story which can be completed in one sitting. I loved how the author has successful brought up so many emotions in this story.   The characters are relatable. Rudra who is confused and wants to give up this relationship whereas Maya really wants to try her best. The emotions the characters depict can actually be felt throughout the book and I must say the characters are well developed even though 

  The Dreaming Reality Author: Noor Anand & Karan Kapoor Pages: 280 ‘The Dreaming Reality’ by Noor Anand & Karan Kapoor is a book that revolves around Ridhima and Rihansh.  The story begins when Rihansh ’s mom hear a news wherein she finds out how a boy commits suicide due to some other children ragging him. This makes a huge impact on her and she decides not to send him back to his school. Soon, he joins a school in Delhi but doesn’t get good grades and his mom decides to enroll him in a tuition. Rihansh doesn’t like tuitions and is of the view that it is just a waste of time. But finally he had to give up and enroll as per his mother’s wish and here he meets Ridhima who is his teacher. Soon, they both fall in love with each other but Ridhima is suffering from a mysterious disease which makes her dreams come true. In her recent dream she see’s Rihansh getting killed in a car accident. What is this strange disease? Will Ridhima’s dream come true? To know read ‘The Dreaming Real

One and a Half Love Story Author: Vishal Anand Pages: 220                 'One and a Half Love Story' by Vishal Anand is a story that revolves around Viraj, Nimisha and Shriya. Viraj is a career oriented guy who wants to give in his best in his career. He always believed that personal life and career life should be separate and he tries his best to follow this rule. Viraj's first love Nimisha visits Bangalore to spend some time together and also to celebrate Valentine's week. Shriya is his office colleague who was newly appointed in his organization and Viraj is assigned the responsibility to help her with learning the work. But soon, Shriya develops feelings for Viraj and tries her best to share her feelings with him. Since, Viraj always wanted to keep personal life away from work life he feels it is not good for his career and people will start getting extra curious about them also he already had feelings for Nimisha. But during one of the phone calls with Nimis

  Lifeline: Will They Ever Succeed? Author: Chetan Maheshwari Pages: 178                   ‘Lifeline: Will They Ever Succeed?’ by Chetan Maheshwari is a story that revolves around Teesha, Akhil and Rati and their ambition to achieve something big in life. So, once while using the escalator to his office Akhil meets a girl who smiles with him and he starts pondering if he knows her. The same goes with Teesha she starts thinking about the guy who she smiled with and in a curiosity she starts browsing her Facebook to find that the boy is no other Akhil her classmate. They both are happy to connect after so many years and decide to meet. Soon, they fall in love with each other and everything seemed to be going well until one day when office politics starts and they both are a victim to this politics. Meanwhile Rati, Akhil’s sister who is a single mother and a freelancer decides to hold on to her freelancing work and decides to start working on a mobile application of her. Will they b

The Book I Never Had: How to Move on After a Break Up Author: Rose Butterfly Pages: 154                 'The Book I Never Had: How to Move on After a Break Up' by Rose Butterfly is a book that will really help people who recently had a breakup and moving on is a really bit difficult for a few. If love is the most beautiful thing breakup can surely bring a emotional toll within us. I liked how the author has given us an insight into how sometimes we think too much and undervalue ourselves for no mistake of ours. The book has a lot of tips to offer to overcome this difficult phase of life. I also liked how the author has positively tried to help all the people through this book.                   As we read the book the readers will surely develop an understanding that each person has his or her own way to overcome problems and takes their own time to deal with them but this is just a phase and with time we will surely overcome this phase too. I liked how the book will ma

  Rebelina: A Walk into the Lives of Women Author: Rakhi Kapoor Pages: 258                   ‘Rebelina: A Walk into the Lives of Women’ by Rakhi Kapoor is a collection of 19 short stories which revolve around women. We get to see how the female protagonists stand for the things they feel are wrong and voice against the wrong doer. Each story revolves around a different issue that we get to see even today and how the protagonists handle each of these problems efficiently. I liked how the author through these stories has dealt with some of the serious issues like domestic violence, sexual harassment, equal right to education, etc.                 The stories will definitely inspire everyone and set an example of how if we don’t take a stand for ourselves no one will. All the stories are beautiful but some of my favorites are as follows: ·          The Grand Ghost ·          The Example ·          Raising a Mom ·          Rebelina Language is simple and lucid. I have rea

  Den of Death Author: Saurabh Pant Pages: 156                   ‘Den of Death’ by Saurabh Pant is a collection of poems which revolve around Corona Virus and how it has affected life during this pandemic. The author has given us the whole story in the form a poem of how this virus came into being and how it affected the whole world. The confusion and the chaos created by this virus and how the entire world was confused in finding how this virus came into being and how to get the situation under control. What I liked about this book: ·          The facts that the author has given in the form of photos and data ·          I loved how author has expressed different emotions, stress everyone was going through these poems ·          While reading the poems the readers can surely feel the stressful situation of when all this begun and how still the world is trying their best to back to normal. Language is simple and lucid. The title of the book is apt to the whole concept of t

  Highly Unstable Author: Mayank Pages: 129                   ‘Highly Unstable’ by Mayank is a collection of poems. The poems revolve around love, loneliness, pain, the feeling of being at loss after someone leaves us. Love is a feeling which we experience at some point in our life and it gives us some happy as well sad experiences. We get used to the person being around us the laughter that we share with them, the moments we create together. But what happens when the person we loved with all our heart is suddenly nowhere around us the void we feel all these emotions are well expressed by the author. I liked how the author has mentioned the title in the form of time which makes us more close to the emotions that the author wants to express.                 Language is simple and lucid. I liked how the format in which the poems are introduced in the form of Instagram story. The title of the book is also apt to the poems wherein we get to see how particular situations make a pers

  The Art of Influencing Project Success Author: Nicholas Ferguson Pages: 192                   ‘The Art of Influencing Project Success’ by Nicholas Ferguson is a book which will be helpful for all those who are currently working from home. Work from home is something which needs dedication, effective execution of work and managing the work along with our team and this is what the author has conveyed through this book. While explaining how to practically work on project and successfully carrying them out.                 What I liked the most about this book is: ·          Examples which are elaborated using various scientific theories ·          Quotes from famous personalities ·          Author has shared his own personal experience which adds more value to the book ·          The author has taken care of explaining the topics in such a manner that a layman can understand them. ·          Tips and tricks which can help the readers to handle stressful situation effec

  The White Collar Author: Sunil Kumar Pages: 174                   ‘The White Collar’ by Sunil Kumar is a story that revolves around Neha who is from Uttar Pradesh. She belongs to a lower middle class family but her family is ready to give her everything so that Neha achieves something great in life. So, her father decides to send her to Delhi so that she can study for one of the most highly esteemed examination i.e. IAS exam. While she was on her way to Delhi she gets to meet Akash where she gets to know that he is too going to Delhi for the preparation of IAS exam. Neha meets her old friend Kamal who too is studying for the same exam and it was a big surprise for Neha that they all were in the same coaching classes. They all put in their hard efforts they also go through many hardships while preparing for the exam. Will the three of them succeed or will life sudden turn for them? To know read ‘The White Collar’ My Thoughts:                 The plot revolves around three ch

  The Hopeless Romantic Author: Arnab Chandra Pages: 75                   ‘The Hopeless Romantic’ by Arnab Chandra is a collection of poems and short stories. We get to see how the author has beautifully described various emotions through these poems. We get to read poems revolving around love, death, attachment, dreams, etc. We sometimes feel how things could have been better, how things could have been done differently ignoring the fact that life can give us sudden surprises and the only thing that we can do is go with the flow.                 The author has excellently put forward his thinking in these beautiful poems and short stories. Some of my favourite poems are as follows: ·          Differently ·          Other Side ·          Misdirection ·          I am still waiting for Language is simple and lucid. There are poems which will leave the readers emotional and some will make us ponder.                 Overall, I must say that the author has touched each and eve