Inner Confines

When Opposites Meet by Sachin Garg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - What happens when opposites meet? When two completely different people find themselves drawn to each other? Can they really find happiness together? Can wheelchair-bound Ritwika find a chord that connects her to national-level athlete Chetan? Will Aditi's irrepressible cheerfulness restart Jayant's life, put on indefinite pause since his parents' death? Does Indu, happily divorced, rediscover her faith in love with the reclusive Lokesh? When Opposites Meet is the story of three unlikely couples and the differences between them. It's the story of love, and the possibility of finding it in the most unlikely of places. My views - When Opposites Meet by Sachin Garg is a well written story conceptual wise, dwell various emotions a human ever witnesses. It will make you to love, laugh, feel the pain and passion altogether. The plot is more stronger, the way author connected the...

Undelivered Letters by J. Alchem My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb -  Aron, a postman with Marioson Postal Service, found an abandoned bag. It had a few letters that were supposed to be delivered - 20 years ago. He had a choice, either to deliver them now or abandon them forever. He chooses the former. What were these letters all about? Who wrote them? Who are the recipients? Do these letters still carry a value, after 20 years? My views - Undelivered letters by J. Alchem is an good conceptual fiction story. Short read of around 30 minutes available on Amazon (Kindle format). I had a chance of reading Author's previous work "A Highway Man" a beautiful novella contains 2 short stories. So eventually when starting this one I expected the same kind of good work from him and he doesn't failed this time too. A good storyline about a postman forgetting to deliver 9 letters unfortunately, he found those undelivered letters after 20 years. What will he d...

The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias My rating:  4 of 5 stars Blurb - A nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain. In Australia, Siobhan Russo recognises that nun as her mother, Denise Russo, who disappeared six years ago.  In search of answers, Siobhan travels to the isolated convent where her mother once lived. Here she discovers Denise’s final confession, a book that details a heinous betrayal that left her crippled and mute, and Denise’s subsequent deal with the Devil to take revenge. In the desperate bargain Denise made with the Prince of Darkness, she wagered Siobhan’s soul.  As Siobhan discovers the fate of her soul, she learns that hidden within the pages of her mother’s confession is part of The Devil’s Prayer, an ancient text with the power to unleash apocalyptic horrors.  And now her mother’s enemies know Siobhan has it.  Can Siobhan escape an order of extremist monks determined to get the Prayer back? Can she sa...

HARAPPA: Curse of the Blood River by Vineet Bajpai My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - The story oscillates from history to mythology, from occult to religion, from exorcism to gunfights, from taantrics to warriors, from love to ambition. It knits 3,700 years, powerful ancient and modern-day characters and a nail-biting conspiracy - all in one literary thriller. Harappa is the first among a series of four books.  2017, Delhi – Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction. 1700 BCE, Harappa – Harappa is a magnificent city on the banks of the mighty Saraswati river. The darkness of treachery, taantric exorcism and bloodshed unleashes itself on the last devta, paving the way for his devastating revenge…and the horrifying truth behind the fall of the glorious civilisation. 2017...

The Unnamed Story My rating - 5/5 Blurb - SANJEEV- This is my story, my story of picking up my pen and inspiring people through my words. I just wonder, how could we miss simple things in life, though we aim and achieve all big things. This is my journey through all simple things, emotions and love, to find out what I really need and deserve. ANJANI- This is my story, my story of love and dreams. I believe, love is the only thing that never ends, even when the whole world vanishes. I fell for someone, who was in true love with words. This is my journey of exploring love, more importantly myself. SHIV AND MAHA : This is our story, our story of falling in love, each and every moment. A story of courage and determination, to fight, to live and fall in love, once again. We want our memories, past, present, everything to be filled only with happiness, nothing else. What happens when these individual lines of different poems are wound together? Some stories never need a name, f...

The Last Chai: Bringing the Nation to a Halt by Varun T. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb- The year is 2019. The world, as we know today, is not the same anymore.  Blatant threats of war by ‘world leaders’ is the new normal. Gone are the days when mobilizing armies at borders, or aiming missiles at adversaries, was a rare phenomenon. With every nation or their allies possessing nuclear weapons, victory through conventional means is no longer possible, paving way for covert warfare to emerge as the preferred weapon.  New Delhi is an easy target and Doshi, the unassailable supremo of the regime, is on the ‘hit list’. The threat assessment being at an all time high, Ajay Kaamte, the director of SPG (Special Protection Group), is tasked with protecting the PM. Intelligence claims that the PM is susceptible to cyanide attacks and situation is grim, to say the least.  Will Doshiji survive to serve another term or will he very soon be having his last chai? My views ...

I Wear The Smile You Gave by Shweta Shah My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb- Ajeet is a commoner, a boy next door who is away from the Worldliness and moreover just a happy-go-lucky guy. Aditi and Ajeet are batch mates in a Junior College and share a good chemistry. Aditi is all head over heels for Ajeet and without any hesitation, irrespective of the time and place boldly conveys her feelings for him. Ajeet was infatuated towards Aditi, however, finds his true love in Sumi whom he meets in his coaching class. Wanting to break away from the conventional norms and the shackles of a traditional familial business and to prove his worth to his dad, Ajeet joins Army. Years later a tragedy connects Ajeet, Sumi, and Aditi once again, however, changing their lives forever.   My views- I Wear The Smile You Gave by Shweta Shah is an romantic fiction. The first and foremost thing which I liked in the book is the beautiful cover and its little unusual title "I wear the smile...