Solitude and Books

A Language of Lies by Saugata Chakrabory is a thrilling story that's packed within 160 pages.  Do you know who is a con artist? A person who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuade them to believe something that is not true. Such is the personality of our protagonist Sean.  No doubt he had a hard past with being orphaned at 5, disowned by asoptive parents at 17. But he also finds out being a con man can let him achieve his dreams.  So he sets up a whole different world of deception where he persuades others that he is the prince of Saudi whose glam now spreads across the continents. But as life has its own way after 3 decades he gets behind the bars and the estimates come in at 8 million cheated by him throughout all these years.  It provodes a glimpse and insights in to lives of such men and even their fake relationship making process. This story is inspired by real-life events of a confidence artist in 2018, USA.  So that m

Trigger warning: Death by shooting, Murder and Rape of loved ones.  SARAH : The tears of the crow by Lionel Boulet @boulet_lionel It's the story of Sarah's life. She has endured a lot from her very childhood with a missing mother going around the streets. A horrific bizzare event of shooting has taken place at the abandoned gothic church of Detroit.  The city has become the capital of chaos. While bodies get picked up, Albrecht is on the run but surprisingly little Sarah returns home untouched from it all.  When Darla her mother thinks finally the gangs are extinct, it only is the beginning of another of chaotic turn.  Darla has been clean for sometime from drugs, prostitution and gangs influence . Now due to money constraints wants to move far away with Sarah and start a peaceful life. When she grows up she starts to reveal herself through her gothic painting. But are they mere painting ? Or her visions that will guide her through the end when Darla's past retu

Rippling waters of Solitude by Ameya Bondre ( IG: @authorameya) They never become waves. They never make noise. They form,play around and die. They form again. They spread, circle, break and scatter. They never become waves - waves that surge high, jump and run to the shore. Such are the ripples- the thoughts, musings and words in this book.  This book is a work of art. Its a beautiful collection of 14 pieces. Probably they are poems but they cannot be truly designated into a single box. They are scattered thoughts sone heart felt musings and yet few come under modern styled poetry.  It's richly illustrated with colourful pictures expanding over full pages. Each piece of work is accompanied by some quotes by  eminent poets and authors too. But fear not they are not over the board allegorically  rich but easy to be understood by new readers as well.  They span over a wide range of themes but most of them take you towards a pensive mood and the res

Padma by Mala Mahesh is a woman centric story revolving around two women protagonists spanning for many years of their lives.  Two timelines go in  parallel . Kerala in 1900s and present day Mumbai. Padma, our protagonist is blessed with beauty with brains. She has it all. Wealth, beauty and intellect.  Whereas Naina is in present day who lives a picture perfect life. Has it all sorted . But is it ? She works in advertising. Has a lovely family and has recently decided to expand it. But what truly remains in the core that is bringing havoc in her life?  There in Kerala Padma is the apple of everyone's eye. Yet she cannot be fully joyous for she cannot enjoy the fruit of life: having kids. What could have been more heart breaking when her own loving husband finally gives in to societal stress and agrees to a second marriage.  Naina here decides to go for IVF. And this is the beginning of the storm that is knocking on her doors.  These two women separated by ages having e