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Restless waters of Ichhamati is the story of rural Bengal during Company rule based around Mollahati Indigo plantation. The book explores various broad aspects of life in this region, including British rule, Casteism, Zamindari system, rural life, mental makeup of rural India, religious beliefs along with some finer emotions as well like the enigma around relationships, relationships between husband and wife, father and daughter etc.
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There’s Something About You
‘There’s Something About You’ by Yashodhara Lal certainly makes for an entertaining, light read. The story revolves around Trish. Now, Trish is a twenty-eight year old girl, recently unemployed, overweighed, single girl, who hides behind her sarcasm to cope with the world.
Book Review: Scion of Ikshvaku
There is hardly anyone who isn’t familiar with Ramayana. There have been several TV series directly or indirectly based upon the same epic storyline, and as a book too this isn’t the first effort (of course the Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’ Ramcharit manasa were the original ones).
Log Kya kahenge
Log kya kahenge, what would people say. I’m sure you’ve heard this popular phrase numerous times before. And, you’ll definitely hear it again and...
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Book Review – It Happens for a Reason
Author: Preeti Shenoy
Edition language: English
Characters: Vipasha, Aryan, Ankush, Suchi, Manav, Saurabh
Published December 10th 2014
ISBN13: 9789384030742
Format: Paperback, 280 pages
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Womens fiction, chick lit
It...
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How and when to use a comma
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Book Review: The Secret Life of Fat
Who loves fat? I guess no one. “The Secret Life of Fat”, an enlightening book by Sylvia Tara answers all of our questions related to fat. After reading the book no one is going to look at fat the same way they did before. And, hopefully, the new insight into fat is going to help them a great deal.
I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
Grammar tips – double negatives
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An Unsuitable Woman (Shinie Antony) – Book Review
An Unsuitable Woman compiled by Shinie Antony is a collection of short stories, essays, poems exploring the lives of freethinking woman striving hard to find their place in a society where men decide their present and future.
Coming from the pens of several renowned Indian authors the narratives are all marvellous, invoking a strong feeling in the heart of the reader—a mix of strength and fear, empathy and repulsion, calmness and anger.