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Book review- ‘The Story of a Suicide’- Storytelling, a unique way!
Book title: The Story of a Suicide Author: Sriram Ayer Book blurb: “The Story of a Suicide” by Sriram Ayer is a young, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends novel, which grippingly tells the stories of Hari, Charu, Sam and Mani, whose lives are interconnected in a web of love, passion, revenge and deceit. Today’s youngsters are expressive, self-absorbed, independent, afraid, hurried, fearless, fame hungry, but surprisingly resilient. In a world that makes unreasonable demands on them, many are disillusioned about their education, relationships, jobs, sexuality, bullying, and abuse. In the backdrop of a powerful story and visuals, this project aims to reach out to young people, by verbalising their struggles through the…
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Book Review- False Ceilings
Book title: False Ceilings Author: Amit Sharma Genre: Fiction No. of pages: 256 Price: Rs. 295 Publisher: LiFi Publications Book blurb: Born in the lush mountains of Dalhousie in 1930, Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her wedding night she is gifted a secret to use wisely when the time comes. From the green valleys of Dalhousie to a village in Punjab reeling under the communal violence of 1947; from the Delhi of 1950s with its intoxicating smell of freedom to the Delhi of 1970s soaked in the hippie culture; from the Delhi of 1984 smelling of burnt tyres to the Delhi of 90s raising its Frankenstein of…
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Book review-The Bestseller She Wrote
Book title: The Bestseller She Wrote Author: Ravi Subramanian Genre: Romance No.of pages: 391 Price: Rs.295 Publisher: Westland Book blurb Paperback king Aditya Kapoor’s life is straight out of a modern man’s fantasy. His literary stardom is perfectly balanced by a loving wife and a spectacular career. With everything he touches turning to gold, Aditya is on a winning streak. Shreya Kaushik is a student with a heart full of ambition. Young, beautiful and reckless, Shreya speaks her mind and obsessively chases after what she wants. And what she wants is to be a bestselling author. What happens when their worlds collide? Is it possible to love two people at…
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Book review-When our worlds collide
Book title: When Our Worlds Collide Author: Aniesha Brahma Genre: Fiction Number of pages: 114 Format: Kindle Publisher: General Press Book blurb Akriti has led a pretty much sheltered life. Zayn has been shuttled from city to city when he was growing up. She is comfortable watching her life from the sidelines. He wants to feel rooted to a place he can call ‘home’. They meet each other quite by chance. And both seize the chance to be someone they both need in their lives: For Zayn, it is a ‘Partner-in-Crime’. For Akriti, someone who just knows how to be there for her… When their worlds collide, it’s not what…
