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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.
1984 George Orwell 1949 (This impression 2016) KRJ Publication pp. 259 A work of fiction, 1984 is a brilliant piece by Orwell, on the hunger for power, human instinct, and social class struggle. Critiquing what he foresaw as the likely outcome of the downfall of capitalism, Orwell’s descriptive accounts of the new social order…
Name: The UntouchableAuthor: Mulk Raj AnandTime Taken: 4-5 metro ridesThe title is self explanatory. It is a book that tells the tale of a young boy born in a scavenger family. By caste, the lowest in the hierarchy of the untouchables. Considered touch-worthy only by fellow untouchables of the same caste and the…
Chaurassi (84) Satya Vyas 2018 Hind Yugm pp. 160 Chaurassi is a fictional story of Rishi and Manu (Manjeet). Set in Bokaro, the story details out the lives of the members of a middle class Sikh family. The romance that brews between the landlord’s daughter and the young man is sweet. The characters are not…
Name: Sooraj ka Saatwan Ghoda (Hindi)Author: Dharamvir BharatiNo. of Pages: 80Publisher: Bhartiya GyanpithYear of Publication: 2011 (Fortieth edition) About the Book:The novel, or novella if you please, is a collection of stories interwoven within a single story. Written in the simplest of styles, Bharti introduces the storyline through a narrator. The narrator has a life…
All That Could Have Been (Humari Adhuri Kahaani) Mahesh Bhatt with Suhrita Sengupta 2015 Speaking Tiger pp. 142 I picked up this book looking at Mahesh Bhatt’s name and for all the months that I have had it, I was quite sure it was his biography. It was ten pages into the book that I…
GST Unpacked: Beyond the Jargon TCA Sharad Raghavan 2017 Westland pp. 40 This short book covers the history of bringing GST in India, along with the key provisions of the taxation structure. It is of course useful for all Commerce teachers and students. But it is also a good read if you are generally interested…