Reading Time: 5 minutes Sawaneh-i Dehli is a byte-sized history of the empires that ruled Delhi. From the ancient Hindu empires to the viceroys, Mirza Akhtar documents his beloved city’s history with passion, emotion, and sadness.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes “They resorted to a cheap smear campaign aimed at rubbishing my image. And to a considerable extent, they enjoyed some success with that amongst circles who readily believe that an African shouldn’t aspire to much.”
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Nigerian Mafia Mumbai is a very familiar story, especially for viewers of The Goodfellas or The Sopranos. But the Onyeka manages to keep it fresh with new flavours and characters.
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Reading Time: 12 minutes I could never have found better help than reading Attitude is Everything. That’s how good a book it is. That’s how reading books can help – you find solutions to problems you never knew existed.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated from Scout’s point of view, but the novel’s true protagonist, in my opinion, is Atticus Finch.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The evolving business landscape demands two things – innovation and a fresh influx of clients. Innovation to be relevant amid growing competition and new clients to rake in the numbers. However, it’s often the case that the pursuit of new clients leaves little time to splurge on keeping the existing ones active. The result is
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Rabindranath Tagore and Upagupta – An Introduction Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is arguably the most revered literary figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in India. Tagore was among the handful of poets, along with Sarojini Naidu and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, for standing in resistance to the colonial powers while also shaping sociopolitical discourse
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Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re a cricket lover, you know there’s nothing like diving into a good book about your favourite sport. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of the top 8 books to read for every cricket lover.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Instagram account of Ananth Padmanabhan, the CEO of HarperCollins India, was hacked on Thursday, March 2. As per Ananth’s tweet on Friday, a hacker from Nigeria hacked his account. The publisher urged his followers to ignore messages and report if they received one. Ananth Padmanabhan is one of the most active publishers on social
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The first that struck me when I got my hands on Richa Lakhera’s Contamination was actor Manoj Bajpayee’s comment: “Brilliant. Standout. Richa Lakhera writes vividly of the wicked.”And that set a lot of expectations from the book. After all, very few play wicked better than Mr Bajpayee himself. To be honest, the book met most
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Reading Time: 7 minutes The Power of Habit tries to find and present answers to such deeper questions. The book deals with some of the most intrinsic aspects of human behaviour, giving lucid and interesting explanations. With more than two million copies sold, Charles Duhigg’s masterpiece is practically changing lives across the globe. Let’s find out why.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Najam Us Saher speaks about delving deep into the human psyche, exploring the world of thoughts, experiencing their struggles, and learning how they rise despite all the pain.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Sanjay Grover takes us from his life in a remote village in Maharashtra as an engineering student to making it to a private B-school in Delhi. The author takes the readers through his journey in the United States, where he got admitted to one of the top B-schools in the world.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes According to the Twitter thread, the Sacred Games actress wrote the memoir over two years. However, the premier publisher took just about a week to acquire the book for publishing
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Muslim Vanishes is probably the most political fiction since Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence. Saeed Naqvi brilliantly captures the underlying crux of the growing Hindutva extremism in the country. While the author propagates more than a few controversial viewpoints, the primary objective of this unique play is right on the button.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The story of Jaishankar Krishnamurthy’s and Krishna Udayashankar’s Farside is as simple as the title sounds. The book is what a good eight-part Netflix series could be about. It’s got it all – greed, gambling, blackmail, escorts, and politics. If you’re looking to spend a chilly winter Saturday at home, Farside could give you good company. Here’s
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Delicate Storm is a beautifully written novel and I would easily recommend it to someone who’s just started reading. The novel is simple in its language for a young reader to comprehend, and the 450-page length assures that it has enough depth to quench an enthusiast’s thirst.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes To simply say what The White Tiger is, I want you to read the below excerpt from the novel: ‘One day a cunning Brahmin, trying to trick the Buddha, asked him, “Master, do you consider yourself man or a god?”. The Buddha smiled and said, “Neither. I am just one who has woken up while
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Reading Time: 7 minutes Introduction The evolution of the novel happened over a period of centuries before it took the form we witness today. There have been several landmark contributions to the development of storytelling all over the world. One book, however, which remains ground-breaking in various aspects is Pamela. Written by Samuel Richardson, Pamela is widely regarded as
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Reading Time: 3 minutes During my childhood, when I had no clue about novels, I heard a name that some of the teachers would say at the school library – Ruskin Bond. Though I knew nothing about the man until a few years ago, the name fascinated me. And the more fascinated was I when I realized that he
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Stories have been part of cultures around the world for thousands of years. They helped shape our societies for centuries and continue to do so even today. However, in modern times, stories, in the form of novels, have become one of the major sources of entertainment. They no longer are limited to the privileged class
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In this world where injustice is a part of common life, revolution, and rebellion are a dream for millions. Be it Palestine, Kashmir, Cuba, or Brazil, the oppressed want to rebel in any way possible. Enter, politics, the cruellest and most inhuman aspect of human life. Politics is a dirty game, and nothing exemplifies it
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Whenever I walk past my school, the DPYA High School in Dadar Parsee Colony, my heart aches. Every single memory from the good old days comes to life. I feel sad that I can’t bring back those days. And yet, there’s a big smile rather than a tear in my eyes. That’s the feeling you
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There are two kinds of people in this world. One, who read books, and the others, who want to read books. Inherently, every human being loves a good story, and therefore, reading novels is quite a fulfilling activity. However, for those who are just beginning to read or thinking to begin, more often than not,
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Reading Time: 3 minutes War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength These are the words that send chills down your soul on several occasions while reading George Orwell’s magnum opus, “1984”. It is a book that will change you as a human being. It is a book you will never forget in your life. To begin with,
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho is easily one of the best novels to read for the most part until the last 5 pages ruin it completely. A young girl named Veronika decides to commit suicide for one of the most bizarre reasons, and that’s that she has a “perfect life”! Plot Summary of Veronika
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Reading Time: 2 minutes John Grisham is a world-renowned author known for gripping legal thrillers, and with this expectation, I bought Calico Joe. However, what it turned out to be is one of the most uncomfortable books I’ve read, and I loved it. If you like to go deep into the dark failures of relationships, especially between parents and
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Tales of Man Singh is the book for you if you’re even remotely interested in the legendary dacoits of the Chambal Valley. Kenneth Anderson wonderfully takes the reader in the pre-independence era and the early years of independence. She creates a sketch of rural India the way it actually was, which wasn’t ideal, to
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Emperors Riddles is one of those books which will keep reminding you of Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”. It adds a breath of freshness and uniqueness to it, though. The story brings to life the colourful and holy streets of Varanasi and takes you to an unprecedented cultural journey. Satyarth Nayak successfully encapsulates
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