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 ar...

  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...

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...

  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 freel...

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 ...

  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 ar...

  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 surel...