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Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
Favourite Quote: None
Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
Ice Boys in Bell BottomsKrishna Shastri Devulapalli2011Harper Collins Indiapp. 263(Available here https://amzn.to/2Hs5uS9)Ice Boys in Bell Bottoms is a coming of age story. The chief protagonist is the grandson of a famous Telugu poet and a nearly equally famous illustrator. Set in Hyderabad and then Chennai, the story gives a vivid description of life in a household…
Brain Robin Cook 1981 Signet pp. 320 This book reminded me why I started reading Robin Cook in the first place. Medical fiction, fast paced thriller, enough jargon to make me feel just the right amount of ignorant, and what I have come to believe is Cook’s forte even more than fiction- professional ethics. In…
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Marie Kondo 2011 Vermillion pp. 248 In this book Kondo summarises her method of tidying around the house. She claims that this can have far reaching impact on how you live your life. I don’t dispute her claim that a more organised lifestyle at home is going to have…
A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea Masaji Ishakawa (trns. Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown) 2000 Amazon Crossing pp. 159 The book descibes the life of Ishikawa. Born in Japan to a North Korean father and a Japanese mother, Ishikawa was not yet an adult when he migrated to North Korea along…
The NoseNikolai Gogol1836(original in Russian)(Read ebook)Gogol’s ‘The Nose’ presents his take on authority and identity. In a society driven by hierarchies, where relationships are marked by power, the story presents a strong take on how people tend to define themselves. The fictional account presents the story of a civil servant waking up one day to…
उम्र बस नींद सी अज़ीज़ आज़ाद सूर्य प्रकाशन मंदिर बीकानेर पृ: 84 अज़ीज़ आज़ाद की ये ग़ज़ल इत्तेफ़ाक़न हाथ लगी। इंटरनेट पर मुफ्त पुस्तकें ढूंढने में कई ऐसे नाम मिले जो मैंने पहले कभी नहीं सुने थे। इसका एक बड़ा कारण है मेरी किताबों की दुनिया से दूरी। कभी सामान्य ज्ञान बढ़ाने के लिए किताबों या लेखकों के नाम मुझसे…