Category: Reviews
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4 excerpts from my book A Letter to Tomorrow that sing the song of hope
May is the Mental Health Awareness Month. I started writing my second book when I was slowly recovering from my despair. I started befriending the uncertainty and realized there was something that I had to explore, I had to discover.Gradually, I penned down the chronicle of my recovery, from despair to hope. I divided the…
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Book Review – Anxiety: Overcome It and Live Without Fear
Book: Anxiety: Overcome It and Live Without Fear Author: Sonali Gupta Genre: Mental Health Format: Paperback and ebook Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers India I suffer from anxiety since 2018. Although somehow I managed to curb my anxiety level with the help of writing and music, recently I have seen the most fearsome look of anxiety and…
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Book Review – ‘Around the World Through My Lens’ by Jyoti Jha
Book: Around the World Through My LensAuthor: Jyoti JhaGenre: TravelFormat: Kindle EBook When the world is cocooned inside this tiny room, a travel lover would feel claustrophobic. I don’t travel much but I love to take short trips frequently. But for months I was unable to quench the thirst of my wanderlust. So, in this…
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Book Review – ‘Blossom and Foliages’ by Daisy Bala
One rainy morning, I wished to have a poetic treat to quench my thirst of roaming into the woods, sitting in silence beside the river and letting myself lost in the whispers of nature. The solitary mountain felt like a never ending story and I wanted to let my soul drenched with the colours of…
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Book Review: Hats, Hoods and Humiliation by Hiranya Verma
Book: Hats, Hoods and Humiliation Author: Hiranya Verma Genre: Non-fiction, Self-help, Children, Motivational Format: Kindle Edition One summer day, the girl wore a nice Hat on her head and went to school. The Hat was big enough to protect her from the sunshine, but, it became an unnecessary burden, too. Whenever she went to the…
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Book Review: Trapped in Heaven and Other Stories by Mayura Amarkant
Life is an album of memories. Sometimes we want to cherish beautiful moments we have lived. These moments are something that always bring pleasure to heart. But sometimes, memories make the heart to weep alone. Maybe the drops of tears can’t be seen, but inside the heart, someone cries aloud. That’s the beauty of memories…
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Book Review of The Silver Lined Mommy by Monika Davessar
Amidst the chaos and confusion of life, we often forget to love ourselves. We take care of others, we keep ourselves busy for a stringent routine from the daily chores to workplace. But, what happens when you take a pause and stand in the front of the mirror? The mirror smiles at you and whispers,…
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Book Review of Unlocked by Sonia Dogra
I fell in love for the first time in life when I was in my seventh standard in school. There was something that mesmerized me in the same way I was fascinated with the charm of fairy tales in my early childhood. But that time, I fell in love with the tales of time travel.…
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Book Review: Kolkata Chronicles – An A to Z Guide for the Uninitiated by Sreeparna Sen
Many years ago, I was travelling to Kolkata. For that time, I was too young to feel that the city was something beyond description. My aunt’s house is there and all I knew about city Kolkata that time was, it’s a big, very big city, unlike our hometown. As far as I can remember, I…
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Book review: An Ode to the Self by Darshana Suresh
Me: Do you have insecurities? I asked myself. My Mind: Yes, I have. A lot. Still. Ummm, not like that twenty two years old girl, not like her, but yes, I do have some insecurities still. Me: Do they actually hold any meaning for you, dear Self? Silence. I paused the conversation here and started…
The Blissful Storyteller 