I was not only astonished but rather confused when I tried to find the books by great Hindi poets like Shivmangal Singh Suman and Nirala, Jaishankar Prasad and Subhadra Kumar Chauhan, Mahadevi Varma and Maithilisharan Gupta and many others. The largest store available online doesn’t seem to have books that millions of book lovers might… Continue reading
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Romancing in the 90s and the memoirs of love – Preety Praveen’s writing style will impress many
The 90s years were fun, amazing and also sweet. The romance was in the air and it literally was. Any movie that you wake up from the slumber of the 90s, you will be fascinated by the simplicity and yet, the impactful romance that it will offer. On the other hand, came the 20s and… Continue reading
Can editorial mishap ruin a book? Yes, even a small mistake!
With the rise of self-publishing models and authors willingly enjoying this new revolution in publishing sector, we, the critics, should be dealing with many occasions that bring to us semi-edited, poorly edited or even unedited manuscripts in spite of ‘several layers of editing’ promised by money-hungry self-publishing companies around the world – and this is… Continue reading
Self-publishing should become transparent and minimum in terms of cost – Alok Mishra (founder – Self-publishing Network)
“Why at all do the publishers need to trap the authors into the web of data, confusions, metrics, updates in 3-6 months network? Self-publishing should be as easy as a b c and d. Also, the authors should be told in exact terms that Kindle publishing will fetch them more opportunities to sell more books… Continue reading
The concerns for the country, the homeland and a case of the diaspora literature – an opinion
The world will go on. This is, at least, one thing that everyone believes or (at least) the ones with a sane mind do believe it. Yes, there is no limit to one’s foolishness and there is none for conscious ignorance too. However, without waiting for our grand concerns and schemes, the world goes on…. Continue reading
Unnecessary attention to the details might ruin a work of fiction – scrutiny
Modern fiction has been offending many on a regular basis. Religious provocation, ideological sports, cultural cunningness and so on… modern authors know many tricks to trigger the sensitive parts of the body called society and thus, they can manage to sell their works of fiction to many readers who, otherwise, could not have known about… Continue reading
Sharat Sharma – an author who offers Practical Motivation
Sharat Sharma’s book The One Invisible Code has become a very popular, a bestselling and a widely recommended book among the youngsters who are looking to scale new heights in their career or academic. While many critics have pointed out, already, the book’s practical approach, we have to remember that the author has created the… Continue reading
Malini Amaladoss brings a fresh romantic novel script – Retrace Love
Indian readers have accustomed themselves to reading romantic novels more often. Moreover, this is the genre that is allowing many novice novelists to launch themselves with a little or a moderate variation in the theme and plots. However, the crux of the stories, howsoever different, remains the same – a guy and a girl and… Continue reading
Criticism is not that easy – it’s a process we need to learn by practising!
I have been writing about books that I read. It has been more than 7 years now. However, still, there are moments that I need to think for more than 3-4 hours before I can find a proper beginning for the article or review that I am doing. This happens because it’s not that easy… Continue reading
Fiction from the glory – but a shift that takes glory to glamour and absurdity
Who will not like reading the wonderful story of Ramayana once again? Who won’t admire a recreation of the Arun Govil’s Ramayana with more effects and HD videography? What would be better than seeing Sri Krishna take on Kansa’s death-messengers with intricacies that would be fantastic with modern, state-of-the-art technology used in Bollywood? However, who… Continue reading