A Wish On a Star They say time is the greatest of all healers. But I am a living example of the fact that this statement is not true. It was six months since my wife Reena died. In the...
Jai's Jottings
Blogging, Miscellaneous
A Difficult Choice: Read or Write?
A Difficult Choice: Read Or Write? The question I am going to try and answer in this article is: “What would I pick up, given a choice between reading and writing?” We all know that as soon as children are...
Blogging, Book Reviews, Books
Azad Nagar – Laura T. Murphy – Book Review
Azad Nagar - Laura T. Murphy - Book Review Title: Azad Nagar Author: Laura T. Murphy Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Price: Rs 299 Link For Purchase: Azad Nagar My Take: Pros: The author is a professor of human rights and is...
Blogging, Poem
An Ode To All Mothers
An Ode To All Mothers The dark clouds hovering in the sky,Burst with a loud and ominous roar,Pelting the earth with huge drops,Of pure water and heavy snow. A woman walked with broken steps,To find a lone corner or a...
Blogging, Book Reviews, Books
Rising:30 Women Who Changed India – Kiran Manral – Book Review
Rising:30 Women Who Changed India - Kiran Manral - Book Review Title: Rising:30 Women Who Changed India Author: Kiran Manral Publisher: Rupa Publications Represented By: The Book Bakers Literary Agency Price: Rs 395 No of Pages: 271 Link for Purchase: Rising:30...
Blogging, Book Reviews, Books
From Sarees To Stripes – Captain Manisha M. Puri – Book Review
From Sarees to Stripes - Captain Manisha M. Puri - Book Review Title: From Sarees to Stripes Author: Manisha M. Puri Genre: Non-Fiction, Flying Price: Rs 799 Link To Purchase: From Sarees To Stripes My Take I chose this book...
Blogging, Book Reviews, Books
Zero Day – S. Hussain Zaidi – Book Review
Zero Day - S. Hussain Zaidi - Book Review Title: Zero Day Author: S. Hussain Zaidi Genre: Crime Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins India No of Pages: 213 Price: Rs 299 Link for Purchase: Zero Days Synopsis: Mumbai is in a state of...
Poem
The Ragpicker
The Ragpicker She stared at her face,In the tiny mirror.Gone was the youth,And the beauty of yesteryears. Her face was withered,Her hair was a riotous mess.She was clothed in rags,And scavenged for food. She still reminisced,About the glory days of...
Blogging, Poem
Love In Wartime
Love In Wartime Dedicated to all the Russians and Ukrainians married to each other. As the guns boomed,and the tanks rolled by,a young woman,peeped out of her window. She knew,that somewhere in that thunderous melee,full of thick black smoke,her beloved...
Blogging, Book Reviews, Books
Murder in the Bylanes: Life and Death in a Divided City By Aloke Lal And Maanas Lal – Book Review
Murder in the Bylanes: Life and Death in a Divided City By Aloke Lal And Maanas Lal - Book Review Title: Murder in the Bylanes: Life and Death in a Divided City Authors: Aloke Lal and Maanas Lal Price: Rs....
