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#BookReview: The Parcel by Anosh Irani

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The Parcel is the fourth novel by author Anosh Irani . It was published on October 2016 by Harper Collins Publishers and is widely available at the bookstores.  The cover page of the book is blue in colour, having a cage like looking wall, designed by Bhavi Mehta which is very attractive and catchy to the eyes.  The Parcel is a story of a 40 year old Madhu , belonging to the transgender community or the Hijra community, a community of third sex- neither male nor female. Born as a boy, she was a shame for the family. She works in Kamathipura, a red light district of Bombay. She has moved away from the prostitution work and is forced to beg on streets. A lot about of her past is revealed through flashbacks and is asked by Padma, the most feared brothel owner to prepare a parcel. The whole story is the narration of Madhu who is representing the Hijra community. The prologue is amazing highlighting about the Hijras. The book is very beautifully written and Anosh Irani'

#BookReview: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

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The Grownup is THE EDGAR AWARD WINNING SHORT STORY from the author of GONE GIRL GILLIAN FLYNN . It was published on December 23rd 2015 by Orion Publishing Group. It is available widely at the online and the offline bookstores. The cover page is very catchy to the eyes having smoke and black in colour. Thus, depicting that the story is a ghost, haunted one. The Grownup is a short story about a young woman who is making her living by doing Aura reading or spiritual palm reading along with some sex work on the side. She makes a decent wage by telling people what they want to hear. Once Susan, a rich, beautiful woman walks in her office telling her about having problems in her newly shifted house. The young woman diagnosis her as unhappy, having problems with her 15 year old stepson Miles. So, Susan ropes the young aura reader for the cleaning of her house from all the supernatural powers existing in the house. Despite, of a short story The Grownup is a very thrilling

#BookReview : Confused Bastards by Manav Vigg

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What happens when three entrepreneurs initiate a start-up which shocks the nation? Confused Bastards is the debut book by author Manav Vigg released on 1st October 2016 by Srishti Publishers and Distributors and is available at the online and offline bookstores. As the title is Confused Bastards the cover page is quirky and confusing  having various multicolour lines which is signifying the title. Confused Bastards is the story of three friends who are from different backgrounds but are united with the bond of friendship. Aakash, Jai and Vivek who all are struggling with their inner conflicts as well as the world outside. All three of them want to do something of their own. They become the voice of the nation by starting up their website. The idea of venting out the frustration, anger against people , government ,lovers,jobs etc was unique and amazing.  The characters are very well potrayed and seemed realistic. Confused Bastards is a youth centric book having a very si

#BookReview: Colorful Notions: The Roadtrippers 1.0

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Would you give up your high paying job and comfortable personal life to drive ten thousand kilometers across India? Just for fun! Colorful Notions: The Road trippers is the debut book by  author Mohit Goyal. The book is Travel fiction released on November 17th 2016 by Srishti Publishers and Distributors and is widely available as paperback and eBook at online and  offline bookstores.  The book deals with three friends Abhay , working in an Advertising company, Sashank , handling family business and Unnati ,an Assistant RJ doing an exciting road trip to some of the eminent places of India and making  a movie of their road trip. Each character in the book is unique in its own way.  The roadtrip of the three friends starts from Corbett covering Amritsar, Ladakh, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bodhgaya and ending with Delhi.  The cover design and the cover illustration is by Gloworm Creations and RC Prakash respectively  and is very suitable with the story of road trip, which is very a

#BookReview : The Four Patriots by Sumit Agarwal

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Have you ever fallen victim to the system? Felt humiliated and helpless?Have you fought back? The Four Patriots is the debut book by author Sumit Agarwal. The book was released on 29th September 2016 by Rupa Publications and is widely available at the online , offline and kindle bookstores. The focus of the book is India in which there are four patriots- Varun, an NRI software engineer, Salman, CEO of Coffee Moments, Raghav , a virtuous politician and Aditya , an altruistic businessman and the fate brings these four lives together at the crossroads pushing these heroes out of their comfort zones who are willing to do anything for the nation and bring  a change. The cover illustration is by Ankur Mishra and Chandan Crasta , having the picture of the four patriots which is very well apt to the story.  The book is set in the imaginary future years and has started with Independence Day, 15th August 2022. The author has addressed various issues in context of India and the impr