Exploring the Bookish World

Sonu Bhasin through her book, 'The Inheritors' , brings before the readers a  fascinating behind the scenes look into what goes behind prominent Indian brands like Marico, Dabur, Keventers, Berger Paints, Select Group, Max Group and many others. The book is an extremely interesting read and is informative as well. It mainly focuses on the nature and culture of family businesses in India.  The book is divided into nine chapters and each chapter tells the story of a family-owned, well-known business. The author has covered the stories of Amit Burman of Dabur Group and Lite Bite Foods , Harsh Mariwala of Marico , Kuldip Singh Dhingra and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra behind Berger Paints , the founders of Motilal Oswal Group - Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Aggarwal , young entrepreneur Agastya Dalmiya - who resurrected the Keventers , Tara Singh Vachani of Max Group , the lawyer couple Rishabh and Saloni Shroff of the law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas , Pooja Jain o...

Sara Naveed's  debut novel, 'Undying Affinity'   is a beautifully written romance novel. It is a rattling good read. The novel is indeed soul-stirring and has filmic vibes in it. 'Undying Affinity' is the story of Zarish Munawwar, a twenty-two-year-old lady, who is beautiful, rich, confident, extravagant and has everything she could ever ask for. She is proud of herself and believes that she can make any man fall for her. Her childhood friend, Haroon, is in love with her and their parents had also decided to get them married. But Zarish doesn't feel the same for Haroon. She likes him only as a friend. She does not reciprocate his feelings.  Zarish's life takes a steep turn soon after she meets Ahmar Muraad. She meets him for the first time at a restaurant, where she was hanging out with her friends, and he his. She was challenged by her friends to go and try to 'make him fall in love' with her. But certain circumstances lead her to trip ...

'Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar' is Kochery C. Shibu's debut novel. The story revolves around the lives of three people, each with a different background, brought together by a hydel  power project in the Dhauladhar. Nanda is an engineer from Kerala and an expert in Kalari (martial art). He has a dreadful past and is fleeing a feud. He is separated from his loved ones. Nanda evades to the dam construction site in Dhauladhar as an engineer. Khusru is a Kashmiri youth, who is used by the terrorists in their plan to blow up the dam, ends up at the construction site as a labourer. Rekha, a doctor by profession and a Kathak dancer by passion, falls in love with Khusru and arrives at the campsite as his consort . The author has given detailed information about subjects in the plot which shows his profound knowledge and personal experience of the technical content of the novel. This fact makes the plot seem very real. The life of the people living in the mountains ar...

Happy Cover Reveal!! *************** “Vijay stuck his ear on the door and pressed the eye of the cobra as if he pressed a button, he heard a latch unfasten itself. Immediately the two halves of the door started to slide in their respective sides. With a creaking noise, the legendary door slid open.” The story of “The Relic” revolves around the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala – the treasure it holds and the mystery around it. The tale begins with the government trying to find out whether the money had been misappropriated. Vijay, an Intelligence Bureau officer, is sent with orders to open the  secret vaults of the ShriPadmanabhaswamy temple. He finds ways to open the vault and is particularly fascinated by a pot he finds in a metal box, amid heaps of the golden ornaments and precious gems. After completing the formal investigations, he sets out to find out for himself the secret behind the pot. The Relic is a journey of the officer on his quest to unr...

Manthan  By UtkarshPandey Time is a wheel that turns in circular motion. During this circumnavigation, The Earth according to mythology has undergone four Yugas, Satyuga, Tretayuga, Dwaparyuga and Kaliyuga. Hence, at the end of Kailyuga, Time and Earth return to the start of Satyuga. Vishnu, the Preserver of the universe has the responsibility to maintain and sustain the Earth in this journey. He ensures that the world does not fall apart. To do so, his Avatars on Earth, guide humans to a new paradigm to ensure they tread on the path defined as per the laws of nature. It is believed that we are in the fourth leg of time, the Kaliyuga. The Vedas and Gita mention that at the end of Kaliyuga, Vishnu will return to Earth as his tenth and final Avatar, Kalki and free the world from the shackles of Adharma. This is a fictional work, describing the journey of Kalki in the era of Kaliyuga and the challenges he faces in this journey. The characters and ref...

'Glitter and Gloss' by Vibha Batra is an exceptionally well written light-read. It is a romantic tale with a touch of humor in it. The author has brilliantly portrayed each of the characters. The protagonist, Misha, is a sweet young lady who is a make-up artist. She falls head over heels in love with Akshay Aggarwal, who is a superbly handsome and rich. He is the owner of Aggarwal Jewellers. He also falls for Misha. What follows is how they manage to take their relationship further despite all kinds of trouble brewing around. And also how Misha tries to leave no stone unturned to impress Akshay’s Didi and become a perfect ‘Aggarwal Bahu’.  Misha and Akshay truly make a cute couple. The character of Akshay is indeed drool-worthy! The plot has a touch of ‘saas-bahu saga’ in it; nevertheless, the book is interesting. The turn of events in the plot makes it a page turner. The book is also fast-paced. It took me just a couple of hours to complete reading it. The characters ...