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You Are Mine by Miranda Rijks is a spell binding thriller which I managed to read in a span of two days. I doubt if it would have taken me even that much time, had I not been a mother of two and a little unwell. This is a story about obsessive love. Rupert, rather Sir Rupert has spent a long time, looking for a perfect woman to marry and eventually manages to find one. Now all that remains is to make her see how alike they are and make her realise that she has to love him completely with her heart, body and soul. And he will not let anything stand in the way of fulfilling his.... their destiny. You Are Mine is gripping and engaging as you really don't know what to expect rom the next few pages. I had recently seen the very brilliant series "You" on Netflix and that kind of made my imagination even more proactive in conceiving the scenes as the story progressed, though both- this book and the series (also based on a psychological thriller) are very different from each...

If you are a fan of the romance genre then chances are quite high that you will recognise the name of the author of Our Song, Milan Vohra. An advertising professional, Vohra is India's first Mills & Boons author. Our Song is a love story that takes place in Bengaluru on no, not an IT campus but in the corridors, park and offices of a Pharma company. Ragini is a struggling music composer who has been hired by Andrew Arya, the young gun heading this Pharma company, to compose a song for their 25th anniversary. Their is chemistry of course, between Ragini and Andrew, and also a sort of shared past- they went to the same school where he was her senior and she had a crush on him. Andrew tries to hide the immense attraction that he feels under the guise of the need to keep an eye on Ragini and makes her come to his offices in order to interact and observe the people behind the company to be able to write the song. Ragini though feels hugely attracted to Andrew, is (at the beginnin...

A fast paced thriller that is going to make your week or weekend (depending on the choice of the day you pick it up on)! So, it is well established by now that I am a thriller's fan. I have also managed to ascertain that sometimes it is destiny which leads me to read some books. This past month has been quite a thing for me. First, both my kids fell ill, taking turns at keeping me on my toes 24X7 and then a day before Diwali my husband came down with an infection which looked like a common cold but ended up being as troublesome as Pneumonia. So there I was before and through this, going from book to book and singing 'Kahin lagta nahi dil, main kya karoon'. Let me explain- I had started no less than 5 books from varying genres and wasn't feeling happy or satisfied (if you know what I mean then a virtual high-five) with any one of them. And, I had also started to spend more time than was usual on social media (hospital waiting rooms do that to you, no?) Wel...

What an excellent and important this little book is! This is a book that I would gladly recommend to all the grown ups and all the children alike because everyone worries and mostly no one knows how to deal with it. The author not only addresses the many guises that often the smallest of worries dons on and comes knocking or to use a phrase from the book 'has no manners and barges in'. I loved the way the author has given everyday causes and symptoms that any child might be able to relate to, to explain what does a worry feel like, how it can manifest itself as a physical ailment or a mental block and how to conquer it. The fact that Wolff and Savitz have not only spoken about how and what causes worry-a bully, first day of school, fear of sleeping alone to name a few- but also the ways in which it can be tackled, makes the book a keeper to be reached out for when you are feeling a little lost as a parent or even as an individual. The illustrations on my Kindle probably ...

A fun, light romcom that you can easily breeze through over a weekend, Once Upon A Crush by Kiran Manral is the story of a 29 year old girl Rayna De. She is much like the girl next door, with parents who are after her life to get married to a guy called Sid Bose and a boss straight from hell, ensuring that her life, well for the lack another appropriate word- stays interesting. Time for a twist in the plot and walks into her office a man named Deven Ahuja who sets Ms De's heart a fluttering and she sees Mr Darcy and a certain vampire with very good looks Mr Cullen, in him. Unfortunately, as is often in such cases, the man has been claimed. He has a girlfriend and if Page 3 reports are to be believed by one and Rayna, then they seem to be pretty happy together. So, as Rayna reasons by herself, there is no reason why should Deven throw even a sideway glance at her. But does he? Or is Sid Bose able to woo our heroine? To know this and some more you will have to pick up your own c...

Yesterday was Mahalaya. I have been living in Kolkata for about 7 years now and have been in the city for every single Pujo since we moved in here.  I just like the vibe of the city, the aura of this place when it is time for the Devi to descend to her parental home from the heavens above. It is a different air that the city breathes in and out. It is different colour, sometimes sharp and sometime languid in its shade that dresses the city of Kolkata when the Durga Pujo approaches. Like a veteran of sorts I know this isn't the best time to be on the roads. I know better than to plan anything because beside eateries everything is going to come to a stand still. Nothing will move and no-one will budge their stomachs filled with Biryanis, Aalooer Dums, Jalepis and Chicken Kashas. But this year things have been different. it seems as if the Pujo has just crept quietly upon us. It seems as if Maa did not come down with the usual fervour. Maybe there is a reluctance in the air that...

It had happened so that in 2011 we had moved to Kolkata. Not knowing a single soul and unfamiliar with the language, the move was proving to be very difficult one for me. Gradually we settled down in the building we had moved in and got to know some people. It was the September 2012 , when I came across Pratham Books ' social campaign 'One Book One Day' to be held on World Literacy Day,  which is annually observed on September 8. What a fun day it turned out to be and we added more friends to our list then we already had! I vowed that I will be participating in the campaign every year. Unfortunately, in June next year, I lost my younger brother to a car accident. His birthday falls on September 7 and I could not ever again bring myself to participate in the activity since then. But things changed this year and I made up my mind to participate in One Day, One Book. Now, I was pushed into storytelling by my friends (Personally, I like to think that they just wanted to ge...