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25 Feb

Review of ‘The Love Stories from Lockdown Days’

Pranjali WakdeBook ReviewsAnushka Mehta, Pranjali, The Love Stories from Lockdown Days

Quarantine has obviously impacted the world negatively; however, among its few pros, one of them is the birth of Lockdown literature. Lockdown saw a socio-cultural change globally, which became the inspiration for many texts spewed out by authors during that time. One of the amazing additions in this type of Literature was a collection by Anushka Mehta, released on the 10th of January this year. This is her third Kindle release, namely ‘The Love Stories from Lockdown Days’. The book consists of ten stories, all of them different, yet connected by one theme, i.e. all of them happened during the…

01 Aug

The Art of Being Grateful and other stories

Anushka MehtaBook ReviewsAnushka Mehra

Review by Anushka Mehta. We live stories and then there are some authors who believes in putting it down on a paper. A paper that would last longer than for the time we lived that story. Manali Desai, has taken an inspiration from such lived stories of life. While adding a spice to them she took it to different genres being it romance, thriller, mystery, and inspirational. Her book is divided into eight sections and counting to the most promising section. I still want to believe Aashna was dreaming about hearing her own voice asking for help on…

13 Jul

The Swap

Anushka MehtaBook ReviewsAnushka Mehta, The Swap

Review by Anushka Mehta. Shuma Raha in her Debut Novel is challenging the sacred institution of marriage among the Elite class of our society. Set up in the Capital city while its roots are in Kolkata. The Protagonist Priya Bakshi and Aakash are in their six year old marriage lacking all sorts of romance, affection and intimacy. The story moved on a straight path, introducing the various characters and their role, as all shared a similar class along with their individuality. All the characters are represented as liberal, educated and westernised individuals in reputed professionals being Journalist, Chartered…

31 May

A Girl To Remember

Pranjali WakdeBook ReviewsA Girl To Remember, Pranjali Wakde

It takes courage to write something outside the box and even more so to make the message stick to the story. A girl to remember, by Ajay K Pandey, is one such book. Ajay K Pandey has made his protagonist, Neel Kumar, a person whose body controls him more than his mind or heart does. Neel is described, even by himself, as a demon who thinks women are nothing but soft toys with no emotions, which he can use and throw away as his body wishes. The main characters are Neel, a Mathematics teacher in DAV school, Pihu, a student…