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Broken Republic

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Name: Broken RepublicAuthor: Arundhati RoyNo. of Pages: 182Publisher: Penguin BooksYear of Publication: 2013 About the Book:The book presents four essays by Roy. All the essays are based on the Naxal movement in red zones in central India. All four essays vividly describe the landscape, the life and struggles of people in the tribal belt. The…

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To Cut a Long Story Short

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Name: To Cut a Long Story ShortAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherNo. of Pages: 419Publisher: Harper CollinsYear of Publication: 2001 About the Book:The book is a collection of short stories. Archer opens it with his favourite middle eastern short story about a man trying to escape death. The fifteen other short stories have been written by Archer, some…

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Inferno

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Name:  InfernoAuthor: Dan BrownNo. of Pages: 480Publisher: DoubledayYear of Publication: 2013 About the Book:Inferno presents the story of Robert Langdon, who was also the protagonist in Brown’s two other books- Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. Langdon, a college professor, specialises in symbolism and is a renowned art historian. His characterisation in the books…

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Sooraj ka Saatwan Ghoda

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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…

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The Oath of the Vayuputras

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Name: The Oath of the VayuputrasAuthor: AmishNo. of Pages: 565Publisher: WestlandYear of Publication: 2013 About the Book:The Oath of the Vayuputras is the third and last (Thank God!) of the Shiva trilogy written by Amish Tripathi. The story continues from the previous books but they were written so long back that it is almost impossible…

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Man’s Search for Meaning

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Name of the Book: Man’s Search for MeaningName of the Author: Viktor FranklReading Time: 8-10 hours About the Book:The book is divided into three sections. The first, and the most elaborate sections describes Frankl’s experiences in the different concentration camps he is forced to live in. His experiences lead him to put forth a school…

Aadhe Adhure

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Name of the Book: Aadhe Adhure (Hindi)Author: Mohan RakeshReading Time: 2 hours About the Book:Aadhe Adhure is a play about an Indian family, struggling to make ends meet. The family comrpises of the mother, the only earning member, the father, who has had a tumultous career, and three children. The eldest daughter has recently eloped…

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Raseedi Ticket

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Name of the Book: Rassedi Ticket: Bahar ki Ghatnaayen- Antar ke Anubhav (Hindi)Author: Amrita PritamReading Time: 4-5 hours (not read in the metro)About the Book:Rassedi Ticket is the autobiography of Amrita Pritam. Like all of her writings, it is very lucidly written. She moves from one event to another, one person to another, yet the flow…

Burning Bright

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Name of the Book: Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in ManipurAuthor: Deepti Priya MehrotraReading Time: 15 metro rides (not entirely read in the metro) About the Book:The book contours the struggles of Irom Sharmila in her ongoing indefinite fast. The fast is a crusade towards  the repeal of AFSPA from the…