Experiences

  Title: The Contract Author: Zeenat Mahal Genre: Romance Source : A copy provided by author for review Synopsis: Shahira, a 30 year old single mom to an eight year old boy, and a school teacher by profession, gets a rather unusual marriage proposal from Hussain. That of a contract marriage -where she would be responsible for raising his 11 year old daughter and taking care of his mother, while him -the so called husband -will be globetrotting on his business. Concerned of her son's future and securing financial security for herself, she chose to accept it. Little did she realize that this is going to change her life for good! Discovery: I first happened to read the preview of the book when it was one of the nominations for “Book of the Month” in July 2014 on Indusladies.com. It was a promotional event by “Indireads” where they were giving away 5 free copies to the winners participating in the giveaway. Recently received a copy of the book, thanks to the author f...

Title: Those Pricey Thakur Girls Author: Anuja Chauhan Genre: Fiction Source : Self-purchased Copy Synopsis: The story revolves around the residents of 16, Hailey Road. Retired Judge Lakshmi Narayan Thakur -the man of the house, his wife Mamta Thakur and their five beautiful daughters named alphabetically from A to E. The protagonist is D- Debjani Thakur, who lands up a job as a newsreader in the national channel DD .Dylan Singh Shekhawat- her father's kot-piece partner cum friend's son - unaware of her whereabouts, bashes her thoroughly through his article in the newspaper India Post he is working for. As fate has it, they happen to meet - the twists and turns of events following their meeting is something to be found out on reading the book. Discovery: I had read the first novel from Anuja Chauhan "The Zoya Factor" and had loved it thoroughly. So, recently when I came across this title in one of the book selling sites, I picked it up just because th...

  Title: Tuesdays With Morrie Author: Mitch Albom Genre: Biography Source: Self-purchased copy Synopsis: Tuesdays With Morrie is a short account of the discussions between a 78 year old Professor Morrie Schwartz and his student Mitch Albom during the last 14 weeks of his life. Morrie was Mitch's favourite professor and on the day of his graduation, he had promised Morrie that he would be in touch with him. He could not keep his promise and it was only after 16 years of his graduation that he met Morrie, that too after he saw him on a television show and came to know of his medical condition. The union strike at the newspaper he used to work in as sports writer gave him ample time to meet Morrie every Tuesday and thereon started the lessons on life. Life as viewed by a person on the bridge between life and death. Discovery: In the year 2007, heard about it from a colleague who was also a book-lover. Even got a copy of the e-book from him, somehow...

Title: Chanakya’s Chant Author: Ashwin Sanghi Genre: Historical Fiction Source: Self-purchased copy Synopsis: The novel has two stories running in parallel. On one side is the story of the well known strategist in ancient India - Chanakya, determined to take revenge of his father's murder and nurturing the dream of a united India under the rule of an able king. He saw the qualities he desired for a king in Chandragupta Maurya and trains him. The duo finally with Chanakya's wisdom are able to defeat the Macedonians and lay the foundation of an undivided India. On the other side, is the story of a strategist in modern India -Pandit Gangasagar, who saw the qualities of an able leader in a poor slum girl-Chandini Gupta and wants to make her the Prime Minister of India. Whether he succeeds in doing that or not is something to find out after reading the book. Discovery: I discovered this book around three years back, when happened to see many commuters in ...