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BOOK REVIEW OF "In The Shadows of Death".

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Blurb: Sheetal Mehra, HR executive with Crescent Technologies, is found murdered in the toilet of a Kolkata hotel after an office party. ACP Agni Mitra finds out about her adulterous ways as he starts investigating into the murder. The miffed husband, a lecherous boss, one of her many jilted admirers – anyone could have killed her. The investigation is stuck in myriad perplexing questions when the murder of Meenakshi Menon, a Director with Altius Finance, hits the headlines. As more murders rock the city, it is not too long before the battle of wits with his unseen adversary turns personal for Agni. A ruthless killer walking the rain-washed streets of Kolkata. A detective battling storms brewing in his private life. Human relations infested with deceit. A generation struggling to cope with fast-changing ambitions and desires. In the Shadows of Death is a gripping page-turner with a heart-rending emotional core. My Review: The entire narrative is engrossing without a single s...

INTERVIEW WITH N. S. RAVI By SUNIDHI JAIN.

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N. S. Ravi holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and has had a distinguished and chequered career in senior positions in public and private sector enterprises dealing in jewellery, infrastructure and textiles and apparel in Europe, Africa and India. He speaks Tamil, Hindi, English and French. Ravi is married and has two children. ‘Those Were the Days’ is his debut non-fiction work. He can be reached at nuranisravi@yahoo.co.uk 1) Congratulations Sir for your debut Non-Fiction. Could you just give your readers quick details about your book? Thanks for the wishes. This is a very simple book which traces how the country has evolved over the last fifty years in various areas.  Not many know that fifty years back we were a country of about 40 crores habitants and did not have enough food grains grown to support the population. We had to depend on free gift from a country like USA. Today we are not only feeding three times the population but als...

BOOK REVIEW- THOSE WERE THE DAYS BY N. S. RAVI.

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Title- Those Were The Days. Author- N. S. Ravi. Publisher: Frog Books (An imprint of Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd.) Language: English Pages-  249 pages. Cost- : Rs. 195. ISBN: 9789352013050 About the Author: N. S. Ravi holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and has had a distinguished and chequered career in senior positions in public and private sector enterprises dealing in jewellery, infrastructure and textiles and apparel in Europe, Africa and India. He speaks Tamil, Hindi, English and French.  Ravi is married and has two children.  ‘Those Were the Days’ is his debut non-fiction work. He can be reached at nuranisravi@yahoo.co.uk Blurb: I get frustrated when I hear my own people criticizing India. I feel sad when I realize that more than half of the Indian population is unaware of what we have achieved in the recent past. It is unfortunate that we seniors along with the government have jointly failed to make our younger generat...

BOOK REVIEW- STORY OF TUBLU BY JAHID AKHTAR.

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Title- Story Of Tublu. Author- Jahid Akhtar. Publisher: LiFi Publications Pvt. Ltd. Language: English Pages-  204 pages. Cost- : Rs. 200. ISBN: 9789382536758 The book was received as part of Reviewers Programme on The Tales Pensieve . About the Author: Jahid Akhtar is a software developer by profession. He was born and brought up in Assam and resides in Bangalore with his wife Anjali and their little daughter, Jia. Jahid enjoys writing about some unforgettable moments, in his blog titled Flashbacks. Blurb: Devastated by floods, Bipin and his little boy Tublu move to a faraway land, where they meet the Sharmas. This marks the beginning of a long and enduring relationship between Bipin and the Sharmas, and the growing friendship of their children Tublu and Maina. The book captures the journey of this friendship through childhood to adolescence and into adulthood. From some interesting school and college humour, the story progresses on and develops into a mature ...

INTERVIEW OF ARPIT VAGERIA- THE CHOCOLATE BOY! By SUNIDHI JAIN.

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Arpit Vageria, born in Indore, is one amongst the young authors of India. CHOCKOLATE SAUCE is his debut novel. Apart from writing, he is currently employed in a leading media group of Mumbai. He is a commerce graduate from Renaissance College, Indore and has done a management course from IBS, Mumbai. His other interests are listening to music, travelling and reading. He can be contacted at: Email id-  arpitvageria401@gmail.com Facebook-  www.facebook.com/arpit.vageria Official page-  www.facebook.com/arpitvageria27 1. Who is Arpit Vageria? Introduce yourself. Arpit Vageria is someone who’ is born 20+ some years back. I’m someone who spends most of my life in reading, travelling and writing to make my people read or watch my work on television. 2. How is life being an author? Oh. It’s amazing. It’s always a good feel to see random people picking up your books and talking about it. You hear good and bad both about your books and that motivates...