Trust Me Not

Trust Me Not

Author : Ankita Verma Datta
Publisher : Jaico Books
Pages :378
Price : 450/- INR
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Rating : 4/5 stars

Blurb:
“An excellent account of today’s cut-throat world, told through an intense love story. The complexity of the characters and the story keeps you riveted until the unexpected end.” - Madhur Bhandarkar.

Rising corporate star Reeva Rai is offered a prestigious position in a top-notch PR agency. It is the opportunity of a lifetime. But working with Enigmatic Billionaire Kunaal Kabi was not going to be easy. Even as she develops feelings for him, she is determined to prove herself.

But when an activist friend turns to her for help with a real-estate scam, Reeva has to make a high-stakes choice. Can she retain the credibility of her prominent clients while helping hundreds save their homes? As she digs deeper to find solutions, a nefarious scheme unravels with unexpected connections. A no-holds-barred race ensues, blood is drawn and Reeva is trapped in the eye of a political thunderstorm. If she succeeds, powerful people will have much to answer
Review:
Trust me not is a socio-political thriller with all essentials of this genre.Book is pleasantly written political thrillers with a number of twists and turns.The story revolve around Reeva Rai, a young and ambitious corporate and Kunal Kabi the handsome marketing honcho.The characters were very well written.Book has an engaging story line and intriguing plot. Language is easy and simple.Cover of the book compel you to pick it up.Title is apt to the story.This book easily connect with the reader.
Overall, Trust me not is a worthy read.

Urban Naxals

Urban Naxals

The Making Of
Buddha In A Traffic Jam

Author: Vivek Agnihotri
Publisher : Garuda Prakashan
Pages : 379
Price : 399/- INR
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Rating : 5/5 Stars

Blurb:
Film-maker Vivek Agnihotri writes of his journey in making the film "Buddha in a Traffic Jam" which exposed the nexus between an India-wide Maoist terror movement and their supporters in urban centers such as academia and media. Naxalites are waging war on India with details plans for an overthrow of the State. Urban Naxals act to amplify their message, serve as recruiters and wage a propaganda war through social and conventional media. This gripping story recounts Agnihotri's own grooming in College to be an Urban Naxal and details the plans and modus operandi of the movement. Agnihotri's story is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Buddha in a Traffic Jam", the violent resistance to its screening, and an expose of the world's largest extreme-left terror movement and its penetration into urban India.
Review:
One of the most serious reads i have read till date.Pages are full of dense texts and facts that you may never know if you have not read the book.Hats off to the boldness of Author Vivek Agnihotri.The book is a newsy account of a filmmakers encounter with radicalism in urban India.The book is about the urban naxals who romanticize the naxal cause.Urban Naxals is gripping and this book is going to linger in your mind for long time.Language of the book is simple.Cover and title is apt to the story and compel you to pick it up. Book is an excellent read, which keeps your interest alive till last page.The most hard hitting book i have ever read.Highly recommend for everyone, doesnot matter from which section you belong (Left or Right) just go this book.

Vedic Mathematics Inside Out

Vedic Mathematics Inside Out

Author : Chandrahas Halai
Publisher : The Write Place
Pages : 231
Price : 299/- INR
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Rating :5/5 star

Blurb:

"If you learn the concepts, you can develop your own methods..." 

Ninth grade Math teacher Viren Mehta's words inspired Chandrahas Halai, who had used them as his guiding principle to all that he does, including the writing of this book on Vedic Mathematics for beginners. 

With a strong foundation of those concepts that he learned, Halai has shown in clear and simple steps that Vedic Math is not rocket science; in fact, it can be great fun! Using (simple) algebraic proofs, the author has explained the (Vedic Mathematics methods for) multiplication, division, squaring and cubing. The book has been divided into three sections and Halai suggests going through each one carefully, not skipping any of the steps detailed. 

Aimed at students of grade 8 and above, and a good resource for teachers and parents too, as well as those training to take competitive exams, this volume is a novel way to discover that maths in general and algebra in particular can be great fun!
Review:
Vedic mathematics inside out is a gem for students, a good guide for professionals and businessmen as well.Author Chandrahas Halai book is a definitive book on vedic mathematics which covers all the generic areas.Book helped me a lot in improving speed and accuracy.Author took this to a very next level maintaining simplicity in his communication with the readers, explaining multiplication, division , squaring and cubing through examples.This book shows a collection of tricks.Book is divided into three sections. Section 1. Multiplication, which is again sub divided into 5 chapters.Section 2 is division which is sub divided into 2 chapters and section 3 miscellaneous and has only one chapter. A total of 8 chapetrs.A very well written book.If mathematics always turn you off, take a  chance on this book.Highly Recommend!!

How I Became A Farmer's Wife

How I Became A Farmer's Wife

Author : Yashodhara Lal
Publisher : Harper Collins India
Pages : 319
Price : 250/- INR
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Rating : 3.5/5 Stars

Blurb :
Mild-mannered Vijay is the perfect good Indian husband - responsible and predictable. Well, at least he was, until he decided to turn Farmer! Vijay's unsuspecting wife Yashodhara is caught off guard when, tired of the rigours of city life, he actually rents land and starts dairy farming! As if Yash didn't have enough going on already, what with her high-octane job, three children and multiple careers. As Vijay dives deeper into his quirky hobby, the family is plucked out of their comfortable life in the steel-and-chrome high-rises of Gurgaon, and thrown headfirst into a startlingly unfamiliar world - complete with cows and crops, multiple dogs and eccentric farmhands, a shrewd landlady and the occasional rogue snake. Will these earnest but insulated city-dwellers be able to battle the various difficulties that come with living a farmer's life? A laugh-out-loud romp that'll leave you wanting more!
Review:
This is one of the best book i have read in a long time.It has everything love, comedy ,touches of family life and its problem in a honest and intimate way that i just have not read in a while.The Author captures everything.The characters are so well written.Language is simple  and  easy to read.A must read book.

It's My Love Story

It's My Love Story

Author : Ajitabha Bose
Publisher : Author's Ink Publications
Pages :167
Price :180/- INR
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Rating :4/5 Stars

Blurb:
It's a story inspired from real life incidents. A story based on the college life of 6 friends. It's a love story of Aditya and Janvi. Aditya is from Jamshedpur and moves to Delhi for his graduation. He aspires to become a successful filmmaker. Janvi is a Delhiite and loves travelling. She dreams to settle in Italy someday. Life takes a different turn when love brought them together.

What lies ahead? Where will destiny lead them?

Bestselling author Ajitabha Bose brings to you another heartwarming tale of love, friendship and dreams.
Review:
It's my love story is the first book i have read by Author Ajitabha Bose,who is known for contemporary romances.It's my love story is a sweet romance.Book is a perfect Summer read,With fast paced and fresh and interesting story and characters,reader will finish this book before the sun goes down.The story revolve around Aditya Mukherjee and Janvi Kapoor.The characters have perfect amount of chemistry between them.Both the central character are coming to terms with their self identity and dreams.The issues they faced are one many readers can relate to, such as career hopes, friendship, family, first love.The plot of the book kept my interest very high.Though the ending was a bit rushed.But overall i found the story and the characters engaging. Recommended  for fan of contemporary romance.

Mango People in Banana Republic

Mango People In Banana Republic

Author : Vishak Shakti
Publisher : The Write Place
Pages :237
Price :249 INR
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Rating : 3.5/5 Star

Blurb:
Ravi Bhalerao is a top of the rung business strategy consultant struggling with two disquiets in life – a festering career disillusionment and a festering wound in his posterior. Stung by an unfair performance appraisal, he pulls off an outrageous stunt at his workplace, drops off the urban map and reaches his ancestral land, a village in drought-prone Vidarbha. There he encounters India in its elemental form. Convinced that his destiny is somehow entwined with that of his country, he sets off on a truth-seeking mission. On that mission, he finds love, revolution and most importantly, a redemption for the disquiet in his rear.

Anand is a former physicist on a spiritual quest through esoteric India. He realizes that the path to realization is beset on all sides by gurus, their cults and their boundless quirks. As he hops from one ashram to the other, he grows convinced that liberation does not come with a user manual in a neat little box.

Wrapped in light-hearted, almost tongue-in-cheek prose, 'Mango People In Banana Republic' is a tale of an Indian’s search for personal identity, against the backdrop of a country divided along fault lines of countless social identities. Teeming with a cast of characters and ideas that encapsulate modern India, the tale ascends from the gross to the sublime, much like the Kundalini powers some aspire to acquire. With a steady pace, and gentle mocking humour, this book is an absorbing read and a laugh.
Review:
Book is honest and witty with doses of sarcasm and humour. I must admit that the tone and language and flow was entertaining.This book can light easy and inspiring read but it can also be contemplated for the depth of its topic and experiences. Excellent writing style.The Book revolves around its central character Ravi Bhalerao.The book has everything Corporate world wgere Ravi works as business strategy consultant, political world -drought prone state and Naxals blood bath.Spiritual world -path of realization through spiritual guru and their cults.Book is all about Mango people (Aam Admi) and their struggle.A book for boring summer afternoon.

Spell Binding Spells

Spell Binding Spells

Cricket's Most Magnificent Bowling Spells

Author : Anindya Dutta
Publisher : Notion Press
Price : 355/- INR
Pages: 314
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Rating :4/5 stars

Blurb :
Spell-binding Spells is a book for everyone who loves cricket. It is about stunning spells-those few overs that occur rarely in cricket, when bowlers weave magic and batsmen are mesmerized.

What did the stunning bowling spells of Anil Kumble, Narendra Hirwani, Ravichandran Ashwin, Padmakar Shivalkar, and Yuzvendra Chahal achieve that Kapil Dev's career best spell could not?

Curtly Ambrose and Sarfraz Nawaz, 14-years apart, bowled identical deadly spells against the same opposition taking 7 wickets for 1 run. Who were the hapless victims?

Why did Gary Gilmour of Australia with an ODI bowling average of 10.31 and Clarrie Grimmett of Australia after taking 13 wickets in a Test in two magnificent spells, never play for their respective countries again?

Spell-binding Spells looks at 50 of the most magnificent bowling spells in the history of cricket and answers some of these questions.

VVS Laxman says: "This book is a tribute to bowlers, a breed that has never profited from the benefit of the doubt in a sport whose rules have historically always favoured batsmen. This nice little treatise is a reminder that we must ensure that the history of this game continues to get passed on from one generation to the next."
Review:
What a book about great bowling spells.A tribute to bowlers. Loved it. Not a book for a non cricket fan offcourse but for the true fan a fantastic exploration of the finest bowling analysis.The Author Anindya Dutta has done a very god job, undergoing extensive research and backing this up with some interesting scorecard.The overwhelming details of spells made reading a real slog.The title of the book compell you to pick it up.The cover of the book feature former Indian spin wizard Anil Kumble which itself says a lot about book.Language is simple and easy to read.Highly recommend for cricket enthusiast. A must read.