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Mehboob Murderer Author: Nupur Anand Pages: 282 ‘Mehboob Murderer’ by Nupur Anand is a story that takes place in Mumbai on a rainy Saturday night in September. In a city which never sleeps a mysterious murder of six people takes place at a famous Parsi café. Our protagonist Inspector Abbas who is committed to his job but hates his promotion which recently received for solving a case in record time. He’s been allocated to solve this case and with the mysterious murderer still roaming around, the case becomes an instant hype in media and the unwanted political pressure and the unachievable deadline forces the police to close the case as soon as possible. A similar killing has occurred at Navi Mumbai based  Bar. Is this the same murderer who killed people in Navi Mumbai? Why would somebody kill 6 random strangers? Was it that the killer was trying to get to someone else but shot these people? Will Inspector Abbas be successful in catching the culprit? To know more read Mehboo...

Tara Pages: 73 Author: Surabhi Sharma                 ‘Tara’ by Surabhi Sharma is a story of a small girl named Tara who is disappointed with her life. She constantly dreams about switching her life with her little brother who according to her has everything she ever wanted to be hers. She is small but has all the responsibilities on her shoulders to help her family run through the day to day activities smoothly. Everything was going fine until one day when she’s really disappointed with her father for not getting the coat that she really wanted. That day when she was grazing her sheep on the hilltop and taking rest under a tree looking at the sky. She suddenly notices a cloud moving opposite side against the other clouds and as if chasing her. And all of a sudden a flying mat comes out it. To Tara’s surprise the flying mat is talking and telling her to come along with her to an unknown plac...

The Soft Target Author:  Kalyan Nanda Pages: 212 Publisher: Notion Press ‘The Soft Target’ by Kalyan Nanda is a book about a boy named Mohan who continually suffers the wrath of God, though no fault of his he continually suffers all that comes his way and  challenges God to do whatever he can do to make him suffer, nothing would stop him. Does Mohan win against God? The story begins by narrating the life of Mohan who has a rare disease from birth due to which he cannot speak up his mind, but fully understands  everything. In fact, he is very intelligent and always tops his school and college. He even secures AIR  2nd Rank in IIT entrance exam which was held just a week after his parents died in a car accident. After getting admission in IIT Mumbai he meets Brij and Nikhil. Brij comes from a small town named Azamgarh and is filmy and stylish and Nikhil is a rich boy who has all the comforts a person can dream of having but he suffers from stammering prob...

The Watchmaker and Time Author: Devang Kanavia Pages: 118 Publisher: Embassy Book Distributors ‘The Watchmaker and Time’ is a story of Pedro and his love for watches. Pedro’s love for watches was born out of a strange incident back from his childhood. And since then he was so engrossed in watches that he soon became one of the renowned watch designers in the world and came to be known as ‘the Maestro of Time’. One day his granddaughter challenges him about the fundamentals of time. Unable to answer her innocent questions he is put to think that he’s been creating watches all his life but never really understood what time actually is. To know the answers to his questions he sets on to a journey to know what is time exactly. Will he be successful in finding the answers to his questions? To know this read The Watchmaker and Time. My Thoughts: I loved the writing style of the author. The story is written in a simple and lucid language. The writing style of th...

I am a home to butterflies Author: J Alchem Pages: 244           ‘I am a home to butterflies’ by J Alchem is a collection of poetry, quotes and letters. The book is about the emotions that a person goes through when he/she is in love, when he/she goes through a breakup and how he/she is trying to move ahead but it is not that easy as we think it would be. We sometimes get used to a person so much that it is difficult to stay away from them but then when they move on easily and we are still stuck in the same moment living those moments again and again. We are forced to think if they ever loved us or was it just us who were living under a false presumption that the person also loves as much as we love them. The book truly is about you and me and when the readers would read the book it would be about us. To know more read I am a home to butterflies . My Thoughts: I had read and loved the first book from the author ‘Unde...

The Diary on the Fifth Floor Author: Raisha Lalwani Pages: 184 Publisher: Rupa Publication           ‘The Diary on the Fifth Floor’ by Raisha Lalwani is a fascinating tale of a twenty five year old woman who is dealing with some sort of problem when she decides to see the doctor more precisely a psychiatrist. With constant emails to the doctor she finally manages to get an appointment and she arrives at the doctor’s place. The story begins when she enters the doctor’s clinic on the fifth floor of a hospital. The woman informs the doctor that she is here for her sister and that her sister is behaving weirdly these days and is not being herself. She is terrified to open up in front of the doctor and hence is constantly creating a web of lies. The woman is carrying a blue diary with her and tells the doctor that it is her sister’s diary where she makes her daily entry of events that she has experienced or heard of. But the d...