Inner Confines

My Mute Girlfriend by Himanshu Rai My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - “That day I realized I had lost her forever. I had lost her smile, her friendship, her voice… But still, somewhere in my heart, I believed her to be my girlfriend. My mute girlfriend.” Rohan is a telecom professional posted in Meerut and misses his girlfriend from college days, who had stopped interacting with him, without giving any reason. Although she had always stood by his side and her eyes reflected immense love, but she remained his mute girlfriend. The book opens with an SMS from Vaidehi to Rohan, after five long years. But before he could reply, his mobile gets damaged and he wanders in his memories to narrate a story. About how his girlfriend became his mute girlfriend after the first year of their engineering college. My Mute Girlfriend is a true romance story of how Rohan unravels the answers to why Vaidehi was mute for so long, and how their life is about to change. But little do they know th

Castles in the Air: Misadventures of a Profession by Sangeet Sharma My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - Laughter is said to be the best elixir and the book is a satire on architecture written by one who knows the bricks and concrete of the profession by heart.  The author, an architect himself, delves into the journey of a professional practice. The book is witty with acerbic humor. Word by word, sentence by sentence, page by page, every scene unfolds like a screenplay, leaving the reader amazed with the brutalities of life in architecture, and life itself.  ‘Castles in the Air’ is the honest affirmation of an architect’s voice and the connection with the reader is immediate. My views - Each and every work has to be learn from its own kind of way, not everything is go and do it just like that. Likewise, "Castles in the Air" by Sangeet Sharma is one of the novel which says more about a particular proffesion and their way of achieving that peek of proff

Just Missed! by Himanshu Bhatia My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb- While we try to arrange marriages by matching horoscopes and compatibilities, we forget at times that “marriages are made in heaven”. We all love to say that Bollywood romantic movies are silly, and that they go overboard in their depiction of love, we actually secretly fantasize to be characters in them. Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly. Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malh

Come Back to Leave Me... Again by Sohil Ashvin Shah My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - Why does the love always seem beautiful in romantic movies and novels, but not in real life?  Why should lovers not be in any relationship after they break up?  Why do ex-lovers always try to deal with damages instead of staying together?  If you want answers to the questions, this book is for you. My views - Come Back To Leave Me... Again by Sohil Ashvin Shah is an romantic fiction. It is one of the good love plot until its end story gave a good flow to read in one go. Story is basically about Siddhant and Hritisha how their friendship and love developed in Dubai got some disastrous end there and as result of destiny it redeveloped in India. It spokes many things like why does love ends time to time and why love never gives the assurance of being together? Love is forever means then why these breakups? As the story characters are also characterized well but in the narr

I think I know you...Karunya, Do I? by Ajit Panicker My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb- Karunya, a Hindu Delhi boy and Aasma, a Muslim Lucknow girl fall for each other while battling against a series of strange events. They set out on an adventure trip to unravel a mystery which has made their life miserable in the past few months. But instead of setting it right, they delve themselves into more grave problems. Karunya and Aasma are spellbound when they finally discover the reasons behind the troubles they are going through.  The country is under a devastating terrorist attack. The special task force is formed to capture the gang of terrorists. While the terrorists and the STF team get down to even each other, Karunya and Aasma, the protagonists of the story are busy decoding the mystery.  The romantic thriller keeps the reader guessing that one person among them, who happen to be part of the terrorist gang.  My views - I think I know you... Karunya, Do I? By

Borderline by Shabri Prasad Singh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb- Borderline is a journey of Amrita Srivastava. It is the journey of her mind, her being her soul. The book starts with Amrita's background birth and family history. It shows the underlying currents of a loving close knit family and how the family splits apart due to a ghastly divorce which affects Amrita mentally. Thereon Amrita is completely dependant on her father and she worships him. Upon moving to America for further studies Amrita falls in love, due to her dependence and growing insecurities, the relationship does not work. Amrita comes to India on a vacation only to find her father dead the next morning. This event in her life shatters her forever. She cannot move past her father's death, although her mother remarries, Amrita is hellbent on finding love which in turn makes her obsessed with the men that come in her life leading upto a mental breakdown. When Amrita moves back to India she

Something I Never Told You by Shravya Bhinder My rating: 3 of 5 stars Blurb - “ She was gone, again; and I failed again and could not tell her how much I loved her.”  Ronnie’s fate gives him a second chance with Adira. His one-sided love story moves at a faster pace this time but instead of becoming his lover; she chooses to become his friend instead.  He needs a mentor and Rajbir steps in just in time.  Something I never told you is a transforming tale of love, determination, belief and finding one’s strengths.  My views - Something I Never Told You by Shravya Bhinder is an romantic fiction based on a shy teen Rounak whom had fallen in love with Adhira, a pretty girl who came to his Nani's house to stay as PG. Its a normal story but I can see how easily a shy teen or one side lover can connect with this story. Once I gone half way the novel had started to remember me one particular malayalam movie named "Anandam" a 2016 released one which hav