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Random thoughts are typically thoughts when one’s mind meanders aimlessly. A few years before mobile data became an important construct of one’s life, one found times when one could allow one’s mind to meander, half-daydreaming. In those days, a guy could simply connect with his inner self if he wished to. An urge to check his social media postings or his friend’s postings did not always pique him. He could get into a deep slumber whilst thinking about his new found ...

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In this ultimate guide to writing a mystery novel, we...

Generations of kids and adults alike have read some of the most succulent mystery and thriller short stories and novels from Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes and whilst they were younger, girls mostly; Nancy Drew. For a girl of 12, Nancy and her stories have left a profound impression in her growing age. Girls have looked up to her mystery solving skills, and they have tried it themselves. That has been with abundant precaution under par...

It has been a difficult two months. Humongous activity all around me, in my mind, all over me it seems. Weekends have been doing it all. Do it now and do not leave it for tomorrow. What I have genuinely missed is a book in my hand and some hot brewing cup of coffee near me. Life of a debut author would have peace in the background. I am loving it!

My book is going to be in the crime and mystery genre. It is about two girls who are besties. A crime happens! Does the othe...

Ek aur baras nikla magar,

Jo khwab maine dekhe the, tumne usse behtar din dikhaye;

Tere hone se dil ko mere sukoon aya,

Teri nazron ki sharar mere liye gardish-e-ayaam le kar aayi,

Teri paak ruhani husn ne mujhe musarrat bakhshi hai;

Teri yeh bebaak adayein mujhe madhosh karti hain,

Tera yeh saath hamein saaton janam bakhshe mere Maalik,

Ke meri tasavvur se kahin beshumar tera yeh ruh paak hai;

Main mahv-e-hairat mein baitha kabhi kabhi tujhe dekhta rehta hoon!

—Ikhtit...

The Indian democracy is modeled on the Westminster model. Its three main pillars are the Executive, the Judiciary, and the Legislature. The council of ministers, the Parliament, and the Supreme Court have all the powers vested with them. So, it provides for a separation of powers and it is a key element of the Indian Constitution. A free and vibrant press is said to be the fourth pillar of democracy.

In the Indian context and for any democratic count...

Midnight’s Children is the story of a child named Saleem Sinai who was born as the clock struck midnight and a country got her freedom from British rule. India got her freedom at the midnight hour. Midnight’s Children talks about 1001 children born within the first one-hour of the midnight hour, as a free India was born.

The Indian freedom from the dominion was as much an event and intertwined so, with the life and times of Saleem and his family. The au...

Kanthapura is a work of fiction with current events of the time fused into the fictional narrative. Kanthapura is to India possibly what Arrow of God is to Africa. Both these books represent a flavour of the colonial literature at their best. Truth be told, in Kanthapura, the author has done an experiment so bizarre that it could have gone completely wrong. It is an experiment with English writing itself. Raja Rao believed in Indian English, in as much as every English ...

Arrow of God is the third novel in the African trilogy. I haven’t had the opportunity to read the earlier two novels. However, it takes nothing apart from the absolute reading pleasure that Arrow Of God so readily provides. This is one of the best works of the author. Undeniably so!

I would not go into the details of the story here. I would just like to submit to the author’s craft. He is a powerful writer. He has nicely portrayed the life and ...

The Grass Is Singing is the 1st novel of the author and was first published in 1950. She was an author of great repute and she went on to win the Nobel Prize For Literature in 2007. This is amongst one of her best works to date. The Grass Is Singing is an exposition of her deep understanding of the social mores of the land.

It is a critique of the Apartheid system in South Africa. It was brought about the land by the greatest colonizers in the history of...