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When a Country Becomes a Mirror

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  Introducing the book “Becoming Still” by Sej Saraiya In Becoming Still: A Tale of Inner Reckoning and Wild Places in Venezuela written by an ethnographic photographer and writer Sej Saraiya who steps back and lets her younger self walk onto the page, raw and unedited. Written in 2012 and preserved in that original voice, the book becomes a time capsule of a twenty‑something woman who thought she knew the world, only to discover that Venezuela would quietly dismantle her certainties. She invites the reader not into a polished retrospective, but into an honest reckoning with fear, naivety, and the slow birth of gratitude. The journey begins as a reluctant holiday suggestion: a Christmas trip to Venezuela that sounds at once thrilling and absurd. From Los Angeles high‑rises and the hum of the 101 freeway, Sej is flung into a landscape of tea‑red rivers, pink quartz beaches, and the looming tepuis of the Gran Sabana that look as if they have been watching the earth since time began. ...
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Love Beyond Words: The Silent Wisdom of Dogs in Behind Those Eyes

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   Love Beyond Words: The Silent Wisdom of Dogs in Behind Those Eyes Behind Those Eyes by Tushar Chatterji is a deeply moving book featuring interconnected stories that invites you into the emotional worlds of our canine friends. It is a book that does more than narrate events. It gently opens a door into the silent, observant, and profoundly sensitive inner lives of animals who share our homes, our streets, and often our hearts. Told through multiple canine perspectives, the collection allows readers to experience the world through instinct, scent, memory, and feeling. This narrative choice becomes the emotional core of the book. Rather than presenting dogs as secondary to human drama, the stories center their perceptions and emotional clarity. Through their eyes, human behavior appears both fragile and beautiful, complicated yet deeply sincere. The settings shift across strikingly different landscapes. From crowded city streets to the vast stillness of the Himalayas, from el...
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There's a Ghost in My Room: Living with the Supernatural

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  📚 BOOK REVIEW There's a Ghost in My Room: Living with the Supernatural by Sanjoy K. Roy There's a ghost in my room is written by Author Sanjoy K. Roy. He is the managing director of Teamwork Arts which organizes the world largest literary gathering, the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. This is the first book by the author which is an amalgamation of memoir, travelouge and supernatural elements. Sanjoy's life which is more stranger than fiction. He shares his real life experiences about his encounters with supernatural elements at different places of the world. His first encounter with a spirit was in his ancestral house in Calcutta. He was only five years old. The next presence he felt after a few years in his parent's bungalow in Delhi. Since then he came across many experience with the other worldly creatures both in India and abroad. At times his younger son also felt spiritual presence in some specific places. We can term the author to have special powers which...
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Between the Lines and Laughs: Inside the Human World of Qualitative Research

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  Some books teach you a subject. Others invite you into a world. Between the Lines and Laughs by Geetika Singh and Ashwini Sirsikar does something rarer. It turns an entire professional discipline into a living, breathing narrative filled with humor, warmth, and deeply human moments. At first glance, qualitative research might sound like a niche topic best suited to academic textbooks. But this book refuses to be boxed into jargon or technical frameworks. Instead, it reimagines the evolution of qualitative research in India as a story told through people. Fictional characters who feel strikingly real guide the reader through this journey. Through Maya, Sonal, Ayesha, Priya, and Rhea, readers travel across three decades of change, witnessing how an industry has grown, adapted, and reinvented itself alongside a rapidly transforming society. Each character represents a different era, and with them comes a distinct mood and rhythm. The early days carry a sense of pioneering curiosity....
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12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat

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  📚 BOOK REVIEW 12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat is best known as the youth icon of India. He is regarded as the voice for aspiration of modern Indian youth. His books are the largest sellers in India's history. Many of his books have been adapted into movies. 12 years My Messed up Love Story is a light contemporary fiction which portrays the messed up love story of Saket and Payal. Saket is a divorcee at 33 and doing stand up comedy at his friend Mudit's club. While Payal is 21, single and working in a equity firm. There are many differences between them yet they are attracted towards each other. But with the family and social pressure and culture differences, they drifted apart from each other. The book title has been derived from a time frame of 12 years which plays a significant role in the story. I happened to pick up his book after a gap of three long years. I enjoyed reading it with along with all the triumphs and turbulences in a relatio...
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Swathwa Viprasthitha: The Voyage of the Soul — A Hypnotic Blend of Fantasy, Mystery, and Spiritual Adventure

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  Swathwa Viprasthitha: The Voyage of the Soul — A Hypnotic Blend of Fantasy, Mystery, and Spiritual Adventure Some books entertain you. Some challenge you. And then there are books like Swathwa Viprasthitha: The Voyage of the Soul that completely transport you, blurring the delicate line between the world we know and a world that exists just beyond the edge of consciousness. Jijesh V. Saseendran’s fantasy drama offers exactly this kind of immersive journey, creating an experience that lingers long after the last page is turned. At its heart, Swathwa Viprasthitha is a story about the mysteries of the mind and the uncharted territories of the soul. The novel begins in a modern-day setting, with strange events unfolding around a mysterious old book. But what seems like a medical puzzle slowly transforms into something far more profound and a multi-layered narrative begins that bridges centuries, realities, and spiritual dimensions. Rather than following a conventional fantasy structu...
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The Lost Author by Chris Barkley

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  📚 BOOK REVIEW The Lost Author by Chris Barkley The Lost Author is written by Author Chris Barkley. It is psychological thriller with a touch of suspense and dark secrets The story is set up on a remote island and dates back to the year 1949. A young novelist Eaun is invited by his mentor to complete his masterpiece. But when his mentor is found dead and his manuscript got missing, circumstances become more dark and mysterious. The hunt for the killer continues as the protagonist gets engulfed by the web of secrets. The atmosphere of the novel is highly mysterious and full of suspense. There are many layers to the story which makes it more complex and intriguing.The description of the mansion is haunting which unsettle the readers and builds up tension in the story. The missing manuscript haunts the readers till we come to climax. A must read for slow paced emotional thrillers.
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