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2020 – Life In The Eye Of A Storm Author: Dr. Vinay Bansal Pages: 30                 Life in the eye of a storm is a very short book that revolves around the turmoil that the whole world is going through. This book actually gives a few tips on how to go about during these stressful times and how we should think about it as an opportunity to learn new things. The book tells us about the different challenges for mental balance and I liked the fact that each chapter’s title is a question put forward to the readers. Each chapter will make the readers ponder and question themselves on what their thinking and opinion are. Language is simple and lucid. The narration is done beautifully with examples that will make the author’s point more clear. The book cover is very attractive with the whole meditating person in the eye. The title of the book is also very interesting and will surely attract the reade...

A Week with Enya Author: Amar B Singh Pages: 86                 ‘A Week with Enya’ by Amar B Singh is a collection of 24 poems. The book is about author and his eight year old daughter who is suffering from ASD. Through these poems we get to see the innocence of the eight year old and how her father regrets that he doesn’t get to spend much time with her. We can actually feel the emotions that the author is experiencing and while doing so we also to see how the author has wonderfully described love, pain, fear, ambition, etc.                  The poems are beautifully written and I am sure the readers will get what the author is going through. The poems will also make the readers emotional by the end. Language is simple. The cover is beautiful and shows us the beautiful father daughter relationship. The title of the ...

Mirage Author: Nilakshi Garg Pages: 308                 ‘Mirage’ by Nilakshi Garg is a book that revolves around Bethany Carlson and Gerald Fletcher. Bethany is a tattoo artist and Gerald works as a Senior Financial Consultant in a big firm.   Bethany mostly likes to spend her time alone and has very less friends as well. One day they both happen to meet and soon they fall in love with each other. Bethany has a past from which she couldn’t move on and still has it on her mind. We get to see a beautiful story between two people who belong to a totally different background. Will Bethany be able to move on in her life? Will Gerald be able to help Bethany and make his place in her life? To know more read ‘Mirage’. My Thoughts:                 The plot is well written and it is full of twists and turns. I loved h...

Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap Author: Sunil Mishra Pages: 132                 ‘Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap’ by Sunil Mishra is a book that revolves around three friends Ashok, Sandeep and Satvik. The three friends meet at Goa for vacation after a long period of time where they come across some funny sign boards which would scare most of us today. These sign board invoke a conversation among them where they reminisce about their old days when they were kids and they compare the kids from this generation who are mostly into mobile phones. While all this is going on they all of a sudden stumble upon a business idea which revolves around what most of us like doing i.e. using social media. Soon, people are crazy about the app and it is hit in no time for the trio! Everything seemed to be going well when they start fac...

Art, Text, Love: A novel with poems Author: Ajith Siva Pages: 89                 ‘Art, Text, Love: A novel with poems’ by Ajith Siva is a book that revolves around Jay and Vaikasi aka Cassy. Jay is an aspiring writer and who happens to be ardent lover of coffee. This love of his for coffee makes him a regular visitor of a local café. On one such visit he happens to meet Cassy and it was love at first sight for him. Jay has already struggled a lot and when he meets Cassy he felt she was the one for him. Soon, they start conversing with each other but will Cassy share the same mutual feelings for Jay?     To know more read ‘Art, Text, Love: A novel with poems’. My Thoughts:                 I loved the plot especially the conversation that both Jay and Cassy have with each other. I liked how the author h...