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Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
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Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
Name: A Book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections Author: Sudhir KakarNo. of Pages: 318Year of Publication: 2011Publisher: VikingAbout the Book:Kakar is as lucid as ever in this autobiographical writing. Not surprisingly, he has academised it as well. At the same time he has shared many vivid descriptions of his life or maybe, we should say, reconstructions…
Mumma ki DiaryAnu Singh Choudhary2015Hindyugmpp. 159Mumma ki Diary is exactly what it claims to be. A non-fictional account of the life experiences of a young mother. Written in everyday Hindi, the book presents an episodic account of a young journalist, the author, from the time of her decision to have a child to her present…
Shakuni: Paason ka MaharathiAshutosh Nadkar2019Juggernautpp. 239(audiobook Storytel production 2021) The story of Shakuni is well known as part of the great war between the Kuru brothers, in Mahabharat. Portrayed as the villain in almost all versions of Mahabharata, Shakuni’s tale has been narrated from his voice in this book. Nadkar’s version is a retelling of…
Misfit MadhuDivya Anand2022Puffin Bookspp 277 As the name of the book says, the story revolves around the life of Madhu, a class seven student, who feels that she doesn’t fit in with the rest of her class. She is different from her peers as she is more interested in computers than in fashion, she does…
Hello, Bastar: The Untold Story of India’s Maoist Movement Rahul Pandita 2011 Westland pp. 202 Pandita’s writing on the Maoist movement in various parts of India details out the history of the movement. The narrative is replete with episodes of various comrades’ initiation into the Naxal movement. In various episodes, lives of people involved in…
A Doll’s HouseHenrik Ibsen (trans. Robert Farquaharson Sharp)2021 (orig. 1879)Finger Printpp. 127 The play about the life of Mrs. Nora Helmer is divided into three acts. In the first two plays, Mrs. Helmer goes about preparing for Christmas with the new found richness that is coming into their lives with a new position that Mr….