Inner Confines

The Wages Of Life by Vikram Kapur My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - The Hindu nationalist movement, Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a seattle based computer engineer and Perry Mason novel are just some of the threads woven into the taptstry of this story. Meticulosly reserched, the Wages of life interweaves India's past and present to tell a story that blends fact and fiction, while retaining all the elements of a classic mystery an intricate plot, unfolding through a fast pace narrative, leading to an unexpected climax. My views - The Wages of Life by Vikram kapur is a fictional tale perfectly blended with murder mystery related to historical background from Pre and Post Partition of India to Riots, Hindu nationalist movements. The novel is divided into three parts which start from Ravi who goes to America and lost touch with his home also missed his mother's funeral visit India to take his father along with him. While he visited Delhi only gets t

~ Cover Reveal ~ Guardian Angel by Ruchi Singh The Man Security expert Nikhil Mahajan is in mortal danger. Gravely injured and unable to see, he is in the midst of hostile strangers in an unknown place. Any hope of survival is fast fading away.  The Angel Should an innocent man be allowed to die just because he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Someone has to intervene. About the Author: Winner of TOI WriteIndia Season 1, Ruchi Singh is a novelist, and writes in two genres; romance and romantic thriller. A voracious reader, she loves everything—from classics to memoirs to editorials to chick-lit, but her favourite genre is ‘romantic thriller’. Besides writing and reading, her other interests include dabbling with Indian classical dance forms. Blog | Official Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon | Twitter

Faith's Eternal Sunshine by Aashish Gupta My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - *** HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP YOUR FAITH IF YOU WERE TRAPPED FOREVER? ***  Manjiri, a devout atheist, is meeting her friend Manu after 20 years. Their conversation soon turns into an argument over God's existence, and its nature. What seemed to be a harmless debate becomes Manjiri's worst nightmare when she is trapped by Manu in a cell. Are Manu's intentions malign or is this some weird test of faith? Take a seat, buckle your belt, as you set yourself on the world's most claustrophobic, yet enlightening, journey of Manjiri. Be prepared to see life in a radically different way with this bold, edge of the seat thriller. My views - Faith's Eternal Sunshine by Aashish Gupta, I have picked this novel to read after reading the title for very first time I find that somewhat catchy or attractive which also have some in-depth meaning behind those three words. In add to that

Because I love You by Pradip Chauhan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - A grave smile on her face tried to hide the pain, she had decided to let feel him only beautiful moments she lived. Radha covered Kanaji’s head with her chunari, he closed eyes and submitted his body when she gently guided his head to her heart. He felt losing control over all his senses and could not feel himself when his head was on her heart. She closed eyes and let Kanaji enter herself; he felt soft, delicate and beautiful. He felt her silky hairs on his head; he felt being loved, being pampered by father, being scolded my mother. Girlish play with friends, affection of father and feeling like princess in father’s arm. But Kanaji did not want to feel only beautiful moments of her life, he invaded further; she did not know when he overpowered and reached the painful memory she had been hiding since days. Will Kanaji keep his promise after knowing truth? My views - Because I Love You b

~ Book Blitz ~ When Our Worlds Meet Again by Aniesha Brahma 16th November 2018 About the Book: Two years after the events of 'When Our Worlds Collide', Zayn and Akriti are now leading extremely different lives. Akriti has come back from her stint at the business school and running her mother's café. Zayn has run into trouble in his PhD program and has come home for a break. While he thinks that things are just as he’d left them two years ago, that is far from the truth. In a last ditch attempt to make Akriti remember the connection they had once shared, Zayn tries to recreate all their memories. But things are never the same when collided worlds meet again.  Book Links: Goodreads * Amazon Read an Excerpt: Prologue 2015. Akriti was sitting at the cash counter of her mother’s little café going over the expenses for the day. Her headphones were plugged into her ears as she listened to songs on her phone. Her laptop was propelled open in front o

Sniper's Eye by Mainak Dhar My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - I was out on a date. Everything was perfect… Till that shot… a high-calibre one, no apparent sound. And, the man in front of me fell. A rifle with a suppressor? A sniper in the middle of a Mumbai mall? As the body count mounted, I was soon sucked deeper into the chaos unleashed by that shot. To survive and save those whom I care about, I have to become the man I left behind. I have no choice but to tap into a bloody past that has put me on the terror kill list. I may also have no option but to join hands with the sniper terrorising Mumbai. The problem is that the man has sworn to kill me. In a world where the young and poor kill and die in conflicts started by the old and rich, I and my unlikely companion finally discover the thin line that separates a mere killer from a hero. This is our story… My views - Sniper's Eye by Mainak Dhar, is a perfect blend of action, thrill, suspense, politica

The Friend by Teresa Driscoll My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - On a train with her husband, miles from home and their four-year-old son, Ben, Sophie receives a chilling phone call. Two boys are in hospital after a tragic accident. One of them is Ben. She thought she could trust Emma, her new friend, to look after her little boy. After all, Emma’s a kindred spirit—someone Sophie was sure she could bare her soul to, despite the village rumours. But Sophie can’t shake the feeling that she’s made an unforgivable mistake and now her whole family is in danger. Because how well does she know Emma, really? Should she have trusted her at all? Time is running out. Powerless to help her child, still hours from home, Sophie is about to discover the truth. And her life will never be the same. My Views - “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”  This famous quote from Bob Marley will be an apt one to describe this

The Gift by Sourabh Mukherjee - Book Review Blurb -  After his bitter break-up with girlfriend Ishika, Aarav heads for his ancestral house in Mussoorie to get over his grief and to finish the novel he is working on. He meets Kishan, a child who has strayed into the house and spends his nights in the dusty, dark attic, scavenging through old books and toys that once belonged to Aarav and his cousins. Aarav finds his uncle’s diary, which chronicles a heart-warming love story unfolding in that house. What life-changing family secret does Aarav uncover? My views -  The author says the story behind a baby which is yet to born and what are the difficulties and struggles it may brings to the certain life. Aarav and Ishika were in a live-in when one day Ishika discloses the news about her pregnancy to Aarav. He somewhere not yet ready for it because of various financial reasons, now they had misunderstood each other and part their ways. When Aarav working on his debut novel

About The Book Dinesh opens the door to the Kapoor flat to find Lata, the enchantress who works at Mrs Aly Khan’s, carrying a hot case with freshly made gaajar ka halwa. On the first floor, the inquisitive Mrs Mody wipes the dust off her precious binoculars to spy on the building’s security guard. The Singhs open the doors of their SUV, their four boys creating a ruckus – they are the newcomers, the outsiders. Through the peephole, the ever-watchful Mrs Ranganekar observes their arrival. Welcome to Paradise Towers, an apartment building in central Mumbai. Everyone here has a story to tell. Or maybe they have stories to hide. Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s quirky, intimate debut explores the intertwined lives in this building – a forbidden romance, an elopement, the undercurrents of tension in corridor interactions and an explosive Diwali celebration. Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s is a dazzling voice that will draw you into the intoxicating, crazy world that is  Paradise Towers . Book Cover

Till the End of Forever by Vivaksh Singh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - The past is always mysterious. It neither leaves completely, nor stays fully. Who would know it better than Ayaan. He was its victim. And so was Avani. When these two crumbled souls met, they realized in their togetherness that only a broken piece can complete another. Together, they start fighting the pain of their past, feeling the bliss of the present and appreciating their lives.  But just when they thought things were perfect, life played its cards. Ayaan, who was trying to put life’s pieces together, broke down when he was held responsible for a closed one's murder.  And Avani… well, her life was going to take such sharp turns that she would crave for death. Alas, this was just the beginning of what destiny had planned for them! Will Avani wait for the scars to heal or will she fight with her bruised soul? Why does the truth keep going deeper as she chases it? Deeply sensitive and brutally t

Love of My Life by Rohit Sharma My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - Pain, sometimes, is like Love . . . It grows, until it becomes your Life. Major Virat Singh Rajput was once a fearless Black Cat commando who had saved Mumbai from its venomous perpetrators. His life took a beautiful turn when he got engaged to Pratishtha Sachdev, the girl he had selflessly loved for the last fourteen years. Everything was blissful, until one day Pratishtha mysteriously went missing. Virat, who was hailed as India’s hero, has now become a villain and is facing a certain death penalty. Only one woman can save him. Criminal Defence Lawyer Vaishnavi Pandit has not won her first six cases. She is adamant to win her seventh. But, still, no one knows where Pratishtha is. No one still knows what the motive behind Virat’s crime was. The odds are heavily against Vaishnavi. Let’s unfold together a deeply romantic and nail-biting story about true love, excruciating pain and lurid vengeance – a thrilling

At The Threshold of Love by Namita Sonthalia My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - They fell in love – unaware that it had happened! But the passion that lay  veiled within, would that be enough to re-write their future together? Ahaana runs an event management company called 'The  Threshold of Love' with her childhood friend, Ansh. Celebrating  love in the lives of her clients, she is unknown to the emotion  herself. Only until business tycoon Ronit Malhotra arrives at her doorstep  to get his wedding planned. At first sight, she experiences what  weak knees are, but is unable to come to terms with the emotion love . As fate may have it, Ronit too cannot stay oblivious to Ahaana's  charm and charismatic magnetism. When things spiral out of control, Ahaana meets the fun-loving  stranger Soham at her cousin's wedding. As an arranged marriage is  set between them, will true love and passion make way into the  inevitable and re-do what destiny has already

A New Dawn by Kamini Kusum My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - Shravan is a son of a rickshaw puller and Mugdha, daughter of a Railway officer. He has lived in penury while she has had all the material comforts. He dreams of being a soldier and serving the motherland while she lives in the world of colours. Childhood friendship converts into pure love ignoring the boundaries of a bungalow and its servant quarter. However fate has some other plans and tears apart the two innocent souls, throwing Shravan into a life that has thorns all its way. Will the two live their dreams? Will destiny bring them together again? A novel that will make us believe that life is all about never giving up   My views - Life is almost a dream which could be luxurious for someone for another it could be horrible can't imagine the hardships they face but both can't be last for long. A New Dawn is almost like seeing a movie. When reading I can imagine what would coming up next.

Life is What Matters by Alka Dixit My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - Our daily lives keep us so occupied that all we see in it is chaos, and not the blessings that come with it. We see the problems that stand in our way, and forget the ones we have crossed and moved on. Isn't it! To understand life, we need to first value our life. In simpler words, we need to take care of our life. What if we raise both, our kids and our own life, simultaneously? When the author first met the enigmatic Dr Aditi, she was intrigued by her profound understanding of life and penned this book on her effective and easy to adapt plan for a happier life. You will also learn to: ! Walk through crises of life with positivity. ! Realize the true happiness that life holds. ! Overcome fears, shortcomings and hurdles. ! Exercises and guidelines to build a stronger 'you'. ! Achieve big with available opportunities and resources. Life is What Matters is an incredibly motivating tale of a

Checkmate by Varun T. My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Blurb -  The year is 2020.  While New Delhi deliberates on commensurate retaliation to Beijing’s actions, a series of events across the globe pushes the world to the brink of war.  A high-profile assassination in Israel stirs up emotions in the Middle East, and the Arab armies form an alliance united by the rallying calls of jihad: to conquer the holy land, once again.  The public execution of a CIA agent in North Korea brings the gargantuan navies of US and China to a terrifying stalemate in the Sea of Japan, while the world watches in horror as hopes for human survival and global markets dwindle into oblivion.  Amidst all this, Lama, the influential leader of Tibet, finds himself in a political pickle, and sways towards Beijing, the mightier side, in the event of an Indo-China conflict. So does Pakistan, China’s all weather friend.  With the possibility of war on both fronts, as the struggle for dominance on Tibet brings the drag

Legends over Generations by Ashraf Haggag My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book summary - Since the beginning of human settlement, a lot of people came up with ideas, philosophies, beliefs, experiments, research, redesigning of thoughts, talents, and surveys to bring myths to reality. People contributed to various life aspects science, politics, literature, arts, social activities and so many other fields. These genius minds put a keen interest in every phenomenon right from when they were young. The zeal, passion, dedication, hard work and efforts they put into their work helped them discover something new about the world we live in. In these Legends, we’ve seen inexplicable abilities that helped us define our existence and human life. Their names are engraved in the sands of time for their work in the welfare of mankind with different inventions that have made our lives easy, enjoyable and successful. The following chapters commemorate the greatest personalities we’ve ever