Reviews On "Among The Stars - A Collection Of Short Stories"

Review Point: 3.75 out of 5

Author: Dhasa Sathyan

Publisher: Notion Press

Genre: Fiction/Short stories

ISBN: 978-93-52062-22-5

Page Count: 236

About The Book:

Book is the collection of 22 different short stories. Arjun is with father and discussing the life while watching the stars at late night. Their discussion goes on with the stories. His father solves each of queries and makes his happy and grew one. All these 22 stories are taken out from different corners of human's life.

Strength Of The Book:

Almost all stories are really touching. The chosen way of narration is admirable and unique. These stories are depicted by writer in beautiful manner. Dialogue writing is amazing. Discussion of Arjun with his father after each story is also a best spice. Some of stories make readers feel hosanna and shed tears with the sorrow of characters. Besides, revolving around each age circle, this book is an equal entertainer with touching platforms. Excellent way of presentation really makes this book worthy to read by all.

Weakness Of The Book:

Few of stories do not match with the title. Writer has tried best to maintain the flow of book but it disappears with weak platform having stories. Also, one or two stories seem already heard and are tried to present with weak spice.

Conclusion:

Author Dhasa Sathyan has secured a safe place for himself in the heart of readers by presenting this amazing collection of short stories. These stories are best to touch the string of emotions of readers. Book maintains a flow till the end and promises best read all the time. Having perfect crisp of emotions, this book appears as a "get rid" for all readers who are tired of having same stuff in all books.

Top 5 Stories:

Why Do Baby Cry?

Dream Of A Lifetime

The Lone Soldier

The One Who Never Was

Tear Of Love

Reviewing Point:
3.75 out of 5

Review By:
- Kamal Paneru

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आत्मीय रिश्ता

इस बात को जानो कि  मैं उन असीम सन्नाटो से वापिस आऊंगा! पर भूल जाओ की मैं तुम्हारे पास वापिस आऊंगा! कुछ वक्त लगेगा और आराम के कुछ पलो के बाद मैं किसी और स्त्री की बाहो में मिलूंगा !
                                                                                            - कहलिल जिब्रान

इस दुनिया में  हर किसी के लिए कोई न कोई ख़ास शख्स जरूर बना है ! अक्सर ये शख्स दो, तीन और कभी कभी ज्यादा भी होते हैं और विभिन्न श्रेणीयो से जुड़े होते हैं! ये समय के  दरिया और स्वर्ग  की  सीमाओं को पार करते हुए हमेशा आपके करीब आ पहुँचते हैं ! ये लोग  स्वर्ग सी लगने वाली दुनिया से आये होते हैं और अलग प्रतीत होते हैं मगर आपका दिल इन्हें बहुत करीब से जानता  है! आपके दिल ने उन्हें चांदनी भरे मिश्र के रेगिस्तानो  और मंगोलिआ के पुराने भू-भागों की तरह जकड़ा हुआ है ! आपने साथ ही में उन भूले हुए सिपाहियों की सेना पर भी चडाई की है और पुरानी रेत से सनी पुरानी  गुफाओं में जिंदगी साथ बितायी है! आप आजीवन साथ बंधे हुए हैं और आप कभी अकेले नहीं  हो सकते हो!

आप उलझ  सकते हो : "मैं आपको नहीं जानता" आपका दिल जानता है!

वो पहली बार आपका हाथ अपने हाथ में  लेता है और उसके स्पर्श की यादें समय की सीमा से पार जा कर आपकी नशो को झकझोर कर देती हैं ! वो आपकी आँखो में देखती है और आपको सदियो पुरानी एक आत्मीयता का एहसास होता है ! आपके  बदन में  उथल -पुथल  होने  लगती है, आपके हाथो के रोगटे खड़े  जाते हैं और इस क्षण  से  बाहर सब कुछ अपना वजूद खोने लगता है!
हो सकता है कि वो आपको नहीं पहचाने जबकि आप उससे  दुबारा मिल रहे हो या फिर आप उसे जानते हो ! आप उस बंधन को महसूस कर सकते हैं!  संभवत आप भविष्य देख सकते हैं। पर वो नहीं देख सकता! उसका डर, उसकी तार्किकता और उसकी परेशानियां उसके दिल की आँखों पर एक पर्दा डाल देती हैं! उस परदे को हटाने के लिए वो कभी आपको अपनी मदद नहीं करने देता है ! आप असीम दुःख महसूस करते हो और वो चला जाता है ! किस्मत बहुत नाजुक हो सकती है !
जब दोनो एक दूसरे को पहचान लेते हैं तो दुनिया की कोई ताकत उन्हें अलग नहीं कर सकती! उस वक्त एक जबरदस्त ऊर्जा उत्पन्न होती है!

आत्मीय पहचान तुरंत हो सकती है! किसी अजनबी को बहुत करीब से जानने का अचानक से चिर परिचित महसूस होना सचेत मन की सोच से भी परे है! ये करीबी आमतौर पर अपने परिवार के किसी ख़ास या और किसी शख्स  के लिए ही होती है जो बताती की क्या कहना है और इस पर वो शक्श कैसे प्रतिक्रिया देगा! ये एक सुरक्षित होने का भाव है और एक विश्वास है जो एक दिन, एक हफ्ता या फिर एक महीने में नहीं प्राप्त किया जा सकता है !
आत्मीय पहचान थोड़ी बहुत और फिर बहुत धीरे भी हो सकती है! ये  अवगत होने की शुरुआत होती है वो पर्दा धीरे धीरे उठ रहा हो! हर कोई शख्स नहीं है जो इस उठे हुए परदे को  उसी वक़्त देखने को तैयार है! हर काम का एक सही समय होता है और उस शक्श के लिए धैर्य भी बहुत जरुरी है जो इसे सबसे पहले देखता है!
किसी को देख कर, कोई सपने से, कोई याद से या फिर कोई हाव भाव से आप अपनी आत्मा की मौजूदगी को महसूस कर सकते हो! आप उसके हाथों के स्पर्श से या उसके होठों  के चुम्बन से भी जाग सकते हो और तब आपकी आत्मा आपको जीवित होने का एहसास दिलाती है!
ये स्पर्श जो आपको जाग्रत करता है, आपकी औलाद का, आपके  माता-पिता का, भाई का या फिर एक सच्चे दोस्त का हो सकता है! या फिर ये आपके उस प्रिय का भी हो सकता है जो कई सदियाँ  लांघ कर आपको चूमने और ये याद दिलाने आता है कि आप दोनो हमेशा साथ हैं, अंतिम वक्त तक!

Translated by
Kamal Paneru

Reviews On "Her Resurrection"

Review Point: 4 out of 5

Author: Soumyadeep Koley

Publisher: Gargi Publishers

Genre: Fiction

ISBN: 9789384382087

Page Count: 260

Platform:

Narration is done about the journey of Maya from childhood to her late twenties, failure to success,  happiness to sorrow and patience to struggle. As being the part of village filled with narrow minded people, she faces adverse conditions since childhood. Her own family specially father shows disrespect for her. Time changes and she finds herself all alone and fighting for the survival in the crowd of unknown people and with absence of destiny. Lets come and feel her joy and sorrow with this book "Her Resurrection" and know what would happen with her in journey of better survival.

Strength Of The Book:

An amazing and ignored part of the Indian culture and society is taken which directly involves the presence of women and their survival. Natural appearance is given to the novel by depicting each and every factor very keenly and beautifully. To keep readers away from confusion in prologue-epilogue and story, nice writing technique is used. The line "every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" from the novel is completely justified in the story. Depicted emotions seem very real and make readers to feel the visualization in front. Good ending is given to the book.

Weakness Of The Book:

Story has much fluctuation of interest. At many points, it goes down and does not meet with the originality. The actual turbine doesn't appear with the flow of story. Sometimes it seems story is stretched with unnecessary incidences happened with the main characters. In the second half of the novel, typos appear after every couple of pages. 

Conclusion:

By revealing emotions with very deep feeling, author has presented an awesome book for readers. This book promises best entertainment. Touching the heart of readers, "Her Resurrection" is a platform to communicate with the presence of those women who are really forgotten in the absence of help. It makes readers cry and secures respect in their heart for writer Soumyadeep Koley. Cover page and title completely suits to the narration. If you are seeking to have it as a blend of love story and lust, it will disappoint you.

Reviewing Point:

4 out of 5

Review By:

- Kamal Paneru

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Blurbs For "Why Should I Love You...???" By Kamal Paneru

Blurb 1:

Have you ever wondered the reason of your love towards your partner? What if there is no reason? What if your partner asks it when you propose? How would you abreast the same?

Raunak is a final year student of engineering. His life with his friends Arpit, Swati and Megha was moving in the foyer of happiness till a wrong number with an innocent and perplexed girl Juhi, knocks his life. Love platonically takes place and slickly turns deep with the time. The conceit time gets changed and pushes them into despondent survival.

What makes Raunak and Juhi far from each other? Will they ever be able to conquer the adverse? And what are the dismal points which precise their lives into “Why Should I Love You…???”? Lets dive in the eventide of love and feel the warmth of their emotions with this heart melting love story.

Blurb 2:

He was debonair engineer but she was small town bag. He had dangling joy but she was from conservative family. He liked her but she loved him. He avoided her but she waited for him. He fell in love but her family denied him. They turned separated but love remained eternal. He tried to forget her but memories didn’t leave him alone. She returned back but he found himself on aggravated crutches.

Why Should I Love You…??? is a story of Raunak and Juhi who come close and with no heart abnegate the desires. Love changes their lives and then one day everything turns to unexpected. Will they ever be together again? Will love enliven their lives or leave them eradicated? Will their creed on love be judged by crumbled time?

Be the part of this heart melting love story and find a reason to love someone.

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Reviews On "Hidden Husband: Some Secret Never Leave You"

Review Point: 3 out of 5

Authoress: Shikha Kaul

Publisher: Gargi Publishers

Genre: Fiction/Love/Mystery

ISBN: 9789384382070

Page Count: 239

Platform:

Aisha is the HR in MNC and lives in Gurgaon. She has a small family and sweet friend Piyali. One day, she gets attracted by the attitude of an interviewee Raghav. Gradually they come close and fall in love. Both are from different communities and Raghav’s family has too narrow thinking on making relations with people from other communities. Then Aisha alone takes a step in love which pushes both of them in sorrow and frustration. Sameer her college friend enters in her life and puts best efforts to make things on track. Will he be able to make things normal? Will ever Raghav’s family accept Aisha as daughter in law? How will she manage herself in the rough time? To know, go through the Hidden Husband.

Strength Of The Book

Writer has given a light on the life of those who find themselves trapped between their families and emotions. Proper space is given to all the depicted characters. Very good vocabulary is used for narration. A flow is maintained in the story. Justice is done with the characters. Emotions are expressed well. On the other hands, book also talks about the survival of a girl with some social issues like eve teasing, girl insecurity. Curiosity in the mind of readers increases with the page turn. Happy ending is given by summarizing all the things narrated earlier.

Weakness Of The Book:

Weak starting is given to the book which compels readers to give up the book without turning pages. Literature is used partially and visible as negligible. Book lacks the soul of male characters so not able to grab the attention of male readers in further pages. Besides this, book completely leaves breathes after completion of three fourth part of the novel. 

Conclusion:

Story completely matches with the title Hidden Husband but ending does not make subtitle suitable. Perfect crisp of girl’s mind, this book is written beautifully which makes readers to feel the flakes of the story running at front. Authoress Shikha has performed her work well. Book really touches the heart of readers and makes them more curious with maturity of story.

Reviewing Point:
3 out of 5

Review By:
- Kamal Paneru

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Reviews On "A Little More Than Love"

Review Point: 3.5 out of 5

Authoress: Priyankaa Bansal
Publisher: Airavat Publishing
Genre: Love/fiction
ISBN: 9788193141441
Page Count: 158

About The Book and Author:

This is the debut English novel of Priyankaa Bansal. Before this, Priyankaa has proved her worth by penning in different anthologies and two Hindi poetry books named “Zindagi Ki Kalam Se” and “Rubaru”. Consisting 13 love stories, this book is targeted to the youth. Revealing the emotions of persons and teaching the new meaning of live, this book is knitted on the couples of Indian cities.

Just For You My Love

Devotee by nature, Rini is a simple girl. She lives with Dhruv who she loves a lot. Dhruv doesn’t believe in god at all. Life of these two runs happily. But a major accident changes everything in their lives. It is about how they recollect themselves and conquer support of Rini’s parents and adversity of life.

The Dumb Me

The story is about Ruhi who comes Delhi for training to complete her MCA. Here she gets blind with the speed of life and adaption of western culture. She meets with her roommate Aanya who teaches her way to live in metro cities. She comes in contact with her colleague Rohit and feels his inclination. Gradually love takes place between them.

Guardian Angel

Abhinav works in BPO and lives alone. She has an arrogant neighbor Maya. Maya is in her old age and lives with her daughter Kiara. Initially Abhinav was disturbed by her rude behavior but gradually he starts to love her company. He falls in love with Kiara and makes a happy family.

Love Was Hidden

Jyoti is in her 40’s and living happily with children and Shubham, his husband. But one day on Karwachauth, Nitesh, a friend of her husband enters her home and reveals hidden truth of her husband. She gets frustrated on seeing it but reacts normally. Her husband comes homes with a new wife but she still cares for her and at last becomes happy when comes to know the truth.

Silent Emotions

Parul is the student of PGDCA. She is oddity and dies for money. She prefers money instead relation. Raghav is her classmate. There a time comes when she becomes ready for marriage with a business man. Nothing matches between them but her greediness made her agree for marriage. Time changes and she meets an accident and gets a body defects. Her fiancé leaves and she realizes the value of original.

Blind Date

Arnav and Shamita did love marriage but there are fed up of their company. Fight is the daily schedule of their lives. Shamita finds a new friend Aman and Arnav finds a new friend Anya. They talk each other without seeing. Finally the day comes when they meet and gradually problem of Arnav and Shamita’s life disappears.

That One Call

Ritesh with his friend Swati lives in Noida. He loves Vanya though both of they haven’t seen each other yet. He talks with her on phone. Vanya is friend of Swati. Ritesh is an open minded guy. He approaches Vanya for marriage but because of disagreement from family side they do not get committed anymore. He at last does marriage with her against the wishes of his parents.

Being Me

Latika lives alone and works in BPO. She has a neighbor Aman who is just a simple guy. Slightly he falls in love with her but gets shock when comes to know about the truth of her life. He handles situation easily and make the situation for both ends.

Love: Lost And Found

Aditi has left her home due to the daily fights of her parents. She has a hatred feeling for all male. One day, accidently she comes in contact with Shekhar. As time passes, she becomes close to Shekhar and expresses her life to him. Shekhar has worse past and she helps him to get rid it.

The Last Adventure

Rajat and Diya are sweet couple. They love each other’s company very much. Diya has some wishes which she wants to complete before death comes. She is a patient of heart but wants to enjoy the life at fullest. It’s the journey of her survival and battle against death.

Dear Husband

Rohan is married to Ayesha. Ayesha is an independent girl and wants to live her life as she wants. She never shows any disagreement on any act of her husband. But time comes when she faces the worst and writes a letter to her husband and reveals her all emotions.

The Downfall

The story is of a school where Aparna, Ruchika, Sakshi and others work together. School is owned by Mrs. Sobha and her husband. Sudden change in the behavior of one of them and a factor of jealousy, start to ruin the reputation of the school. And a deadly times comes and when schools is about to be closed due to internal issues.

Strength Of The Book:

Book goes in the same pace. All stories are compiled well. Interesting to read, these stories are related to the heart. Worthy to read, these stories are written in well manner in line to let readers have best possible entertainment. Emotions are expressed well. No balderdash appears throughout the book. Stories really meet to the satisfaction of readers. Equally touching the lives of man of woman, this novel is a sweet reading stuff.

Weakness Of The Book:

Many grammatical errors appear which remain up to the end. Typos also occur in regular interval. Dialogue writing is weak, could be more impressive as per the theme.

Conclusion:

Letting people feel a real dilemma, this book is a best collection of wonderful stories. Spreading happiness over the face of readers, these stories are really touching. Authoress has beautifully crafted innocent stories by penning emotions effectively. Title of the book suits to the theme but cover page is not much attractive. At a point, few of these stories compel readers to hold tears in the eyes.

Top 5 Stories:

The Last Adventure
Dear Husband
Being Me
Guardian Angel
Silent Emotions

Reviewing Point:
3.5 out of 5

Review By:
- Kamal Paneru

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Reviews on “The Outlander-Rise And Fall Of An Empire"

Review Point: 3.5 out of 5

Author: Abhijit Haldar

Publisher: Blackbuck Publication

Genre: Fantasy

ISBN: 978163415400

Page Count: 244

Platform:

Narration is about the battle field and a skipped warrior Roin Avon. He has not fought any fight till now and is confused whether his should move ahead or not. Story is divided into two major parts. On first part Roin with his stranger friend Horthur heads towards the Dorin Kingdom where fight would occur. Dorin Kingdom has been over took by Decallume after the death of Dorin. Roin has a special sword Stalwart. In the second part of the book, a war takes place where Avon plays his role and appears for his first fight to save the Dorin people from the dragon fire. What steps he follows to let people have breath of relief? Will he be able to win the war or be dead in the vengeance of Dercallume? What is Memeron Crystal and why it is the desire of every person? Why the sword Stalwart is special? To know the answer, a must read “The Outlander-Rise And Fall Of An Empire” book I of the “The God Triology”.

Strength Of The Book:

Author has knitted an amazing fantasy platform for the narration. Depiction of the emotions of a person who never appeared for a war before are really touching. Books run at the same from very first part to the end. Story is well planned. Showed map and appendix in the book let readers be more familiar with new words. Author has given equal place to each person and other things and also described well all the things before writing about. Book has received a good and happy ending which is actually the beginning of the next book.

Weakness Of The Book:

Too much grammatical errors have ruined the presentation. At many times, dialogues are just written without referring the person. It leaves bit confusion in the minds of readers. Many of new terms are introduced which cause perplexity at a certain place. Typos are also there. Very common grammatical errors make readers to skip the pages.

Conclusion:

Young author Abhijit Haldar has worked beautifully for the book. If you do not want to see grammatical errors, just skip the book otherwise this book promises full entertainment with thrill. Touching the originality of battle field and emotions of warrior, this book is a nice crisp to have the same heard thing in a different manner. Ending of the book leaves readers with a curiosity of “what happens next”.

Reviewing Point:
3.5 out of 5

Review By:
- Kamal Paneru

Also, if you want to know more about this teen author, read here a chit chat session with him.

Interview with Abhijit

Interview By:
- Kamal Paneru

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