Bookreview :An Unmatched Couple's Misfit Relationship

This is not a love story, it a story of breakups.  Should I call it a Series of Unfortunate Events?

An Unmatched Couple's Misfit Relationship by Biswajit Misra made me surprised when the protagonist turned out to be a female. I admire the author's novel because being a male, he portrayed what a girl went through after every breakup with so much emotion.

 Paayesha's  first love and heart break happened when she was in college. Abhishek was a good natured guy who loved Payeesha too, but being spineless, he couldn't tell his mom about his affair from different caste.  So he slowly started ignoring her and finally stopped  being in touch with Paayesha.

Once Payeesha came out from her depression , she slowly started moving ahead with her training and career and finally her parents made her marry  a guy who they "Thought" was suitable for her.

On the wedding night the guy Shishir came drunk! Followed with series of events, and learning her husband being impotent made Payeesha move out from her in-law's place and stay in a PG while doing her job. She visited them on weekends but later she went through mental torture.

In her office she found comfort from her friend  Rishav who was a cool breeze for her tired heart. But Rishav too played with her heart.

Every time Payeesha  tried to pick herself up, she was being pulled down by the men surrounding her.Who will come to her life after Rishav. What was the secret Rishav have been hiding from her. Will she choose Rishav or someone else?

My view:

The cover of the book didnt portray  breakup, It made me feel its another love story.

The plot is unique,fast pace but the title is extremely long. Somehow I felt it is  difficult to remember such long complicated title. The book had grammatical error which needs to be covered. Narration is simple and it will keep you on your feet till the end, to find out what will happen to Payeesha.

What Paayesha did was wrong. She rushed through the relationship without taking time to heal from her past. It is never a good idea to jump into a relationship , you should know if the guy is worth dating ,he will wait till you are ready and comfortable.

Rating 3/5

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Review of ‘They Go To Sleep’ by Saugata Chakraborty

Saugata Chakraborty's assorted collection of 12 short stories " They go to sleep" will give you a taste of every possible genre in 97 pages. A book you definitely want to carry and read in train while you  go for a vacation this summer.

The stories are unpredictable and beyond ones imagination. But the author have not forgotten to give  a touch of Kolkata in many of his stories.

Each story is unique from the other,

 Narration is fast pace but will not leave you dissatisfied.

The language is  difficult for beginners.

Also the characters and the plot at times got little confusing and needed to re read to understand.

Even though the book is 97 pages, don't think it's an easy peasy book , you need to read every line in order to get the plot  and its subplot.

The cover of the book, black and white makes you travel down the memory lane  of Kolkata's alley and very much relevant to the  story collection. The narration provides a touch of bangaliyana.

The story "whats in a name" will make you smile reading the end, It is about a guy who is looking for a girl he met on train, while sharing mochar chop, but didn't ask her name.

The short  "It was time"  , will make you dumbfounded  , while the chapter  Rare will remind you of hobbies like coin collection or even stamp collections.

The showstopper of the book was probably The Short lives of Shazia Sultana. A girl who chatted with men and found happiness in it. These are my few  favourite  from the lot. 

The book contains Glossary for people who wants to learn some new terms which might be difficult to understand.

With minimum words the author have woven captivating short  reads though tough at times ,can be relished with a cup cutting chai.

Rating:4 /5

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Book review-Somewhere in a song by Kavya Janani.U

How would your mental condition  be if a tune constantly haunted you throughout your life?

This is exactly what happened to Emma Justin. Somewhere in the song by Kavya Janani.U is exactly what it is about. A short read ( 42 pages ) ebook in Kindle format will make you swipe pages  to know what happened to her.

Emma is a hypnotherapist by profession and is obsessed over the tune of the song " There is nothing left to do". She feels she knows the tune and the singer Sarah Jane's voice matches with her. She came  to through an interview of from the composer that the singer is nowhere to be found after recording and the description given matches exactly with her. On the other hand her doctor claims she is diagnosed with Musicomania. How will  Emma find out the real truth? Is she truly mentally not stable or is it something else.

Set in  London, this psychological thriller travels back and forth through time. 

Language used is easy, but the story rushed through, which made me crave for more.

It is a open ended novel and therefore it left me with  many questions which wasn't clear at times. 

Rating: 3.5/5 

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Book Review: Ineligible

 It is no use trying to change everything that we dont like.Somethings are just a part of life, so its better to learn to live with them instead going on complaining.

Things and situations arent always as bad as we think.

With effort  and  perseverance  we can turn bad situation  into good one 

Ineligible by Bijaya Kumar Misra is a  romantic fiction. Though the cover looks pretty serious but it turns out to be a fun read.

The book cover says it all, a leaf in love with an orchid.  In the  story Saahil an orphan unemployed guy falls in love with Varsha who belongs to a rich  family. When they decide to get married,  the girl's brother puts condition which  Saahil needs to meet within few months  or else Varsha would be married off to someone else.

From being a sales boy selling slimming kit door to door to transforming into dealer earning lumpsum amount,  Saahil still finds it tough to make both the end meet. Will he be still eligible to marry Varsha?

Though the plot of the story  was predictable, but the struggle to earn money  quiet wittily  made it more interesting.

Less characters, and fast pace story, 
Language easy , and you will fly through the pages.

The perfect amount of humour made the book a fun read and different from the rest of the typical love stories.

Recommended for light read.
4/5

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Book Review Ghoomophiro By Himadri Garg

Ghoomophiro is a travel fiction  written by author Himadri Garg , who herself enjoy travelling and sharing tales about the places. This book is for those enthusiastic travel lovers who are always ready with their backpackandpassport .

The two sister Nitika and Kritika travels  together.  Their passion for travelling made them learn about the truth of our mother nature or the eco-system and they feel it should be passed on for our next generation. As the technology have made the human being their slave ,where no one enjoy their moments together, they decide to plan a vacation to Andaman Island without the interference of technology and have some real fun.
The book is highly detailed , and talks about the importance of our ecosystem and as a traveller how we can contribute to the mother nature .
The description of the place  and the food will definitely make you travel prepare .
The tips provide for the travellers are informative and one can relate to real life .

 It is very sad that now a days people enjoy going for a solo trip , but a trip with family  surely have lot of laughter, intimate recollection, strong bond and candid discussion stay in our heart forever which no digital album can hold.

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Short Stories Collections On Kindle

 Tea Travel and Thrill: 

Tea Travel and Thrill by Jitendra Rathod.
A Collection of 6 short stories written in a simple english. A breezy read  I would say.
My most favourite stories were Patal Bhubaneswar and Close Shave.
The author goes for a vacation to the hills of Uttarakhand  with his family where he offer lift to a stranger which slowly turns worrisome when the author feels that the person is not mentaly stable.

The second story -Close Shave was about a trip to Corbett national park where the protogonist encounters a man eater tiger.
An ideal Sunday afternoon book for short read which kept me engage throughout.

Prelude:A collection of short stories  by Author SwarupTalukdar

As the title say"Prelude"The stories, will soon be transformed into a full  novel by the author. A bagful of unnatural events which each protagonist faces in their life.
The 5 stories include :
*Curse
*Who was he?
*Lost
*Gone girl
*The girl I never wished to love .
The second story " who was he?" reminds me of Chader Pahar as described by  the author and it's one of my favourite.A quick read, ideal when you are travelling.

A Bus ride and other stories by Biswajit Nath
 The author in this book has written 3 short  stories , each of which contains simple messages which  people overlook most of the time.

The first story BOOKSTALL BY THE STATION is a story of a bookseller, whose business drastically failed , due to decreased demand of books and increased engagement in  various gadgets. Also people started buying books from eCommerce  platform more than from a real bookstore.
It is rightly said , and sad, that today's kids enjoy more playing video games rather than reading books. Even parents are least bothered about it.

The second story  A BUS RIDE:  The author talks about Being Modern vs Being Mature. A very modern individual might not be able to response to the environment  in an appropriate manner, while a mature person who might not be modern but can prove an excellent decision making  act.

The third Story ROMILA AND HER THREE SISTERS: Tactfully handle the importance of education  for every women.  Which is very much lacking  still now in India. It is  from them the country gets educated.Easy to read, grab your tea and enjoy  your sunday afternoon with this quick read.

The Dark Side of The Moon by Shubham Arora
The book contains 3 short stories, which are outstanding. The stories made me remember few incidents which actually took place in our country. Though it is not exact same like the story but dont we all hear  about mysterious death in the news?
The stories includes:
1.the last skype
2. In my head
3.The Rituals

The shorts will hook you up from the beginning to the end. For many it might be paranormal activity but for me it is Mental disorder like (Psychosis/Schizophrenia).The stories will make you think whether the character actually needed medical assistance or does death cleans up the evilness.
Beginners who are looking for chilling -straight to the point stories, no drags, go for ebook The Dark Side of the Moon.

Book Review |Beyond A Mysterious Journey by Madhuparna Suman

Beyond A Mysterious Journey

Author: Madhuparna Suman

The story as you all can guess is a journey ( a vacation )spent with full of odds happening.

Like any other  couple bored  with daily jobs and other chores Nandini and Neelkand decided to take off from their regular life and go for a vacation. After much thoughts and research they decided to  visit Georgia. Mesmerised by its beauty  it offered which includes, national park, castle , great cuisine,  they were overwhelmed. But the couple constantly  gets trapped into supernatural happening which they ignored until something happens to Nandini while they visit the abundant castle. How will this journey  change their upcoming life? Will Neelkand follow the  unnatural help he was getting from someone to save his wife?

My views:

The journey was beautifully described, especially Georgia and its surrounding places.

There were few parts which stretched unnecessarily.

The book had grammatical errors and therefore at times it was hard to understand  what was going on. A good editing can do magic.

My favourite part was the hiking to the national park and the mist mystery.

3.5/5

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Book Review |The Ramayan Secret: by Anurag Chandra

Pages:215

Publisher: Om Books International

As we know, both Ramayana and Mahabharata speaks of Dharma, the human potential. Ramayana is bit more focused on rules. Balancing the law perfectly. This book Ramayana secrets focuses exactly on this/ balancing the inner and outer earth for peace to prevail., but with a whole new perspective.

The secret script of the earth;s well being went in to wrong hand which is Ravana. His  villainous act was destroying the peace, and for this the Kingdom of Pataal Bhoomi gives Ram the task to get the script back .

·         Language is easy

·         The book starts with 2 flowchart showing the family tree of Ram and Ravan, which makes it easier to follow the story.

·         The plot though is something very new to many reader , but  somehow at the end  make you realise why Ram is said to be embodiment of Dharma and why he was choose for the script.

·         What surprised me was, their are few instances where the entire story was changed. The Yagna performed for  the childless queens were not what we came heard for years, 

      Sita was portrayed here as Ravana's daughter who was left in the royal garden abandoned.

·         The author talks about Shanta , which reader like me, was surprised to know Dashartha had a daughter and was adopted by Rompada. Here in the book, she had a role in Ram's birth

·         Overall  its the  entire Ramayana creatively written keeping the original plot in mind ,I enjoyed the flair of writing ,presenting a whole new meaning ( secret) behind Ramayana.

The book ends with Kalki  wiping off the fear from his army men,but telling this story which I believe is connected to the author's next book which points out a war which will end the human race.

3.5/5

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Book Review |The Siva Purana Retold - By Ramesh Menon

"The goddess once asked Siva," Lord how are bhaktas liberate in Kali Yug, when the world is enveloped in sin, when the people have turned away from vedic rites when danger is always imminent, when the land is perverted by alien cultures and custom,when the scared order of guru and Shisya has disappeared?Siva said, " when ancient rituals are not available to them the five syllabled mantra purifies the people of the Kali Yug, AUM NAMAH SHIVAYAH protects those of the evil age that turn to me:though they are sinner , perverted in mind and body, in thoughts word and deed! Devi, it is my sacred promise to the world that through my mantra the fallen shall rise and be free from their sin.Uma, those who subsist on air and water emaciate themselves with austerities, do not reach me  But those that worship me with simple mantra do.AUM NAMAH Sivaayah is the seed of all the living .The mantra is the mulavidya , the sacred root.It is my own heart."

Among all the writers of Indian Mythology Ramesh Menon is one of my favorite. His translation of Puranas have made me admire his writing style. Not many people know him ,but if you come across his books do give it a try. It is also for the people who wants to learn about Indian mythology in genuine way, little easy.

Puranas have been  preached orally by rishis , and never been written down. It was  through the great Saint Vyasa who have imparted his knowlege .The charecters in Purans are cosmic ,We can dismiss it as  fantasies, as the old version have described.

The author have taken liberty in this book to  change the style a little bit but kept the original form  and flavour intact.  It has been translated from Sanskrit to English in a very easy way so that very one gets the knowledge of our Puranas.

The book has been presented in to various stories  of Lord Shiva. The time he was formed , Sati Parvati, Rudra form, the twelve jyotirlinga and its importance and henceforth.

This is one book which I do re read , as the stories provide a clear view of the things we do unknowingly.

Older people go for a holy bath to cleanse their sin,but we donot know the details of it.

The Rudraksha  worn by many , what is it and how it is related to Rudra or Shiva.

All this and much more we find in this book in form of stories.

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Book Review |The Palace Of Illusions By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Mahabharata  is probably one of the greatest epic written in Hindu Scripture, beside Ramayana. Written in the 6000BCE and 5000BCE  it was the time when lives of men and gods intersected.
Vyasa was the composer this great epic.
The story lies the fierce rivalry between the brothers ( Kuru Dynasty).
This book  The Palace Of Illusion is written from Draupadi's Point of View. It is Draupadi the Princess of Panchal telling the entire story from her birth to the Palace she lived and henceforth the great war.
During her childhood she was raise by her Dai Ma. Her father was too busy to care about her daughter. Her only beloved was Krishna her friend and her brother.Like any other women of today  the author has beautifully captured Draupadi's turmoil life.  In the patriarchal society she was determined not to lower her self worth and  remain silent. Also the Saas-Bahu dual ( her conflict with mother -in law) is something worth reading.
It is a story of a women, which is relatable to our modern age

What I didnt like about the book is that because it is shown from a particular person's perspective, which I dont think justify the entire Mahabharat.