Manav Kaul
2018
Hind Yugm
pp. 208
Tumhaare Baare Mein is an unconventional piece of work.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi (trans. Geoffrey Trousselot) 2015/ 2019 Picador pp. 224 I chanced upon this book while looking for books by Japanese authors. Admittedly, it is the name of the book that caught my attention. Coffee and book together make a strong combination and I thought this must be written by…
Name: EcstasyAuthor: Sudhir KakarNo. of Pages: 251Year of Publication: 2001Publisher: Penguin About the Book:It is a book about that traces the journey of two mystics who are separated by several years, but connected through a common spiritual quest. Their experiences that lead them to initiation are the fulcrum of the book. Yet, there are several complex…
Yeh Daag Daag UjalaQuratul Ain Haider2009Bhartiya Gyanpithpp. 190 Yeh Daag Daag Ujala is a collection of short stories by Quratul Ain Haider. The stories have been translated by Dr. Sadiq. The stories are interesting although some of them are written in a context totally alien to me. The symbolism in some stories are totally lost…
Name of the Book: The Diary of a Young GirlAuthor: Anne FrankNo. of Pages: 344Publisher: AakarYear of Publication: 2009 (originally published in 1949) About the Book:This is going to be the shortest review that I have ever written. The Diary of a Young Girl is exactly what it says it is- a diary- of a…
Abduction Robin Cook 2000 PanMacmillan pp. 400 Abduction is a fictional account of the abduction of five undersea explorers into an alternate world that exists inside earth. The interterrains, as they call themselves, are far more ancient and simultaneously far more advanced that the humans inhabiting surface earth. In terms of the narrative, the first…
A Double LifeAlyque Padamsee(with Arun Prabhu)1999Penguin Bookspp. 304A Double Life is an autobiographical account of Alyque Padamsee. After Stephen Hawking’s, quite surprisingly, this turned out to be the most inspiring biography I have read so far. Not that I have read many! To be fair to Padamsee, his life is definitely inspiring. Leading two successful…