Solitude and Books

Inner Trek - A Reluctant pilgrim in the Himalayas. By Mohan Ranga Rao In this book the author tells us he has gone to many treks in the Himalayas but none was like the powerful place of Kailash. It is a travelogue that again is thought provoking where he shares why this trek was a changing point in his life for this adventure in a strange land of ancestral vedic hindu sages, great intellectuals, spiritual leaders where they performed rituals acted like a mirror into his soul, becoming an inner journey and a transformation.  First we get to know an event that torments the author for sometime when a land mafia almost takes control of his wellbeing. Slowly we get to know about his family and other members alongside his personality and others traits.  Mamatha inspires him to visit Kailash and manasarover. Here we learn why he was first reluctant towards prayers and it's healing power. How will his journey through the spiritual lands dawn him with spi

⁣ ⁣ 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬  𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐀.⁣ ________⁣  𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵.⁣  𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 ⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 ⁣ 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴.⁣ ⁣ - Stained Souls, Soft Glimmers and shinning Stars  by author Niki A.⁣ ________⁣ Poems are very close to my heart. They have the capability to describe something in only selected words. There are plethora of poems in this anthology inked within 266 pages. A soulful collection about love, life and hope. One will find myriads of such pieces that range from different themes like wildflowers in a bouquet and bring in the essence of our lives.⁣ Buy here  https://amzn.to/3sri3UH Some talk about authors space in which she  likes to explore the outer and thus her inner world. Few take up different aspects of our lives and thus pain

Today we have with us Mr. Mukunt Sudarsana, the author of the latest sensational fiction "We're Corporates" .  With him today we will talk about himself new book and his other hobbies.    1) Q Tell us something about yourself.     A:  I’m an introvert and loves reading books. I hail from Chennai and work in a software company. My love for reading books started from college days and I love to read both fiction and nonfiction. From my tender age, writing books was not my cup of tea. Out of nowhere, when I sensed where my life is going on without any directions, I wanted to dedicate myself to a thing which is soul satisfying. And writing was the only thing which made me happier and allowed me to explain my feels, and made me feel composed. 2) Q: What inspires you to write and what inspired you to write a book on corporates.    A: I was going directionless in life picking up whatever was coming on my way. I have tasted failures a lot more t

The Book of Life - Daily meditations with J krishnamurti  _____________ 🌿The Book of Life is a book full of  365 quotations from J Krishnamurti's  talks and writings, one for each day of the year. Each quotation can be read per day to feel motivated and give a boost to our changing perspective towards ourselves and the world.  🌿The story is in you, the vaast experience, the deep-rooted fears, anxities, sorrow, pleasure and all the beliefs that man has accumulated thorughout the millenia. Inspired by Krishnamurti's perception that truth is found through life itself, and not away from it. 🌿 These timeless daily meditations shed light on the truthful fact that happiness resides in us and the inner journey is the best journay one can make to get to their real destination by compelling us to introspect.  🌿This book can be read at the morning hours or even at night to calm down our random flow of thoughts and give them a meaningful direction.  Recommended to one's

Balan and Dheera : A Tale of Kalyuga  By Mayank Mahajan ( mAx)  ________________ This is a thriller that's mixed with mythology twists. The very start captivated my attention. We mostly think populated areas are devoid of crime and solitary areas only concentrated it's amount.  This notion is defied when a place that has become a decent area to live Dwarka sees a gruesome murder by a killer in the open day light. Prakash a resident while on his walk in the park reports it. On autopsy what comes forth gives a reader goosebumps. It was hard for me to imagine.  He was a 27 year old man who was tortured horrendously where a part of his vertibre C2 specifically was taken out and was pelted to death. As Sathya a cop starts to investigate this case he cones across the path of the mastermind behind these killings.  Is it a normal serial murder or a religious motive is hidden behind it? Why was this victim was chosen to be the one like num

The Different Bride  By Charu Singh  Book Length 260 pages __________ The different Bride. The name already catches a readers interest. Why is this particular bride different? Only as you read the book you will know.  As I started reading this book the narrative felt engaging and definitely different from the cheesy fictions which even though the cover is so pretty in some way give away vibes of. First I too thought why the cover looks cliche  when the protagonist is an Indian? Only is revealed later. I liked it's suspense carrying ability.  I am glad the author choose to not write a love story between two people with few physical and mental flaws which we don't get yet enough in indian literature.  As the chapters started to glide I got to know the girl who is just like you and me but still in her own ways owns her flaws. That's why she feels love is never for her and aims to get in Business school through MBA only.  But  it's a phon

30 Times When Your Conscience Needs You / 30 टाइम्स वेन यौर कॉन्श्न्स नीड्स यू Author: Aarushi Jain Book Length: 106 pages  This is a non fiction book by author Aarushi Jain that is meant to change your perspective towards yourself and the world and isnot it the very thing that lets us either be happy or become a failure in life?  Now this book has total 30 chapters that touch diverse themes and different aspects of our lives. Be it time management, friendship, controlling negative emotions or importance of understanding why gratitude is essential and judging others. These are thought-provoking essays that are shared under quirky titles and quotes and many a times questions that let us introsoect after reading the chapters which are mostly bound to 2-3 pages keeping it all interesting, lucid and yet sometimes philosophically oriented and comprehendable.  I definitely find this book an appropriate read for one's who do like to go deepe

"Therefore,  to please me during daily worship and ritual, arrangements may be made for Sudha nritya bhaiya devadasi. Five  acharyas are the accompaniments to her performance. And, the daily dance is performed only by those born out of the temple dancing women clan." -Lord Siva Says Kamikagama ___________________ As the story starts we get introduced to Poorna the protagonist who contacts Raghu of an agency who organise events. Poorna lives in Singapore and she requires a dance performance organized in Chennai.  From there the story glides.  It's a women centric fiction that is decorated with relatable characters. Obviously author always does her best research being for the history or the depicting behaviours of humans.  The book talks about different timelines, ancient, medeival and present through which she talks about the origin and life of devadasis.  Through these she also lets us understand the classic forms of cultural dance and

Along the Lines of Youth An Ode to the Simple Things in life. By Shania Sarup  Book length: 100 pages The pathogen 'coronavirus' has become a household name  ever since the start of the pandemic  life has simply put not being the same. But even in this desolate times, a brave few strive to help all in distress to alleviate the suffering of the poor the needy and the ill, and for this I have gratitude to express A profound Thanks to all the doctors who endangered their lives every day kudos to the nurses to who are there every step of the way. A section taken from the poem 'The angels in the white coat' by Shania Sarup .  Poems are close to my heart. They present simple and complex emotions within few lines of words. Coming to this book let's first admire the beautiful cover! Such an artistic one even if minimalistic is looks all classy and graceful.  This book is the creation of a 9th grader who loves engaging in reading, writing and has a so

Book: 3 & The Emerald Stone of Irene  Author: Vinod Raman Nair  Book Length:  290 pages  Publisher: Notion Press  Price: 333/-  ______________ ______________ This is a story that comes under dark fantasy and mystery. Vinod Raman Nair is a filmmaker, researcher and writer who is again a producer and thinker. When this book comes from such a diverse personality we can definitely expect a lot. So does the book fulfills ones expectation.  It is about a desert. Ancient and unexplored Al-Rafika. In the depth of its darkness there lies the previous stone with the light of fortune. It's the historically renowned ancient and exceptional Noor-e - Abbasid. This occult stone was gifted by Empress Irene to Harun-al-radhid. It was the conquest of Byzantium in 782AD. For few it's just a story for many it's an exeptional piece of history. But who are they and why is this stone so darkly famous?  The order of the 9 angels, which is a neo-nazi satanic

Book: We're Corporates  Author:Sudarsan Nagarajan  Book Length: 210 pages  Publisher: Self published  Price: 225/-  __________________ This is a story that's pivoted around the fact that we shall never loose trying out new things and loose hope. Again it shows some harsh realities of life. Here in this fiction these messages are presented through the lives of three people who are software professionals.  They are corporate like many of us. But life has something different things stored for them. One by one they all are laid off from their respective workstations. Here Ajay himself decides to resignate from his position instead of even consulting with his manager Rajan.  Meghna is a beautiful looking smart lady but she is very lazy and doesnot put any effort in her career which results in her involuntary termination of her job. Another lad named Suraj is an expert computer programmer who won many certificates from his job but lately due to some internal d

Book: Living Spirituality  Author: Meetu Bisht  Book Length: 200 pages  Publisher: Hay House  Price: 299/-  __________________ Now a days spirituality has become an elusive subject. Many self proclaimed gurus and guides have sprouted into the place. But it remains a lesser understood topic that actually changes one's life if followed the right path.  This book has been written to remove this veil so we can get control into our hands. It aims to enlighten us about what truly lies in the real spiritual lifestyle.  It bridges the gap between spirituality in words and actions. Not only it does all the things above but it also clarifies how it is different from related paths like philosophy.  It contains practical and useful guidelines for building spiritual awareness that actually works.  The main purpose of this book by the author is to make us comprehend how we can inculcate spirituality in our daily lives like lifestyle, relationships,

A Scrapyard for Dreams _______ ▪️Author: Dhruv Kumar  ▪️Book Length: 210 pages  ▪️Price : 249/-  ▪️Publisher: Self published  ( And it's a wonderful book being a self published one)  ________ Do you keep all your musings and poems at one place or are you a person who is kinda scattered like me?  ________ It is book full of poems, short musings and flash fiction stories that is short tales. It touches different themes and all in all proves to a very nice thoughtful collection.  In the poetry section I really liked few thought provoking pieces like ' Who Sings Lullabies to the Orphans. A Modium of peace was a beautiful one. Now in the musings section I felt good reading the very first piece named Memories and then the blindfolds and Pottery. Similarly there are other heart wrenching and again warming subjects that have been taken up by the author. They paint a vibrant picture of our life blending various hues of emotions and aspects