Category: Book Review

When people of different cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds are living together, they tend to see themselves as a representation of a larger society. ‘The Book of Unknown Americans’ tells a story about people coming from different countries to the United States. Every character moved to the United States for a different reason: some moved because…

“Meaning, while a slippery concept, seemed inextricable from human relationships and moral values”. Intending to find the ‘meaning’ of life, 36-year-old Paul Kalanithi pursues a career and devotes his life to a neurosurgeon. But everything takes a turn when the doctor turns a patient himself. The book is the journey of the author who was…

‘Stargirl’ is a novel by the author Jerry Spinelli. Jerry is an American writer that grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and he now lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He decided to become a writer at the age of 16 after a poem he wrote about sports was published in a local newspaper. Jerry went to Gettysburg…

‘Sigfried’s Smelly Socks!’ by Len Foley is a funny story for children from 4 to 7 years old. A small boy Siegfried is trying to find out what’s stinking so bad about the book. Every page of it reveals a new answer to the question: where could the bad smell possibly come from? The book…

You can go and study in the most prestigious universities or colleges and learn from the most brilliant professors in the world, study through all the religious organizations and even go to the best cosmetic surgeons ever to use a surgical blade, but none of them can ever turn your heart into a heart of…

1. The text I am adapting is a short story called “Lamb To The Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. In this text, there were a lot of things that interested me. In the story, Roald Dahl uses the themes of death and murder. Patrick Maloney is one of the main characters. He is a detective who…

The blossoming flowers of summer, if only they could last through winter we friends who have gathered together, if only we could last through life (p. 109) This verse of the Yolmo “songs of pain” echoes in my mind since reading Robert Desjarlais’ Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal…

You may ask yourself ‘Why are people the way they are?’ after reading this drama. I know I certainly did after finishing both the book and the movie. It was quite heartbreaking to read about the beating of a human being just because some people didn’t agree with his sexual preferences. I personally find that…

‘Questions Are the Answers’ written by international best-selling author Allan Pease. Known for his books on understanding and interpreting body language which has allowed thousands of people to gain a new perspective on the way they handle interactions with others and how they view social situations. Published by Manjul Publishing House this easy read book…

After the ‘Wings of Fire’, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote another autobiography and it starts where the previous book ends. We got various leadership insights from this book also. In his book, ‘Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges’, Kalam gives us his perspective about why he chose to become the President of India in 2002, and…