Solitude and Books

Silence Has Secrets Author : Nayan Malek @nayanmalek ____________________ ⚠️Trigger warning : Rape , Transgender bullying, suicide  👍My 2022's last read but one of the best reads. Highly recommended !!! 5 star from me ! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ____________________ After a long time I found one such book by an Indian author that I absolutely loved.  This story is very unique and comes with a very important purpose of spreading awareness amoung the youth.  It lets the reader contemplate what is right and what is wrong in our morality, ethics and the system of our society.  The story starts with a class discussion at IITM about if anyone would ever want to marry a rape survivor. Different students shared their own thoughts but it all lead to one of the boys get raped the next day.  Though the story paces as a mystery thriller what I read in the subsequent chapters made me really think truly what is going on in our society.  It touches upon so many important topics ...

Being happy and trying to be happy are two entirely different things. - Suiyi, When Will You Die  Some stories present their essences in very unique ways to us. When we read them, we donot want to stop reading. As if they keep us calling back and an urge arises from the inside to get to know more about the characters in them and what happens in their lives. It happens mostly when the author has skillfully developed their characters and that makes us feel the connected to them. When Will You Die by author Jayanthi Sankar is one such book which kept me engaged till the end. Susan is a kid, from Goa Concana who starts conversation with her newly found pen pal from Singapore.  A little boy of similar age, Suiyi who is immigrant. Soon they start sharing about their tumultuous lives involving personal losses. Step by step their lives take different paths but still they are connected through events. In between, we are introduced to other characters and we ge...

Poems are close to my heart. They have the ability to express immense emotions in only small bundles of verses or lines!  Again, poems let us feel understood.  The words of the writer connects to us making us feel less lonely and understand there are people out there who also feel the same like us and thus bring to us rays of hope to look forward to.  Here goes one poetry collection 'Darkness and Light' by poetess Mahevash Shaikh which contains myriads of poems  revolving around mental health and society which hits us hard realising many things about our lives. There are 133 such pieces that truly show us how mental wellbeing and it's care is such an important topic to spread more awareness about and how society truly should become more empathetic towards it.  That it's always not in the mind of the person but society and it's ways play a major role triggering it.  It also talks about how our society is mostly filled with two faced h...

Every once in a while I love rejoicing the essence of childhood by reading some simple cute children's books!  The colourful illustrations really make me feel happy!  Hops and Quakes by Ekta Chanana illustrated by Maurin singh is a beautiful take of one cute bunny and three ducklings. This book is filled with vibrant and amusing illustrations that kids will love. The story also teaches them an important lesson in the end.  I say, this Christmas or New year gift a book to your little loved ones. This book makes for a beautiful gift as well !!  Do check it out on Amazon!  QOTD: Have you read this book? Do you enjoy reading children's books ?  ___________ #book #bookblogger #bookstagramm 

A career break is a period of time out from employment. It is commonly used for people to take time out of their career for personal or professional development. But it's not easy to come back after that. People face hundreds of rejections and that leads to confusion and delays in one's life.  If you have taken a career break in the recent times and have questions on how to manage it well and return back with much vigour to get greater sucess, you should read this book - 'Reboot' by Issac John.  It proves to be an effective guide with useful tips and techniques to understand the things around this same phase, what to expect and how to handle situations.  Each chapter is described well with practical experience based discussions that lets the reader grasp them effectively. It shows reality.  You can learn about what to expect and how to overcome them. Moreover there are key takeaways presented that makes everything lucid.  Defi...

A  Child can teach an adult three things to be happy for no reason to always be busy with something and to know how to command with all his might whatever he desires. - Paulo Coelho . Children are fun but can be handful and mothers have immense responsibility to take care of them. Watching your children grow up step by step is like rejoicing your own childhood through them. In between everything the love they bring to a mother's heart is experience to behold. Children have their own world and own interpretations. And when parents teach them life lessons  sometimes children teach them back  a thing or two about what they never  could have learnt from their whole life.  'Anecdotes of a Mother' by Mona Sharma is a recollection of memories of fun filled and sweet nostalgic moments with her kids that taught her precious life lessons and also let her gather wonderful memories for life.  I definitely found the stories amusing about differen...

𝗪𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐋?⁣ 𝐀𝐧 𝐍𝐑𝐈 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭? 𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭? 𝐎𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦? In these present times, when a lot of disturbances have risen between two different religions in India, Author Adhyatm Awasthy's 'KAMAAL-Not A Story Of Just Another Terrorist' takes us on a twisted ride where we learn that not what meets the eye need to be what really is.  When we dig deeper we get a clear picture of the scenarios.  So it's best to judge someone only after really taking into consideration all the factors involved by diving beyond the shallowness.  With a very engaging narrative and nicely developed and catchy plot, this book proves to be a meaningful read. Even the side ...