Solitude and Books

This is the second volume of the Vitamin H series. About the beautiful first volume I shared my thoughts a day ago. Today through this post I would like to talk about this one. In the first part there were quotes from Day 1 to 111. This one starts from Day 112 to Day  263. So it again has plethora of motivational pieces.  The approach of Vitamin H series is very thoughtful. Like each day one takes their vitamin supplements the same way H here stands for hope, happiness, healing, health, harmony and heroism. These quotes are empowering and inspiring in nature which focus of reminding a reader to never loose faith, cultivate love, practice forgiveness, embrace the journey and have the urge to achieve greatness and thereby achieve good mental and emotional well-being. Not only these quotes are limited to such topics but they also touch upon social issues like patriarchy based women opression and the evils like caste system and discuss why it's ...

When it comes to gifting kids we must select something that can actually help them in their growing process. I suggest you choose some lovely books that can enrich their knowledge about our environment and imbibe sustainability that is most important lesson we can provide the next generation about as per the Earth's current trend. Here is a series that makes sure of all these. This book is:  The Adventures of Biplob the bumblebee Vol. 4 by author Abhishek Talwar From teaching kids to become eco-friendly and bring in innovative soltution to everyday problems to be loving towards all beings and understand basic life ethics, join Biplob the busy yet friendly bumbleebee and the farmer friends as they come up with innovative ideas.  The beautifully vibraint illustrations create the learning experience more pleasant and playful. All these three stories The Mystery Monster Waste to Gold  The championship carry significant lessons and help...

Vitamin H vol. 1 Author Abhishek Thakkar  Our world is hit by a pandemic. Something this generation has never experienced. It has resulted in a lot of demotivation in the public. In such times a source of motivation to keep us inspired is very much essential.  Vitamin H series by author is one such series of books that can prove to be quite meaningful. This may reduce the cynical and nihilistic feelings in the young minds by instilling in them the ray of hope in the dark times.  The collection of thoughts urge us to go back to our basics and  remember us the real essence of life, to look forward to live and make a good change.  Through day 1 to day 111 the motivating suggestions remind us to grow our confidence, start self love, keep faith in ourselves and the world and work towards a good cause. It touches upon different topics of social and cultural importance and urges us to reduce negativity and welcome optimism in our liv...

Red-Rum muR-deR  Author Sourish Roy Are you a thriller enthusiast?  I am surely a thriller lover. This book is a short tale with two detectives. The intelligent and agile duo of Shankhajit and Saranya Sen are college professors who somehow get involved in the search for the criminal behind the horrific murder of a student. Who is it? What was their agenda behind it? Anger, lust or money? Why was this particular student their target or is it a serial killing case? Was it a single person or a group behind it all? A lot of questions start to line up once the pages start to unveil the secrets as all the enigmatic puzzles are thrown across our way through the journey towards the end.  The duo character development was nicely done alongside a well crafted plot line. The narration is specially skillful for it proves to be engrossing till the very end. Kept me on the edge with its riveting style.  Amazon link to buy  https://amzn.to/3...

Juhu Chowpatty is an engrossing mystery suspense hindi novel by authoress Sadhna Jain.  It felt like an appropriate read for the situation that's been prevailing in the film industry these days after the sudden mysterious death of one of Sushant Singh Rajput.  This fiction not only paints the twisted inside world of the entertainment industry but it touches upon other social evils a woman has to break through to find her own identity in this world.   The story starts with her being on the beach where she has stopped visiting for a long time now but now she is here.  It felt melancholic like a lost one returns  home after sunset. But is this sunset the last sunset of her life? Suddenly we come to know it's her soul who witnesses her own death.  Even after giving blockbusters for 15 years being a top actress she was able to avoid the media rumours but now the news is overflowing with her mysterious death.  But how did ...

Adventure by Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey through Central America by Janet LoSole https://www.adventurebychickenbus.com/ This is an exciting read. After selling all their material possessions the authors sets off on a unthinkable real life family journey with her husband and two daughters of age 5 and 8 for 19 long months across different countries of Central America.  But for what? I was fascinated to know that! It was thoughtful and as I kept reading the pages took me with them to their travels which proved to be enlightening in many ways.  First hand experiences are real time learnings for lifetime. Travels can be sustainable and exposing kids to real life situations actually can nourish their mind towards environmentalism.  From Hondurus, Guatemala to Costa Rica and Mexico they travel on a Chicken Bus , a sustainable public transport mostly available in developing countries.  They  cross a border, experience injurie...

Trigger Point: A Luc Fortesque Adventure Author : Douglas Misquita This is a gripping thriller that has all elements to keep a reader engrossed into its pages.  From snuggling rackets, religious terrorism, thrift of a deadly bioweapon to searching for an invincible drug lord this crime mystery fiction has the ability to pull you in a whirlpool of chaos overflowing with adventure and suspense and lets you explore it in the lands USA, UK, Gabon, Netherlands, China where danger lurks around all the time!  You know the feeling. Heart-racing, palms sweating, furiously flipping the pages to get to the conclusion. It is action packed and is more descriptive at few places.  But within that, the captivating narration has actually done its required job.  Blended with ornamental and witty words, it paints each situation intricately in our mind.  It feels like one has landed in the same backdrop or is watching a movie where slowly all the...