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Narasimha: The Mahaavatar Pages: 320 Author: Kevin Missal Publisher: HarperCollins India ‘Narasimha: The Mahaavatar’ is a mythological fiction by Kevin Missal is a story of bloodshed, war, revenge, kings, powers and all other mystical powers. Narasimha is one of Lord Vishnu’s incarnation who is half human, half lion. Long ago, when Lord Indra had a war against Asuras Prahlads mother had fallen prey to the war and was killed by our protagonist Narasimha. He still has the guilt of killing an innocent lady and his brother too and hence he decides to leave war and now lives his life in isolation as a physician. His only redemption would be in saving young Prahlad from the conspiracies and the bloodshed between the Asuras and Devas. There are other characters too such as Andhaka who has had a very abusive childhood and hence has turned into a horrific person. The conditions take different turns and Prahlad has to choose between betraying his own father and killing his g

Enrich Life Author: Preeti Pathak Pages: 200 Publisher: Vishwakarma Publications Genre: Non-fiction, Self-Help                 ‘Enrich Life’ by Preeti Pathak is a self-help book which takes us on a 20 day journey to enrich our life and to make us recognize our own self.   We normally put all our energy to solve others problems and to also to please them. But in doing so we usually ignore our own self and we hurt ourselves in manners that we usually don’t think about. The author has beautifully put forth that family and society are an integral part of our life but we should always find some me time for ourselves and our own self first. The author has also made us ponder about questions like ‘who am I, what do I want, what makes me happy’, etc. which we seldom ask ourselves. The author has also put forward the importance of self-love, self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-compassion, etc.   and how important it is for us to take the responsibility that while maki