Ritu MantriFeatured Reviews / Non- Fiction I have always been an avid reader and library in school and college was my favorite place. I have a soft corner for every department, every bookshelf in the department and all the books in those shelf. So when I got my hands on …
Read More »The Accidental Prime Minister by Sanjaya Baru Review
If you are regular to news debate, then one could hardly miss the newly launched book The Accidental Prime Minister : The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh by Sanjaya Baru. It has created an uproar. Congress vehemently refuting the content of the book and mercilessly criticizing Sanjaya Baru, the former media adviser …
Read More »Adultery by Paulo Coelho Review
I was really confused why I spend three days in reading Adultery by Paulo Coelho when I didn’t like the book at all from the very beginning. It could be because, it was written by the author of the world famous bestseller novel The Alchemist. I kept hoping against the …
Read More »The Big Connect by Shaili Chopra Review
A year or two ago I was never interested in politics. But suddenly I was excited about the Anna Hazare movement and later on rise of AAP, Gujarat model and about Narendra Modi (now Prime Minister of India). How that happen? I got this answer while reading The Big Connect …
Read More »Private India by Ashwin Sanghi Review
Private India by Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson has unique features of two well known writers of the world. The plot has exhaustive research which is the specialty of Ashwin Sanghi’s writing and also gripping suspense till the end which is the trademark of James Patterson. Together they had produced …
Read More »Modi: Leadership, Governance and Performance by Vivian Fernandes Review
Election fever is all time high in the country. One thing which we heard most in this election was Gujarat Models. BJP and allies promoting it and Congress and other vehemently criticizing it. But each time we were hearing about Gujarat Model. So what is Gujarat Model. Little do we, …
Read More »The Palace of Illusion by Chitra Banerjee Review
I was itching to read The Palace of Illusion by Chitra Banerjee from a long time. After reading Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Sawant, I was quite smitten with the Hindu Mythology especially Mahabharata. The creativity of imagination in authors amaze me. I’ve already read Mahabharata from Karna POV(Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Sawant), …
Read More »Bird in a Banyan Tree by Bina Ramani Review
A very popular saying that ‘Life is not Bed of Roses’ fits very well for the famous fashion designer, entrepreneur, restaurateur, social worker, visionary and a socialite Bina Ramani. She was born in a very conservative and yet wealthy Sikh family, brought up first in Mumbai then in London and is known …
Read More »Employee First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar Review
Employee First, Customers Second, it is the title of the book which knidled a curiosity in me and I picked up the book in order to know more. It is written by Vineet Nayar, who is the has been promoted to vice Chairman of HCLT, has been asked to take …
Read More »Hindustani Classical Music by Vijay Prakash Singha Review
An Introduction To Hindustani Classical Music is written Vijay Prakash Singha as a guidebook for the young aspirants music lover both for the learners and especially for the classical music listeners. You might love to hear Indian classical music. It is easy to get swayed by the sheer power and yet the …
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