BOOK RACKOON

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  • The Sacred Spectacle of Naga Sadhu Shahi Snan on Mahashivratri at Girnar, Gujarat

    Divine Immersion: Witnessing the Naga Sadhu Shahi Snan on Mahashivratri at Girnar India, with its rich tapestry of spiritual traditions, offers countless experiences that touch the soul. One such profound experience is witnessing the Shahi Snan of the Naga Sadhus during Mahashivratri at Girnar in Gujarat. This sacred event, steeped in centuries-old traditions, is a… Continue reading

  • “Suspended Euphoria: A Leap into the Thrilling World of Bungee Jumping in Rishikesh”

    Recalled by: SUMAN PANDA Standing on the edge of the cliff in Rishikesh, the anticipation and nerves mingled as I prepared for my first-ever bungee jump. The brisk wind echoed the rush of excitement, and the distant sounds of the Ganges added a unique soundtrack to the moment. As the instructor counted down, the world… Continue reading

  • “Roaming Through the Wilderness: A Thrilling Jungle Safari Adventure”

    Recounted By: SUMAN PANDA The conservation history of the Asiatic lion in Gir Forest, Gujarat, is a remarkable tale of dedication and collaborative efforts. In the early 20th century, the Asiatic lion population faced a severe decline, with only a handful remaining in the wild. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, concerted efforts were initiated… Continue reading

  • Surfing through the ‘Rapids’

    Surfing through the ‘Rapids’

    Rishikesh offers a scenic, sometimes idyllic and sometimes exhilarating experience to its rafters. With gushing waters all around you, splashes of water drenching you and with your mind and body pointed unbridled riding on untamed water through the rapids; a mere sight of this is sure to pump you up with adrenaline. Emerging as one… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW OF ASHWATDHAMA: MENACE BY BIKRAMJIT SEN

    I liked this book.Readers can gain knowledge of what it was like to be in spiritual anatomy.One of the things that was especially interesting was that there very sequential pace of time in between past and present. Also, there was a big contrast between the rich and the poor. Some people may not like this… Continue reading

  • Book Review of Death Served Cold By Sourabh Mukherjee

    A full choosen of hugely relatable characters populate The Heights. Saurabh ji is best known for his young psychological writing, but we find his adult crime fiction much more appealing. Saurabh ji’s latest standalone crime psychological thriller, but the main one, the mover and shaker at the heart of all that transpires, It’s the season… Continue reading

  • Book Review: The selfish betrayal by Abhishek kapoor

    Love is what everyone wants. And yet when those who are supposed to love us do just the opposite, the effects ripple throughout our lives, in both our relationships with others and our relationships with ourselves. Betrayals can be soul-crushing, and can leave us wondering if relationships can ever be a source of soothing. Because… Continue reading

  • Book Review: The Secret of the Palamu fort by Razi

    It is a novel about larger-than-life fantasies. The Dangerous Deception behind Paranormal Phenomena. The author’s premise is “that a diabolical conspiracy is afoot; a plot to lead human hearts and souls eternally astray”. He defines this paranormal conspiracy as “the diabolical plot to overthrow the great Palamu fort. The author describes a phenomena in great… Continue reading

  • Book Review: 42 days of love by Vikas Trivedi & Smita Agarwal

    As I sat down writing this review, I looked at the book and wondered who am I to rate such a masterpiece. This book is amazing, the best I have ever come across in romances. The simplicity and the subtlety of the plot and the adorability of the characters are profound and there is no… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: THE RELIGION OF MAN

    Rabindranath describes early Earth as a struggle for success mainly decided by size. The large seemed able to win in the struggle for survival, but slowly he describes a new tactic – wit, and the coming of humans as the most successful of beings. “The physiological process in the progress of Life’s evolution seems to… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Done With Her…: A revelation that stabs at your subconscious…by Chirasree Bose

    The narrator of this novel makes no claim to anything unique about herself, her obsession, or its object. Author Chirasree applies her forensic attention and wry humor to what the mind does when it refuses to let go, and how one might try to prize someone from its grip. It is told in retrospect, with… Continue reading

  • IN A DEEP CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR CHIRASREE BOSE

                                                  Author’s Bio: Being an indoor person, Chirasree loves to read, write, and paint. If she’s not doing either of the three, you’d find her observing people and reading into their emotions. That’s where she gets her story ideas from. With her debut novel ‘Done With Her…’, she intends to ignite diverse emotions in the… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Bol Bachchan by Rupesh Dubey

    “बोल बच्चन” , अपने आप में ही एक महान अभिनेता कि सुलझी हुई आत्मकथा है । पाठको को ज्यादा दिमाग टटोल ने कि आवश्यकता नहीं हुई होगी क्यों की इस नाम हजारों – लाखों जींदेगी के दुख़ सूख के सांझे से सिमटा हुआ है । आत्मकथा तो बहुत पढ़ी, लेकिन किसी के आत्मकथा लिखने में… Continue reading

  • Book Review: 108 MANKE by Kunna Chaudhari

    कविता , इन तीन अक्षर के शब्द में इसे पढ़ने वाले पाठकों की चैन और शुकून बसती है ।”108 मनके” लेखिका कुन्ना चौघरी की लिखी गई पहली कविता संग्रह है । इस कविता संहरिका में रची गई हर एक कविता मे एक अपनापन झलकता है । इस पुस्तक कि मुख्य प्रच्छद और हर एक कविता… Continue reading

  • Book Review: The Happy Tree by Rajat Bansal

    Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing short stories. Master Rajat Bansal wrote some of the most influential—and impenetrable—stories of his age. When his similar age mates were busy in exploring the frangrance of their habitat,that time Rajat was tried his best to Penn… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Satrangi Syaahi by Surendra Kumar Gupta & Neha Jindal

    “सतरंगी स्याही” लेखक सुरेन्द्र कुमार गुप्ता एवं सह – लेखिका नेहा जिंदल की सांझे से लिखी गई एक कविता संग्रह है । पढ़ते-लिखते हुए कई बार लगता है कि कविताएं भी बोलती हैं। ऐसी कविताओं के शब्द-शब्द हमारे भीतर तो एक अलग तरह का रचना संसार रचते हुए चलते ही हैं, उनके पढ़ने के बाद… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Volcanic Moments: Heart Popping Tales by Mona Mohanty

    Volcanic moments studies the impact strangers have on us through a collection of dramatic tales that take you to some uncomfortable or comfortable places. The characters drop unwittingly into the laps of unscrupulous people, grapple with their weaknesses, fail to alter their destiny, or else they fatally misjudge situations with some catastrophic consequences. Trapped in… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Vices of the Void by Shubhanjan Das

    Sharp, dramatic and thrilling verses, prepare the edge of your seat as you might be spending some time there! The first few poetries, unconditionally short, yet so full of tension ensured my brain tasted and tested every word as I read. Letters appear every few chapters, heart-aching moments in time.                                                  I existed in two… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Lyrical Whispers of Self: Anthology of Poetry by Ujjwala Kakarla

    Here are some of the most loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the adultery, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to engage our minds and refresh our spirits. Focusing on popular verse, this treasury… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Balconies Of Time by Mr. Amit Shankar Saha

    Poetry might not have an outright bad rap, but we’ve found that if you ask someone if they actually like it, they’ll be hesitant to answer. We get it… but also we don’t. Because poetry has a way of conveying an incredible amount of emotion, and if you haven’t fallen in love with it yet,… Continue reading

  • Book review: Yes I Met Maruti by Daxesh Trivedi

    When this book came to me for review, no wonder it looks alike other ordinary book. As always I have complete the book with in four an half day. Then the story begins, believe me the story is completely different from book consisting seminal plot. May be it was first time I have read such… Continue reading

  • Book review: अपराध – बोध by डॉ. कमलकांत लाल

    लेखक डॉ. कमलकांत लाल जी के लिखे हुए उपन्यास अपराध – बोध अपने आप में ही एक विचलित दृढ़ संकल्प से जूझता मानवीकरण का उदाहरण है, जैसे लेखक खुद कहते हैं , उसी तरह कहानी के विशिष्ट किरदार एवं बुनी हुई चित्रकला हूबहू सबकी रोजमर्रा के जिंदेगी से कंही ना कंही , किसी ना किसी… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Bargad Ka Ped: Waqt Ke Pher Se Phere Lekar Kuch Lamhein Talashne Nikla by Tejas

    About the book: “Bargad Ka Ped” is a collection of prose and poetries about the realities of life and a journey of a writer, how he unravels these realities. Book revolves around some sour, some sweet memories, true love, friendship and social evils which describes the thought of a writer how he paints his imaginations… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: SATYAM PREM’S ‘LOVE BIRDS’

    Love birds is novelist-philosopher Satyam Prem’s iconic debut–the novel that launched his decorated literary career; and a funny, profound, and searingly true-to-life exploration of love. A man and a woman meet circumstically they fall in love, and so begins a love story–from fist kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: MADHAV THAPAR’S “THE TIMES WE LIVE IN”

    Between January and August 1947 the conflicting political, religious and social tensions in India culminated in independence from Britain and the creation of Pakistan. Those months saw the end of ninety years of the British Raj, and the effective power of the Maharajahs, as the Congress Party established itself commanding a democratic government in Delhi.… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: “INFINITY” BY MINAL ARORA

    This book explains the relationships we have with nature and also helps us to understand energy as a whole. Energy is vibration, oscillation and a frequency that is in constant motion. All matter in this electrical soup is also vibration, simply a denser vibratory reflection of the field of intelligence that it arose from. Within… Continue reading

  • Devdutt Pattanaik’s Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana

      What was the Ramayana before politicians appropriated Ram, and western thought process discredited him? Devdutt Pattanaik takes us through the twists and turns of the timeless tale that has evolved over thousands of years, embellished by regional retellings. In a style much like in ‘Jaya’, he puts forward his interpretation, and that of talebearers… Continue reading

  • Book review: Devdutt Pattanaik’s ‘myth=mithya’

    At last we have a brilliant pocketsized handbook on Hindu mythology written in English by an Indian. It comes from Devdutt Pattanaik who has over the past few years published quite a tantalising opus including Shiva and Shankara: Decoding the Phallic Symbol and Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore.As… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: THE BOOK OF MY POEMS BY APURVA TUPDALE

    Poetry gives meaning to our lives. For many of us, it’s a way of understanding the world around us. This book is an attempt to bring together the greatest words ever written by some men and women to have walked this planet. If you are an aspiring author or a veteran writer, you’ll find this… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: KALAM: KUCH ULTE PANNE BY J. ALCHEM

      Author J. Alchem has given us a book that will hopefully place a gentle but firm hand on the shoulder of every writer. Here are short essays offering advice, writing life insight and encouragement to anyone wishing to master the art of storytelling. Alchems’s book is a reminder that good writing consists of more… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: TOGETHER FOREVER TO NEVER BY SATISH GOYAL

    This Book Is totally Different Among all other books. I got too emotional while I was reading the last few chapters…at the end I was imagining life after that unexpected tragedy…Once you have starts this novel you will be curious to read the next chapter…then next..the next. You will not be satisfied until you finish… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: I AM ALWAYS HERE WITH YOU BY HIMANSHU RAI

    In the virtue of molten tradition, three fundamental masteries guide us to our true nature, which is happiness, freedom and love. The first is the mastery of awareness. This mastery teaches us to be aware of what we really are. It is the first step toward freedom, because we cannot be free if we don’t… Continue reading

  • THE CODE OF MANAVAS BY ARPIT BAKSHI

    Usually authors find it very hard to explain religious stories and events in simple yet thought provoking manner no matter how many books that author has written. This book is NOT one of those. There is a consistent approach to explanation that makes it for the mind very easy to soak message and believe in… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: IN LOVE WITH SIMRAN BY KULPREET YADAV

    This was a great story! Just as good as the first. Can’t wait to read the next! I was actually reading another novel when the book  “In love with Simran” arrived from Amazon. I soon just gave up trying to get involved in the other book consisting the blurb as “Murder of  Main protogonist’s Best… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: A PLEASANT SECRET BY IRAM FATIMA ‘ASHI’

    This book has been a gift. I stumbled on it at the lowest point in any marriage, and we desperately wanted out. This book was like an older and wiser friend sitting down to talk to us and help us see all parts of the problem, including our own part in it we hadn’t seen… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: VIRIAH BY KRISHNA GUBILI

    The planters in Mauritius and the Caribbean worked hard to overturn the ban, while the anti-slavery committee worked just as hard to uphold the ban. The Government of the East India Company finally capitulated under intense pressure from planters and their supporters: On 2 December 1842, the Indian Government permitted emigration from Calcutta, Bombay and… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: RUBROO BY PRIYANKA BANSAL

    Poetry is powerful, inspiring and good for the soul. Many schools get their pupils to learn poems by heart in the hope that children will develop a lifelong enthusiasm for poetry, and some people continue the habit throughout their lives. It’ll give you such comfort and pleasure when you’re older.” The poems are depicted chronologically according… Continue reading

  • BOOK REVIEW: SAFAR RISTEON KA BY P.N. MATHUR

    We have been knocking around this universe for a very long time. Most of us have never met except perhaps in bygone lives. We believe that, like us, the essence of art and poetry lives independently of time and space. Their intersections, our coexistences, are experienced between minds, soul to soul. Grant me that. Poetry… Continue reading

About Me

Like all works of art, no two book reviews will be identical. Suman is an English diarist and book critic at night & an oil & gas professional at day. He is the author behind all reviews in this site. He works across multiple disciplines broadly addresses narratives of human experience. As a artist & book critic he had has his reviews posted in several well-known publishing sites. In his other life he is an engineering professional employed by one of the global oil & gas company.

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