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Title: Victoria & Abdul Author: Shrabani Basu Published on: 13th October 2017  Publisher: Bloomsbury India Binding: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 9789387146174 Blurb Abdul Karim was 24 years old when he was dispatched from Agra as a gift to 68 year old Queen Victoria, whom he was to serve as an attendant. The tall and handsome Indian Muslim barely spoke any English,nor the Empress of India any Urdu. Karim grew to have a profound influence over the monarch and what followed was a relationship of such intimacy and tenderness that the British establishment tried their hardest to destroy all evidence of it. In "Victoria and Abdul" historian Shrabani Basu unearths a story that shows a new side of Victoria and places a young Indian at the heart of the Empire.  Cover The cover page of the book is very beautiful. It is having image of Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim. Thus,the cover is a scene taken from the mov...

Title: Blowfish  Author: Siddharth Tripathi Publication Date: 20th September 2017 Publisher:  Bloomsbury India  Binding: Paperback Genre: Fiction Pages: 296 ISBN: 9789386643115 Blurb   Mukund and Chaddha spend their days comfortably ensconced in their cushy jobs, wallowing in regrets that make for good conversation. Mukund, in a fit of bravado. resigns to pursue his “calling”; the only hitch is that he doesn't know what it is yet! Chaddha is fired and seeks solace in shooting pigeons at point-blank range. Mukund's life spirals out of control when Colonel Harpal Singh, the housing society secretary, finds in him a reflection of his estranged son. Harpal places Mukund under “house arrest”, puts him on trial in a kangaroo court and coerces him to fight a ludicrous duel. Constantly under threat, and running out of time and money, Mukund is about to go back to being a man with bad dandruff, a small car and even smaller dreams, when he me...

The Colours Of Passion by Sourabh Mukherjee is a  murder mystery published on 1st August 2017 by Readomania. The cover page of the book is very eye catchy and is beautifully designed in red, white and yellow colours. The cover page is having an image of a blood stained knife and in the knife the beautiful picture of Howrah Bridge. The cover page is very apt with the story. The Colours Of Passion revolves around the murder of Tollywood actress Hiya Sen and ACP Agni Mitra investigates this high profile murder where he meets Manav, Hiya's husband, Manav's ex fiancée, her father. Agni starts finding the answers to the questions and unveil shocking truths. The book is set in Kolkata's glamorous world of industrialists, movie stars, models and fashion designers laced with drug addiction and illicit liaisons. The Colours Of Passion is an intense murder mystery. It is a fast paced story having short chapters making it pacy. There are a lot of characters in the stor...

You Never Know by Akash Verma was published on 18 September 2017 by the leading publishers Penguin Metro Reads an imprint of Penguin Random House. The book is widely available at the online and the offline stores. The cover page of the book is very attractive in shades of red colour and the title of the book beautifully designed in white and shades of red. The cover has an image of a side face of a girl and a small image of a man with a bag. A very nice cover. You Never Know is a story revolving around Dhruv, who is the branch head of C&M company in Gurgaon and is married to Shalini, a psychiatrist running her own clinic and has two children - Kabir and Siya. On the other hand is Anuradha who joins C&M in the creative team and has a very dark secret about her ex boyfriend Sid. Dhruv meets Anuradha and gets attracted towards her and eventually falls in love with her and even Anuradha reciprocate the feelings because she wants a man to care for her in life. Dhruv ...