The 5 am Club: Own your morning Elevate your lifeRobin Sharma2018Jaicopp. 336 Reading this book has reminded me of my susceptibility to suggestion. The book has been popping up in the suggested books list for the longest of time. I have been avoiding it for months, may be years. And then came the audible subscription…
TerminalRobin Cook1993Pan Macmillanpp. 445 A medical thriller by Robin Cook, Terminal traces the journey of a medical researcher/ doctor and a nurse. As they try to arrive at the status of their personal relationship, they also traverse the adventurous path of unravelling the mysterious illnesses and cure at a cancer centre. The story is gripping…
Perfect Parenting: How to Raise Happy and Successful Children Sushant Kalra 2021 Rupa Publications pp. 142 How to Raise a Tech GeniusShahneila Saeed2020Hachette Indiapp. 240 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting Ashwin Sanghi and Kiran Manral 2018 Westlandpp: 172 I was asked to write a review of these three books for a journal that will…
The Wounds of the DeadVikram Paralkar2017Harper Collinspp. 215 Parlkar is trained as a physician. In this fictional work he has used his knowledge of medicine and combined with horror, fantasy, and some bits of folklore. You will also find traces of mythology here and there or may be that is just my interpretation. The story…
The Liberation of Sita Volga (translation by T Vijay Kumar, C Vijayasree) 2018 Harper Perennial pp. 128 First, this book acknowledges that Sita needs to be liberated. And right at the outset, the book deserves appreciation for breaking the myth of the ideal image that Sita is used to project. The book thus is a…
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeyman2017Harper Collinspp. 383 Oh my! This Book! The author chronicles the story of Eleanor, a young woman, a social misfit, a victim of past trauma that has led to present distress. Like most people who are psychologically disturbed, Eleanor partly knows that something is amiss, but also like most people,…
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Zaffre pp. 293 The non-fictional account of Lale Sokolov’s life is a gripping narration. The writer has been able to bring to fore the details of events and emotions that marked Sokolov’s experiences of being imprisoned in Auschwitz, tattooing numbers on fellow prisoners and living with the fear…
The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel BalochSanam Maher2018Aleph Book pp. 272 The book documents the life of Qandeel Baloch (Fouzia Aseem), Pakistan’s first social media star. Her life was truly sensational! The mystery surrounding her and the struggle against a world that does not just create physical and psychological barriers for her to continue her…
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…
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Teachers: The Heroes of Real IndiaS. Giridhar2019Westlandpp. 275 In this book, Giridhar has presented stories of teachers from across the country. The focus is on documenting the efforts made by teachers in rural India towards providing quality learning experiences for children in schools. These teachers, like ordinary people, probably took to teaching…
