Sunday 30 August 2020

Review of "Invisible Ties"

Book:- Invisible Ties
By:- Nadya A.R.


Blurb:-
As Karachi burned in the 1990s, the painfully shy Noor Kamal found refuge in an antique jade mirror stolen from Daisy, her social butterfly mother. One fateful day, the violence hits home as a motley crew of burglars storm the Kamal residence, killing Joseph, the faithful driver who tried to shield Noor and kidnapping Daisy in the process.
Traumatized by the turn of events and succumbing to familial pressure, Noor reluctantly agrees to start life afresh in Singapore as the wife of Meekaal Kalim, an investment banker. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Noor finds succour in studying psychotherapy.
Her attempt to heal others brings her close to Ella, her neighbour and Jake, a handsome American who is struggling to deal with his emotional breakdown. As she tries to exorcise ghosts from the past and break free from the shackles, where will Noor’s longing for love take her? Would she be able to liberate herself from her strong cultural values and ties?
A saga of love and trials, against a rich contrasting background, Invisible Ties is sure to appeal to the readers.


Review:-

How many of you have felt the familial pressure?
What kind of life is it when you are to live it without love??

These questions struck my mind as I kept on reading the book.

The story revolves around Noor, the protagonist. Her life was filled with storms, secrets and courage to fight all of it. 
She belonged to a dysfunctional family who had all the wealth but still that couldn't make her happy.

Her relationship with her husband and her parents was not that smooth. Her loveless marriage to Meekal Kalim gives it an emotional turn.

The author explains the "Invisible Ties" of one's life and how is a being trapped in these odds of life. The life of a woman is more challenging and the author explains it very well by the characterization of Noor. The title adds up to the core of the book.

The cover is beautiful and eye catching. The narration makes the book more interesting and appealing.

The foreword by Mahesh Bhatt makes it a must read for many. 
Overall, one of the best books I have ever read.

Thursday 27 August 2020

Review of "Offsprings"

Book:- Offsprings
By:- Krishanu Banerjee



Offsprings'- the book contains seventy poems which are unique by nature. Unique in this sense that each and every poem describes the poet's realistic thoughts which he has experienced and beautifully penned. Each poem (except 2 or 3) is written in rhyme, beautiful to read and recite. The poet has heartily worshipped the best genre of literature

The book comprises of 70 beautifully penned poetry pieces of life’s nostalgic moments.

It has got poems on almost all sectors of life like young love, childhood, school days, etc.
 
It will give you a different look to life in different situations.

My favorite poem is "My School Days"

The cover is quite appealing and words that built this book are commendable. 

Overall an amazing book to read.

Monday 24 August 2020

Review of "Pokhran"

Book:- Pokhran
By:- Uday Singh



Blurb:-


The success of the ‘Smiling Buddha’ nuclear test marked the rise of India as a nuclear power in 1974. But what went unreported in the media was the nuclear fallout that had lasting impact on the inhabitants of Pokhran, especially Chaitanya.

It quickly becomes clear that the conspiracy surrounding this radioactive fallout runs pretty deep in the establishment. Those who have had a hand in covering it up are willing to go to great lengths to ensure that the secrets stay buried.

Chaitanya sets on a journey to expose the truth. With Zara by his side, he is sure to bring justice to his people. But when fate snatches Zara away from him, he is consumed by revenge. Undeterred by threats, he embarks on a mission that takes him from the deserts of Pokhran to those of Syria, and into the halls of MIT.

A heady page turner, at its very core, Pokhran is an exceptional journey of revenge, courage, love and the unbeatable human spirit.

Review:-
The book starts with Chaitanya's childhood and how he has grown with a tough father around and raised by her elder sister. He had impaired legs, which is the result of the nuclear test - Smiling Buddha.

He had a God gifted IQ which helps him get into  MIT where he sets on a journey to expose the truth with Zara, his wife.

Narration throughout the book is flawless.
It's plot is fast paced and intriguing.
I did not realise when the book ended. The book is full of inspiration, twist and turns, a story told like never before.  The author has researched well on various topics.

All the characters in this book are well developed.
The story reveals a lot about Pokhran.

The title and the cover both add up to it's beauty.

Overall one of the best fictional books I've ever read.

Friday 21 August 2020

Review of "Rhythm Roger"

Book:- Rhythm Roger
By:- Himanshu Rai


Blurb:- 
Heinrich br>Rudolf Hertz invented a br>Unit of frequency and discovered electromagnetic Waves, but virtually, he created a world of electromagnetic Waves. The virtual world, which is always around humans, but cannot be seen or felt is the world of unknown powers, known as electon. "World is not only what we see." rhythm has entered electronic, now its your turn to take your path to know about the secrets of the election world.


Review:- 

The story is about a world different from ours, the world of electromagnetic waves, the world known as Electon. The protagonist is Rhythm who met someone who was like an alien to him, but the truth held something else for him. He was from Electon and he had come for a very special task, to get the prince of the Electon, Rhythm back to Electon. Rhythm was destined to fight against the dark forces who were trying to take over Electon and it was on Rhythm to save the world of Electon.

The book is a science fiction it attracts readers who are attracted towards science. The author has thoroughly researched it all and has tried to explain each and every science concept he used in the book.

Language used is easy to understand and the cover is eye catching. 

Overall, a great read for all the sci-fi lovers.

Monday 17 August 2020

Review of "Winning Your Demons"

Book: Winning Your Demons
By: Sonal Srivastava


Blurb:
 Enclosed are not just words,

They are my perceptions.

Read them closely,

Without any inceptions.

Read, read, to not only hear my voice,

Let my words remind you of your own choice

Review:
Life is to explore joy. This book is an elixir of happiness. So what are you waiting for? It's the right time to enthuse your mind with a fantasising words: Winning Your Demons.
This book is a vivid collection of amazing poetries by the author. I loved each and every verse in it. The words may seem simple but they had a deeper meaning. 
Some poetries touched my heart like Guilt's father.
The poetries in the book will give you a positive view of life.
The ones who love poetry should read it.

It will take you to the most romantic journey with words.

winning your demons

Tuesday 11 August 2020

Nightmare


 

Why do I wake up at night staring at the ceiling 

I’ve spent my whole life tryna run from that feeling

That feeling of being lonely, that feeling of being lost 

That feeling of being sick when the lights turn off


That feeling of being depressed, that feeling of being anxious 

That feeling of begging God to help me to take this, but only to get silence in return

I lay in that bed as I toss and I turn and I turn and I toss to this day

The doctors gave me medication, that pastor said pray

I tried both but this anxiety still hasn’t gone away


So forgive me if I fantasize about being gone today

I’m an actor who got really good at being on today 

But when I turn of I go right back into the shadows

I’m in deeper now but I started in the shallows

And I might just drown myself in these waves

I can’t see it yet but my smiles are my graves


Everyone is coping with something, but they won’t admit it, they’re just too afraid 

And these people are glued to watching me, what do I say?

If I’m honest with them, maybe they won’t think of me highly 

Everything they want me to be is what I’m dying to be

But everything I really am is what I’m trying not to be








Saturday 8 August 2020

Find yourself some "Happiness"


Accept the good. 
Look at your life and take stock of what’s working, and don’t push away something just because it isn’t perfect. When good things happen, even the very little ones, let them in.

Imagine the best. 
Don’t be afraid to look at what you really want and see yourself getting it. Many people avoid this process because they don’t want to be disappointed if things don’t work out. The truth is that imagining getting what you want is a big part of achieving it.

Do things you love. 
Maybe you can’t skydive every day or take vacations every season, but as long as you get to do the things you love every once in a while, you will find greater happiness.

Find purpose. 
Those who believe they are contributing to the well-being of humanity tend to feel better about their lives. Most people want to be part of something greater than they are, simply because it’s fulfilling.

Listen to your heart. 
You are the only one who knows what fills you up. Your family and friends may think you’d be great at something that really doesn’t float your boat. It can be complicated following your bliss. Just be smart, and keep your day job for the time being.

.
.
.
Follow @the_girl_who_scribbles_ on Instagram for Amazing post.

Subscribe the blog!!


Thursday 6 August 2020

Review of "2 Smoke"

Book: 2 Smoke
By: Rajnish Patil


Blurb:
The protagonist of the story somehow reach in the future. There is a someone's motive lurking behind his going into the future. What is the motive? Will it become a curse or boon for mankind?
his motive connects it to the facts the protagonist might know in the exhilarating yet deep journey of his future. What are the facts that made him to see his unseen future while he was standing on the sands of eternity?
What thrilled and hooked till the last page of the story was the way he was trapped in a timeless loop--- a loop that lasts forever and there is absolutely no way in between except his body being transcending between the two times. His mind was confined within the four walls of a well-plotted dilemma. If he fulfills the motive the way someone wants, he will be able to make the future of humanity glisten forever. What makes the same thing worse is that if he succeeds in fulfilling the same motive, he will destroy the humanity of the present era. How will he be able to overcome this arduous task?
The book is definitely a different kind of read. Through a lane of thrill and mystery, one will be able to go through a timeless journey. Your mind will flip between the two times and stop at one through the eyes of the protagonist.

Review:
The story revolves around the protagonist, Lee who made a time travel and reaches the time when there were no humans. The story is framed with a great sense of imagination. 
There he meets someone who was from a different planet. The interaction with his is shown well. The books is a science fiction.

The way the author explains the change in future and how he accomplishes that task is commendable.

The book is well narrated. At some points there were mistakes but they can be ignored.

The plot is great. The title could have been more interesting.

Well I'd recommend this book to all science fiction lovers.

Tuesday 4 August 2020

Mary Trump Book: Too Much and Never Enough

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man






In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.

Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, New York, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald.

A firsthand witness to countless holiday meals and interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald’s place in the family spotlight and Ivana’s penchant for regifting to her grandmother’s frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.

Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J. Trump’s lethal flaws. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider’s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families.





Editorial Reviews

Review

"[T]he most devastating, most valuable and all-around best Trump book since he started running for president. In the vast Trump literature, this one is something new...[W]hat this book does do is help us understand him, offering the most incisive rendering yet of why he is the way he is."Politico

"Mesmerizing beach reading and a memorable opposition research dump...It is salacious, venomous and well-sourced...Yet the narrative remains compelling." The Guardian

"A delicious tell-all that does in fact tell all in a way one longs for a tell-all to do.” Vogue

"Dripping with snideness, vibrating with rage, and gleaming with clarity—a deeply satisfying read." Kirkus (starred review) 

"Mary Trump’s compelling saga of one very unhappy family does more than just provide probing insights into her uncle’s disturbing inner world. It’s also a first-rate primer on the chaotic inner workings of an administration that has shocked the world by failing to take the basic steps required to keep Americans safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Boston Globe

"After many, many Trump books, this is an essential one." Vanity Fair

"[A] deftly written account of cross-generational trauma...Mary Trump brings to this account the insider perspective of a family member, the observational and analytical abilities of a clinical psychologist and the writing talent of a former graduate student in comparative literature." Washington Post

Mary’s clarity, training, discipline and sharp eye help make her a reliable narrator, and she’s a fluid, witty writer to boot…She’s a true insider in an era when “insider” accounts of the president are a dime-a-dozen — and that what she’s written is likely to be indelible.—Bloomberg

"Mary L. Trump comes closer than anyone to describing the making of a seemingly heartless person who won his way to the White House...[A]n insightful, well-crafted memoir"CNN

"You can see why President Trump doesn’t want anyone to read this thing. It gives the lie to many of his most cherished myths about himself."Los Angeles Times

Review by a reader:

This is an insightful, well written, yet disturbing book by Mary Trump, Ph.D., an experienced psychologist, about the continually warped and lifelong misbehavior of her emotionally damaged uncle, President Donald Trump, and his dysfunctional family history that helps us to understand better his misbehavior.

My Harvard Law mentor, later Watergate prosecutor, Archibald Cox, was shocked by Nixon's misdeeds. He would be in disbelief at the greater and ongoing misdeeds of Trump, who has now corruptly commuted Roger Stone's sentence to assure Stone would not testify about Trump's pivotal and disloyal role in Russian rigging of Trump's 2016 election. Even Nixon did not abuse his presidential powers of commutation and pardon! Almost 50 of Nixon's accomplices, including 2 Attorney Generals, were later convicted of Nixon related felonies after Nixon resigned. AG Bill Barr, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Pence, et al. surely have noted this nervously as they likely work on their individual pardon requests.

Dr. Mary Trump confirms that there is both a continuous history and calculated method to her Uncle Donald's seemingly lifelong psychological disorder --- his constant goal has been to advance his personal interests only, too hell with everyone else, including his siblings, his wives and even his children and their children. His lifelong record, Mary narrates, has involved continually cheating, lying, cruelty, revenge, bullying, unfaithfulness, betrayal, greed, lust and worse, all of which clearly remain part of his daily toolkit.

Dr. Mary Trump's excellent book also indicates that Uncle Donald can be expected to do whatever he possibly can to try to stay out of jail and to survive after he loses this November's election. Trump's defensive efforts will be pursued regardless of who gets hurt, whether hundreds of thousands of senior COVID pandemic victims or even more schoolchildren being forced to attend unsafe schools in order to help inflate further the Federal Reserve's already inflated stock market to help Donald's rapidly diminishing reelection prospects.

With only 4% of the world's population, the U.S. has suffered with 25% of the world's COVID cases and almost 25% of the world's COVID deaths. Why are Americans suffering at 6 times the world's average? Why are many millions more Americans unemployed than European workers? The most evident reason is the self-interested, corrupt, incompetent and reckless leadership of Donald Trump explained in this book.

This book makes clear that Trump's father subsidized Donald's earliest business failures and funded, with an inheritance of hundreds of millions of dollars, Donald's subsequent business failures that Donald often still tries hard to keep secret. Of course, his four significant business bankruptcies were not hoaxes, nor can they be blamed on the Fake Media! These colossal failures indicate Trump's longstanding managerial incompetence that hundreds of millions of Americans are seeing almost daily at present, while tens of thousands of them perish monthly due often to his mismanagement of the COVID response.

Mary Trump has filled in many blanks that help explain how Trump became such a cruel, corrupt, ruthless and self-centered person. An over-bearing father, an under-bearing mother, unprincipled siblings, inherited wealth, a spoiled upbringing, a flawed personality with limited intelligence from the get-go, etc., have all produced a person who is now a clear and present danger to the public health, economy and security of the U.S., as well as of the world generally. He just doesn't care other than about himself, and this book makes a strong case that he cannot care if he even wanted to, given his lifelong negative psychological development.

Truly, as one top psychiatrist who has followed and written about Donald's psychological history closely expressed, Trump is now an EVIL person, as this psychiatrist noted recently in a TV interview discussing the importance of this book.
If you read the book. you will find out for yourself!

With the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision giving the state prosecutor in Manhattan a clear path to Trump's financial and tax records, Trump now knows he cannot avoid facing NY's criminal laws against financial and tax fraud. Neither AG Barr nor Rudy Giuliani can save him from facing major charges, which cannot be avoided for much longer.

Trump may think he can buy some time by getting re-elected president, but he can neither rig nor stop the NY investigations of his, his siblings' and his children's seemingly criminal conduct. Trump cannot pardon himself or anyone else for NY state law crimes, nor pardon himself for federal crimes despite some of his followers' wishful thinking to the contrary. Even if Trump pardons Pence, then resigns, followed by President Pence pardoning him for federal crimes, Trump would still face potentially serious state criminal charges in Manhattan.

Donald Trump's goose is cooked! All that is open is how soon will the legal fire begin and how long it will take to cook.

But Trump won't likely give up without first pulling out all stops, no matter who else gets hurt in the process. He can be expected to refuse to accept Joe Biden's victory, by claiming without evidence election fraud.

Trump can also be expected to try to provoke some of his heavily armed racist supporters to rebel against his election defeat. This prospect is evident in many of Donald's actions and statements, including his calling Black Life Matters protestors terrorists, his tweeting with implicit approval of a link to his 2 heavily armed supporters menacingly pointing their weapons at peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors, his well-planned use of Federal troop and police resources to attack peaceful protestors near the White House, his defense of violent Charlottesville white nationalists' excesses, his constant reference to protecting 2nd Amendment gun rights, etc.

This over-the-top approach to local situations was recently adopted by Trump's very supportive Georgia governor who unnecessarily sent into Atlanta National Guard troops to deal with some violence already being handled adequately by Atlanta police.

The possibility of Trump provoking an armed rebellion to justify his using Federal forces, to enable him to stay in power longer, cannot be overlooked. We have not yet seen what Donald Trump is capable of when cornered and cornered he is.

Of course, Trump is not beyond doing the unthinkable, as we have learned so often during the last 4 years. He may even seek asylum and protection in Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang or Istanbul to join one of his "good autocratic friends"! They all would love the opportunity to shame the U.S., as Trump already has done so often. Stranger things have happened under this President.

All Americans, as well as all people of good will in the world, owe Dr. Mary Trump a debt of gratitude for her valuable and timely book explaining the cause of so much grief.

MAGA ---Make America Grieve Again!
______________________________________________________________________________
Subscribe the blog!!


Saturday 1 August 2020

Chance to Be a Published Author!!!



!!Hola writers!!

Opportunity For You Knocking the Door
Do you want to become Published Co-author for the book:-

ख़्याल खूबसूरत है!........

PUBLISHING BY 
    FanatiXx Publication (under Vistaar Project)


Below are the details-
Language- English/Hindi
Genre- OPEN (Poetry, Quotes, SHAYARI, SHORT STORY, OPEN Letter)
Theme- OPEN
Entry - INR 150/-

What Writer's will got:-
# Royalty after sales.
# Hardcopy Certificate.
# Shout out on instagram.
# VISTAAR(FanatiXx Publication project) membership
# Preorder Discount
# E-Book
# Seprate 1-page for thier write-up
A short-bio and a picture would be printed along with your entry.
Fill the  Form  here:-
https://forms.gle/41U8GyoRgd2ZzY6RA
Payment:-
Will be done after the selection/form filling
Contact for further details:-
YOGENDRA GUPTA(Compiler of ख़्याल खूबसूरत है!)
Instagram: @yogendrayogi99
Call:+917000236146
Whatsapp: https://bit.ly/39aOSZQ