Childhood stories

This one is for you chotu. This is Thank you and tell you "Ek hazroein mein meri behna hai ". These days on star plus a new serial is about to start -"Ek hazroein mein meri behna hai ".I think if you ask any  two sisters of indian origin they would have sung this song 100 times .Every time I see this promos I get nostalgic thinking of our childhood days .We were just two  sisters happy in our own world with clsoed boundaries where no one else was allowed.We never went to any park or any activity centre or thought of having friends .For us world was  two of us and our mom and dad. Just thought of recalling back those good old days and the things which we as sisters did together.Being elder to mys sister by 4 years I am surprised that how did I live without her for the initail...

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How many more to come ?

If I have to ask you, can you tell what is the cheapest thing available in our country what will be your say ? It is human life.Thanks to the lousy system prevalent in this country.You cannot be very sure that if you are going out of home will you be able to come back safely or not. You never know when Indian mujahidden or HuJI or god knows who will be able to rip apart your life in  a matter of few seconds."What you get is what you accept ".We are accepting the terror and we are getting it.Blast after Blast -it is getting easier for terrorist to accomplish their mission.Our esteemed parliamentarians will sit discuss that under whose leadership the blast was less and under whose blast was more. Sensitive areas like High court doesn't have a CCTV and that too not for months since last...

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Bangalore Calling - Brinda S. Narayan

                                                       After a long time, I have come across a simple yet unique book from an Indian author that doesn’t talk about IIT’s or IIM's .It is unique in the way how 15 different stories has been created with a common backdrop-Callus, A call centre which attracts youngster with minimal qualification to meet their aspiration of quick...

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Zoya Factor

"Zoya factor " a novel by Anuja Chauhan, is definitely a candidature for a a Bollywood masala movie and so it has been  been nailed down bynone other than Sharukh's Red Chillies . Spicy,sweet,enjoyable novel .Though at some places I must admit I skipped the match description :-P .Zoya is a young girl in the field of advertisement wherein her job takes her to meet the Indian cricket team. The common link between Zoya and cricket is that zoya was born on the same day when India had won the world cup.Going with the logic that every 3 minutes a child is born there will be many like Zoya born on that day .Viola! Zoya was born at exact precise...

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Palace of illusion by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

                                                                         Palace of illusion is a nice concept that Divakaruni thought of bringing it to audiences. It the modern avatar of one of the most popular epic Mahabharata. The strength of the story is its feminist interpretation...

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Bad Behaviuor by Sheila O'Flanagan

                                                               This is my first novel of Sheila O'Flanagan and I am happy to say that it did not disappoint me. It has a good story line that can be adapted for a masala movie. The best part was novel has been narrated in a very lucid manner. Incidents being described can be very well be...

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