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Book review of Boons and Curses by Yugal Kishore Joshi

Boons and Curses | Book Review | Yugal Kishore Joshi | 2020

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yugal Kishore Joshi is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and the National University of Singapore. He is the co-author of the internationally-acclaimed book The Singapore Water Story, which has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Mongolian. Joshi also co-authored Creating Shared Value. In India, Joshi is particularly well-known for books like Read more…

Love in the Time of Cholera is a timeless classic spanning several decades and countries

Love in the Time of Cholera | Book Review | Gabriel García Márquez | 1985

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia. An accomplished journalist, short-story writer and novelist, Márquez remains one of the best-known Latin American writers. He is especially known as a champion of the magical realism style of writing. While he had a couple of novels and a few Read more…

Love Stories that Touched my Heart is an anthopology of 25 short stories by debutant authors from all over the country

Love Stories that Touched my Heart | Book Review | 2012 | Ravinder Singh

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Love Stories that Touched my Heart is a medley of love stories edited by Ravinder Singh. Singh is a techie-turned-author, who was penned many bestselling books. He hails from Burla, a small town in western Odisha, and is now settled in Delhi. I Too Had a Love Story, Can Love Happen Twice Read more…

The Four Winds is a novel about feminism and motherhood, set in the era of the Great Depression

The Four Winds | Book Review | 2021 | Kristin Hannah

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kristin Hannah is an American author who is known for her critically acclaimed novels such as The Nightingale and Firefly Lane. Both the books have been adapted into well-received movies. Hannah has also won several awards for her impressive works. These include the National Reader’s Choice Award given to her in 1996, Read more…

Conversation in the Cathedral is a novel set in the backdrop of a time when Peru was ruled by a corrupt, dictatorial regime

Conversation in the Cathedral | Book Review | 1969 | Mario Vargas Llosa

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Peru. A prolific writer, journalist, essayist and former politician, Llosa is one of the most influential Latin American writers. Published in 1963, his debut novel The Time of the Hero (La Ciudad y Los Perros) was an immediate international success. Read more…

Everyone Has a Story 2 is the sequel to Savi Sharma's bestselling debut novel Everyone Has a Love Story

Everyone Has a Story 2 | Book Review | 2018 | Savi Sharma

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Savi Sharma is an upcoming Indian author with three bestselling novels to her credit. She left her CA studies in pursuit of her dream to become a full-time writer. Published in 2016, Everyone Has a Story was her debut novel. Having sold a whopping 250,000 copies, the novel was acquired by Westland Publications. Read more…

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of five stories by J.K. Rowling

The Tales of Beedle the Bard | Book Review | 2008 | J. K. Rowling

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joanne Rowling, popularly known as J. K. Rowling, was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate, Glouctershire. She is an author, a film and television producer, a philanthropist, and a screenwriter. She wrote The Harry Potter Series under the pen name of J. K. Rowling on the suggestion of her publishers, K Read more…

Midnight in Chernobyl is a harrowing account of the world's greatest nuclear catastrophe

Midnight in Chernobyl | Book Review | 2019 | Adam Higginbotham

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adam Higginbotham was born in England in 1968. He lives with his family in New York City. Over the years, he has established himself as a writer for various reputed newspapers and magazines. His articles have been featured in GQ, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. He also has Read more…

Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness is a treatise on how the twin human goals of happiness and gratification can be achieved with a few simple steps

Authentic Happiness | Book Review | 2002 | Martin Seligman

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Martin Elias Peter Seligman is an American psychologist, educator, and the author of several self-help books. Born on August 12, 1942, Seligman did his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. His theories on positive psychology and well-being have made him one of the leading psychologists around the world. Read more…