Title: The Cockatiel Confessions and Other Collected Works Author: Lavanya Srinivasan Genre: Short Story Collection About the book: Do you know why the moon is blue? Or why the cockatiel complains? A poor little rich girl & another girl who likes to gamble away her life credits. A tribal warrior & a time traveller. A celestial journey and a missing damsel. My Review: From the time […]
Into the oblivion I stare, As I look back on life. I sift through the memories, And find the ones now rare. I go back to the good old days, As I reminisce the moments gone by. I’m filled with a longing to turn back time, To the time when my dreams I did chase. These days life rushes past, As if on […]
I search for answers that have reasons, For an understanding of what things mean. While I jump from one moment to the next, Missing out on life in between. I wander through life, From one place to the next, In search of peace, That can put my mind at rest. Like the rose that is placed, Safely between the pages of a book, […]
Title: Combat Skirts Author: Sahana Ahmed Genre: Fiction -Romance About the book: Enrolled in an Army hostel to study Law, Saba is torn between her duty towards her parents and her newfound freedom. To complicate matters, she has more suitors than she can handle. Who will she choose? The old crush? The college hotshot? Or the mysterious Lieutenant? My Review : I am […]
If I had to make a list of all the things that I wanted to do and tried doing them all I don’t think there would be enough time. All of us seem to have a to-do list that can never be ticked off because there is only so little that we can do in the time that we have. But does that mean we […]
I take on the baton of Blogchatter Ebook Carnival from Preeti whose ebook ‘Life Lived’ is also a part of the mix. About Preeti’s ebook: The book is a collection of 26 beloved memories of the author. The varied emotions of happiness, sadness, suffering, and hopefulness experienced by her as a child, a sibling, a friend, a parent and as an Individual, will strike a chord with anyone and […]
Title: Because someone had to say it Author: Namratha Varadharajan Genre: Poetry Collection About the book: This collection of poems is a shout out to those who had immense strength when life dealt them an unfair hand, for those making this world a kinder and greener place to live in and for those not even whispering for themselves. BECAUSE Someone had to say it. […]
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, While storms were raging in my mind. Tears had run dry, Because life, I thought, hadn’t been kind. And then into my life, you came, As if by a quirk of fate. You accepted my faults and failings all the same, You made me feel great. Slowly you’d become my happy place, My sunshine on the darkest […]
The journey began slowly, And then began to pick up the pace. I now gaze outside lazily, Looking at the blank space. The train moves along, Speeding past the empty fields. As my mind wanders along, The meandering ways of memories. There are some memories, That I want to hold on, And then there are others, That are better forgotten. As I […]
The ringing of the alarm, Wakes me up from slumber deep. I try to get up despite the bed’s charm, Which makes me want to go back to sleep. The rays of the morning sun, Shine through my window. As the gentle morning breeze, Beckons me to go out for a run. My laziness I cast aside, As I put on my shoes […]
