Sampooran Singh Kalra, known by his pen name Gulzar is an Oscar-winning director, poet, and lyricist. Also, being awarded Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award – the highest award in Indian cinema, and many many more. Lately, I was looking for … (Continue Reading)
At first “Self-quarantine” didn’t seem like a bad idea, we all had some Netflix shows to catch up with, we were looking forward to getting some rest and it all seemed like a break we deserved. But, almost after three weeks into this, we are … (Continue Reading)
The only time I feel like a detective is when I have this vague description stuck in my head, and I can’t remember the book’s name. I just cannot describe the agony of the moment when you are squeezing your brain to its extreme, and … (Continue Reading)
Almost every day we come across people saying that you live once or you have got just one life to live. But I always fail to ally to that statement as I ponder how we, the Homo sapiens, live so many lives in just one … (Continue Reading)
If you are someone who treats your books like a treasure, then there are chances you are most likely paranoid about your books turning yellow. You know there is this game wherein they ask you what would be the one thing you will save in … (Continue Reading)
It is extremely infrequent that you read a book and can connect to each of the characters, stand in their shoes, and experience everything going around. Finding fiction that seems so real that you eventually forget that the characters are all fictional is very rare. … (Continue Reading)
Her thoughts are so clear. Her words, profound. Her dialect, simple. And yet, each time she leaves me astound! A woman of great spiritual sagacity – it’s hard not to adore someone like Maya Angelou! Have you ever come across someone in life and felt … (Continue Reading)
There are so many ways one can define a book, right? Some books are intense, while others are light and breezy. However, if I have to define the book Divergent, I will say that it’s a really fun book. Yes, ‘fun’ is the word that … (Continue Reading)
After Veronica Roth‘s explosive debut with the book, Divergent, people were going crazy for the second book in the trilogy. Divergent was one amazing book. It was such a fun book that I keep recommending it to those who are battling a reading slump. So, … (Continue Reading)
I love reading stand-alone novels. I am not much of a series person. I feel reading a series requires commitment – because, you know, you cannot just read the first book or the first few books and not read the rest. Well, one can always … (Continue Reading)