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• Autobiography of a Yogi by Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda: A Tribute

  

  We keep hearing about spirituality, yoga, meditation, kundalini awakening and salvation. For those of you who are vaguely knowledged about such terms but seekin... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Don't Wear Sunscreen by Kavipriya Moorthy: Book Review

  

  Two girls being friends since childhood is a unique relationship. They would hold hands while walking on the road; they would feel jealous when the other gets... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout, Translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai...

  

  Passed university with distinction? Good, you are well enough a bride material now.Thirty and unmarried? Bad, you've almost reached your expiry date.Did your... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Title is Untitled by Santosh Avvannavar, Kundan Srivastava & Raghunath Babu...

  

  Santosh, an author dedicated to bringing into awareness the social crimes and injustice in India, has teamed with Kundan Srivastava Raghunath Babu Are in Titl... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Our Heritage Revisited by Anju Saha: Book Review

  

  Most of us including me, if asked which Hindu texts we are aware of, would have Mahabharata and Ramayana in our answers. If asked twice, we may answer Vedas... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Grey & White Day Scholar by Raj Sekar: Book Review

  

  25 years past schooling, the author and his friends think about a reunion of their school classmates. A few of them travel from Chennai to Tirupattur, a town... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SHE: Ekla Cholo Re by Dr. Shayan Haq & Santosh Avvannavar: Book Review

  

  (The video embedded above is the official book trailer)He wanted to play with dolls while he was forced to play with cars.He fancied being Debu's girlfriend... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Curse of Brahma by Jagmohan Bhanver: Book Review

  

  'How much more of Indian mythology is still left unexplored?!' is what I awed as I turned the last page of the book. The Mahabharata I knew began from almost th... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Second Heart by Dr. Sandeep Huilgol & Santosh Avvannavar: Book Review

  

  There are several awareness campaigns towards heart-health often posted through social media. But how many times do we hear such health campaigns about... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Rigveda Code by Rashmi Chendvankar: Book Review

  

  The Rigveda Code is an interesting mythological fiction based on the after-effects of the Mahabharata war. The plot centers around Rikshavi, a warrior princess... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Umbilical Cord by Meena R Chandawarkar and Santosh Avvannavar: Book Review

  

  At birth, the umbilical cord is cut as a baby passes from the womb to the outside world. However, there are myriads of other cords that bind us to a blind... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath: Book Review

  

  If there is a human brain that needs to be researched upon, next to Einstein's, it is author Shatrujeet Nath's. I am not trying to exaggerate, but you will... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• There's Something About You by Yashodhara Lal: Book Review

  

  I read the last 50 pages almost breathlessly, completing it at 2 midnight. If you've ever been into the confining world of a book, you would know why I did that... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• God's Table by Santosh Avvannavar, Jyothi Byahati & Dr. Sandeep Huilgol: Book...

  

  Yet another social subject from Author Santosh and team! This time, it is in the form of a conversational discussion between a couple over their dinners and... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Departing Point by Santosh Avvannavar, Jyothi Byahati & Raghunath Babu Are:...

  

  Two people departed…In search of love…Leaving love in between”This is the tag line of the book.The Departing Point is a collection of seven love stories that... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Silent Scream by Siddhartha Garg: Book Review

  

  How safe do you think your children are? What is your reaction towards child sex abuse cases that you read in the newspapers? What do you think is the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Prism of Life by Ansh Das: Book Review

  

  The Prism of Life is a self-help book intended to address many of man’s eternal quests. The author claims to have channeled these messages directly from the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Night Sky Between The Stars by Usha Kishore: Book Review

  

  Night Sky Between The Stars is a collection of 55 poems by Usha Kishore, an Indian born British poet. Her poems in this collection express her strong emotion fo... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Other End of the Corridor by Sujata Rajpal

  

  Leela is a bored, frustrated, humiliated and childless housewife. She did have romantic dreams about her marital life and an ardent aspiration to become a RJ. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Surrogate Author by Santosh Avvannavar and Shilpa Patil: Book Review

  

  The corner tag of the book says ' To Aspiring Authors'. And that says it all! If you've been brooding over a plot or a concept to make a book out of it, and... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE