Showing posts with label india. Show all posts
Showing posts with label india. Show all posts

15 February 2019

Review #722: The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

----Mary Shelley



Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian best selling novelist, has penned an evocative and timeless tale of one of the greatest love story that our Indian mythology has ever given to us in the form of Ramayana in her new book, The Forest of Enchantments. But its not a retelling of our favorite mythology on Lord Ram, rather its told and primarily focuses on the life and time of Lord Ram's wife, Sita who is not just a Goddess who we all worship to, but a fateful woman with a heart full of only love and kindness journeying through a path of thorns till her death.


17 July 2018

Review #720: I Didn't Expect to be Expecting by Richa S Mukherjee



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat.

----Angelina Jolie


Richa S Mukherjee, an Indian author, has penned an extremely hilarious and a captivating tale about motherhood and its mistakes in her new book, I Didn't Expect to be Expecting. This book revolves around a happily married, cool couple who amidst of their busy jobs, meeting deadlines and tackling weird bosses and colleagues in office, they always find time for each other and also for their crazy set of friends, and a kid is no where close in their 5 years blissfully married life's radar, until they become pregnant, and gradually their perfect life takes a slippery road and so the protagonist's body and mind.


10 July 2018

Review #719: I Tagged Her in My Heart by Anuj Tiwari



My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”

----Haruki Murakami


Anuj Tiwari, an Indian bestselling writer, has penned an uplifting story in his new book called, I Tagged Her in My Heart. Unlike its cheesy title, the story is somewhat inspiring enough for all those who are either finding a way to give wings to their dreams and passions and also for those who want to pick up the pieces of life after a messy and painful breakup. The story revolves around mainly two protagonists, where one is finding a way to publish his first novel while managing his hectic job schedules and keeping his feelings for his best friend in his heart, while the other has gone through a breakup and is meaning to find a way to give wings to her passion of making chocolates, even though the happy memories of her ex is hurting her.

13 June 2018

Review #715: The Bitter Pill Social Club by Rohan Dahiya



My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

----Leo Tolstoy


Rohan Dahiya, an Indian author, has penned a satirical contemporary fiction called, The Bitter Pill Social Club that revolves around a family based in Delhi, India, who lives for their selfish reasons and most importantly for their social status amongst their friends, relatives and Instagram followers. The sarcastic yet very vivid portrait of a filthy rich family who lives on their own terms, without realization that they are destroying lives as they go on with their Insta worthy life. But soon tragedy strikes this family and it is high time for the family as a whole to realize their mistakes before they lose themselves to the social media frenzy.

26 April 2018

Review #706: Shambuka Rama: Three Tales Retold by Mukunda Rao



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”

----Dōgen



Mukunda Rao, an Indian writer, has penned a compelling mythological book of short stories called, Shambuka Rama: Three Tales Retold, inspired and taken straight out of the great Indian epics namely, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The stories are about Bhima who chances upon the female rakhshas (monster), Hidimba and decides to stay back in the forest of Maya, Duryodhan who ponders on the Great War and the pain that it brought upon the world and about Rama who during his exile meets Valmiki and Shambuka Rama, forcing him to quench for the truth.

9 April 2018

Review #702: Conspirator by R.V. Raman



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Newspapers are not made any longer by news or journalism. They are made by sheer weight of money expressed in free gift schemes. They serve not the interests of the many, but the vested interests of the few.”

----Oswald Mosley



R.V. Raman, an Indian author, has penned a gripping thriller called, Conspirator that sheds much light into the dark underbelly of new trend setting belief called fake news that are tailored as per the standards and requirements of the high-profile and elite class clients from politicians to shady business tycoons. This story surrounds around the murder of two influential journalists at a media tycoon's private party at a resort somewhere secluded in Coorg, and little did the assigned detective knew that the world of journalism would not only be cutthroat, but would also be unexpectedly dark with zero ethics and is owned by the filthy rich people of the society.

21 March 2018

Review #700: A Closetful of Skeletons by Tanushree Podder



My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”

----Haruki Murakami



Tanushree Podder, an Indian writer, has penned an interesting and slightly intriguing thriller called, A Closetful of Skeletons that revolves around an actress of yesteryear who escapes the silver screen glory to a quiet life at a sleepy hamlet somewhere up on the hills, but her life drastically changes when she meets an ambitious and mysterious young woman, whom she asks to ghost-write her autobiography. But little did the actress knew that her birthday party with her guest list of ex-lovers would go so terribly fatal when she announces about her tell-all autobiography.

31 January 2018

Product Review #1: SoRich Organics Pvt. Ltd.

Good morning,

Today's let's discuss about healthy eating habits and its benefits! The importance of a healthy lifestyle is nowadays adapted largely by the urban folks, especially by those who lead either a fast life or the ones who lead a life in a tightly wrapped packet of time. And it is wondrous to see how the uprising organic brands in the market have become a daily household name replacing those which solely marketed their edible products based on taste. These organic brands sell their products in the name of health, and that attracts the consumers like a magnet.


One such brand, or rather say, the one of the best brands (I claim this, as I've used and tasted other organic brands in the market, hence I can tell the difference and have an ability to judge one from the other!) currently in the market namely, SoRich Organics, has made a remarkable feat in this uprising Indian organic food market. And recently I made the best decision of purchasing a truck load of organic and herbal items from SoRich Organics which only ensures to provide me and my family with a healthy, safe and nutritious eating habit.


So without wasting any more minute, let's discuss and talk about the products I purchased from SoRich Organics and then you can go ahead and decide for yourself whether or not you want to enrich your life with the goodness of this amazing organic brand available in the market.



1. SoRich Organics Mint Pure Herb (100 gm)

Unhealthy bowel movement and improper digestion, these two are the common problems that are faced by almost everyone in the country. But what to do, we are helpless and are forever bind to these gastric issues. So for the long run and for a healthy living lifestyle, SoRich Organics ahs brought to us an amazing and magical healing properties towards gastric issues' product named, Mint.

How to Use: Soak it up in lukewarm water and then use it to cook regular food from curries to pasta or you can add it directly upon your salad.

Mint

You will be amazed to experience the Mint leaves' quick and speedy effects on your body that will help you in digestion and will help you to conquer all those terrible gastric drama after having a heavy lunch or dinner. Just sprinkle the leaves on to your food that you have cooked for the day and watch how the Mint leaves keep you healthy and fit.
 
And SoRich Organics' Mint leaves are 100% organic, herbal and natural, free of any chemicals and ensures a healthy lifestyle to its customers. One of the most trusted brands right now in the market. Buy them now.


2. SoRich Organics Superfoods Cocoa Nibs (200 gm)


Here comes the ultimate solution to chocolate addicts who can keep their cravings for chocolate in check while keeping their weights in check. Sounds interesting? Then you definitely need to gran a packet of Cocoa Nibs or Cacao Nibs from SoRich Organics.

Heavily laden with nutrients and fiber, cocoa nibs help in acquiring healthy muscle and nerve functioning, helps to keep in unnatural hunger in check and can be taken as regular snacks thereby ensuring in keeping the body weight in check, with advantages of good bowel movement, helps in preventing anemia, keeps the heart safe from stroke or any kind of coronary attacks, and also enhances the mood if one is feeling depressed or stressed.

Cocoa Nibs

The main difference of the regular chocolate and these organic cocoa nibs is cocoa nibs are the raw and purest form of chocolate and when they are processed to make those chocolate bars that we love so much, it loses its goodness and wellness in the making process.

So you must buy coco nibs from SoRich Organics as they have manufactured cocoa nibs out of best quality chocolates and grantees the nourishment that can be benefited out from this product.

How to Use: Use it directly in your daily breakfast cereals or oats or you can sprinkle it in your smoothie or ice cream or milk.


3. SoRich Organics Chia Seeds (200 gm)


You want to go gluten free but finding it difficult to let go of all those gluten products? Then fret not, because your answer to your problem is here now from SoRich Organics presenting us with a splendid quality Chia Seeds that will help us to resolve issues with our skin, diet, weight loss drama and digestion woes.

Packed with rich and essential minerals like calcium, phosphorous, manganese, sodium, and potassium, Chia Seeds from SoRich Organics ensure to keep our health and weight both in check. Not only that, Chia Seeds are full of fibers, antioxidants and Omega-3 Fatty acid reducing the chances for any kind of heart diseases.

Chia Seeds

Although the results towards weight loss are almost negligible, yet Chia Seeds has other notable benefits like proper digestion and strong immune system.
So buy them now and enrich your life with the great and healthy benefits of Chia Seeds. I've been using them for a week, and have been amazed to see its effects in my body.

How to Use: Soak them in water and drink it, it boosts your health or use it directly or sprinkle them on your morning breakfast like oatmeal or cereals and maybe also in your lunch like salads, smoothies etc. They might be tasteless, but their benefits are boundless and will keep you healthy and immune.


4. SoRich Organics Sunflower Seeds (200 gm)


Looking for a healthy snacking option, yet coming across only oily junky snacks claiming to be healthy, pure and organic? Then you must grab these amazing product from SoRich Organics called Sunflower Seeds, which are now trending high in the list of health freaks and nutritionists recommendation list as sunflower seeds help in lowering cholesterol, thyroid, cancerous growth and cells formation, chest ingestion, and other digestion related problems.

How to Use: Nibble them whenever you're feeling hungry, or sprinkle them directly on your breakfast meal or lunch or dinner items like oatmeal to pasta to cereals to smoothies to ice cream to even in your curries.

Sunflower Seeds

Rich in dietary fiber, essential nutrients like calcium, protein etc and also rich in Vitamin E, this is a must have food in your everyday diet. And SoRich Organics can only present you with 100% natural and organically developed sunflower seeds that will help you in maintaining in healthy lifestyle.
And I've been using them for a week, I can definitely see the benefits in my body now from healthy digestion to ample of energy, its really great, try it for yourself.


5. SoRich Organics Pumpkin Seeds (200 gm)


Enriched with the goodness of nutrients like magnesium, potassium, copper and zinc, the nutty favored Pumpkin Seeds from SoRich Organics can be your best guilt-free best buddy when you're feeling hungry and is crazing for some unhealthy and spicy fast food.

From a healthy heart to stronger immunity system to supporting prostate health in men to preventing diabetic complications to reducing bodily complications in postmenopausal women to helping in getting a good night's sleep to keeping the liver free from any harm, pumpkin seeds should be a must item in your regular diet.

Pumpkin Seeds

How to Eat: You can eat it directly it you can either roast the seeds and munch on it. Either ways, the flavor remains the same, a bit nutty, yet very delicious.

And SoRich Organics is marketing the best and premium quality Pumpkin Seeds right now in the market that is made with love and care for the customers' healthy lifestyle.


6. SoRich Organics Juniper Berry (200 gm)


We are all looking for ways to make our regular diet a little bit more healthy, so what;s the harm in using a little bit of spice to your regular dishes like chicken, meat or vegetable curries that will not only add an exotic flavor but will also make you fit, healthy and immune. So now that I've your attention, I must tell you, that I've been using Juniper Berries from SoRich Organics for a week now and trust me, I see wonders in my health as well as in my metabolism rate.

Juniper Berries might sound like some exotic berries, but tell you what, these are not berries, but are spices that has lot of great benefits from making one's immunity stronger to healing skin related troubles especially can act as an antiseptic to one's infected skin to reducing cellulite appearance to improving digestion to helping in curing insomnia to ensuring that regular use of Juniper Berry in regular diet can provide a healthy heart to controlling blood pressure level.

Juniper Berry

How to Use: Crush them and use them as spices to your chicken or meat or vegetable curry.

SoRich Organics only brings the best out of the herbal and natural elements found in the nature, by manufacturing a 100% chemical or preservative free product, and Juniper Berry from this brand is the best choice available right now in the market.


7. SoRich Organics Halim Seeds (200 gm)


Halim Seeds or Garden Cress, however you may call them, but I will only call them as miraculous and magical product with only positive effects to my body.

Thank you SoRich Organics for making our lives so enriched with healthy products like Halim Seeds, that is rich in antioxidants and other equally great nutrients and minerals, that helps in minimizing asthma related problems, boosts immunity, helps in preventing hair loss, helps in proper digestion, also helps in regular menstrual cycles for women facing the irregularities.

Halem Seeds

How to Use: Nibble them either directly or roast them with salt and then eat them as snacks, or sprinkle them directly as seasoning on your pizza or curries or salads. The deliciousness and enriched good qualities will make you have a healthy lifestyle. So try them now.


8. SoRich Organics Flax Seeds (200 gm)


Flax Seeds
SoRich Organics has brought to us the goodness and the best quality of Flax Seeds that is made in a 100% natural organic, non-chemically processed method in order to ensure to deliver the best and the safe products to its customers. So thank you SoRixh Organics for making our lives not only healthy but also safe from harmful chemicals through your amazing products.

I've been using Flax Seeds from SoRich Organics for a week now, and trust me, I can see the difference it is making in my body, from boosting my metabolism to helping me digest in a proper and faster way to increasing antioxidants in my body to fight from diseases and germs, to safeguarding my heart to making it healthy to helping in reducing any kind of cancer growth risk to improving my cholesterol level in my body to even controlling the blood sugar level to lowering my blood pressure. All these ample of benefits can be easily experienced, once you start taking flax seeds regularly through your diet.

How to Use: Soak them in water and then drink it, or add them on your salads or smoothies to keep your unnecessary hunger at check.

So yeah flax seeds is highly recommended for those looking to control their weight through healthy eating habits. So without wasting any more second, buy them now and experience yourself all the goodness of Flax Seeds from SoRich Organics.



So after using all those products, I must say that I finally found my trust on a brand that sells genuine, and best quality organic supplements and food. I can trust this brand even more because their products are made in a natural way and are 100% pure, free from any harmful chemicals, gluten or preservatives, so in short, they sell the best organic food that one can include in their regular diet blindly. Thank you SoRich Organics for giving us the best and authentic products! Also their products' are not at all costly and are worth of every dime spent on purchasing the products. So I would highly recommend this brand to those looking for a healthy lifestyle.

And if you have any further queries regarding the products, please do leave a comment below, I'll get back to you immediately. Thank you for reading my blog post.


Happy Healthy Eating!

3 January 2018

Review #695: Murder in a Minute by Shouvik Bhattacharya



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.”

----Margaret Atwood


Shouvik Bhattacharya, an Indian author, has penned his debut thriller called, Murder in a Minute that revolves around the murder of a young and ambitious woman, who is the chairperson of her father's company, inside her own room and in the presence of her step brothers and sisters, along with her colleagues and her college boyfriend. And surprisingly each one in that mountainside cottage has an alibi, even though the initial investigations point at the killer being present in that house. Now the question is who or why, is it out of jealousy, ambition, greed or out of love, that the poor lady had to give up her life in such a tragic way?


2 January 2018

Review #694: The Fisher Queen's Dynasty by Kavita Kané



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred.”

----Krishna Dharma


Kavita Kané, an Indian bestselling author, has penned an inspiring and extremely compelling mythological tale inspired from the characters from the Indian epic mythology, Mahabharata in her new book called, The Fisher Queen's Dynasty that revolves around two key protagonists, one ordinary woman, denied of her royal birth-right who grows up under the care of a meager-fisherman, and later claims to the throne of Hastinapur by her clever tricks, but sadly she becomes a pawn to the dirty politics of the state, turning her into a bitter and wicked queen and the other, a handsome prince, who is the true heir to the throne to Hastinapur, but he sacrifices away his chance to become the king in order to fulfill his father's romantic wishes to marry a fisher-girl. The woman is known as Satyavati, the grandmother to Pandu and Dhritarashtra and the man is known as Bhism, the son of Ganga.

20 December 2017

Review #693: The Nine-Chambered Heart by Janice Pariat



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Love, it never dies. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal”

----Gayle Forman


Janice Pariat, an award winning Indian writer, has penned an evocative and mesmerizing "fictional" biography through love called, The Nine-Chambered Heart that narrates the life story of a woman through nine characters, who has previously loved her or whom she has loved, either briefly or longwindedly in her life. The readers will only get to know this woman through the varied perspectives of the nine characters. And the one thing is clear from reading this book, that love never stays permanently in reality, but it lives on inside one's heart for as long as time goes on, and that is aptly captured by the author in this book.


19 December 2017

Review #692: A House for Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“If I were asked to define Motherhood. I would have defined it as Love in its purest form. Unconditional Love.”

----Revathi Sankaran



Amulya Malladi, a bestselling Indian author, has penned a thoroughly refreshing and alluring contemporary fiction called, A House for Happy Mothers that surrounds around two women, one wants a baby desperately thus choosing the surrogate route to India away from her posh Silicon valley life with her darling husband and aristocrat friends, and the other is desperate to provide a good schooling and education to her highly intelligent son and also to keep the wolves away from the doorstep of her poor household by selling her womb. A journey that connects two mothers in different yet in emotionally similar ways that is vivid, raw and extremely heart-touching to read about.

7 December 2017

Review #688: The Tree Bears Witness (Birbal, #2) by Sharath Komarraju



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”

----J.K. Rowling


Sharath Komarraju, an Indian author, has spun a riveting thriller set in one of the greatest Mughal Emperor Akbar's court in Agra in his new book, The Tree Bears Witness which is the second book in the series Birbal that revolves around Akbar's new Rajput queen's dear brother's highly suspicious death in the gardens of the court and to solve the mystery behind the death of a young and powerful Rajput prince, Akbar assigns his favorite and most intelligent courtier/minister, Birbal in order to give appropriate punishment to the culprit(s).




4 December 2017

Cover Reveal: Love in Lutyens' Delhi by Amitabh Pandey




Hey y'all,

Hope everything is going great and awesome for you guys. As for me, life has never been much better.


Get ready for a touchy-feely romantic journey of two realistic protagonists in a coming-off age contemporary love story.


So let's do a quick cover reveal for this super awesome book (I bet its gonna be super awesome just by reading its synopsis!) that is going to release on 22nd December 2017.


8 November 2017

Review #647: A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.”

----Criss Jami


Preeti Shenoy, an Indian bestselling, pens a heart warming family drama in her new book called, A Hundred Little Flames that centers around the bond of friendship between a young man, who has recently lost his job in the city, and his aging yet humble grandfather, living in his ancestral home in a small village in Kerala. When the paths of the two collide through trust, love, and through a beautiful story, of two friends whose fates never let them to tie the knot in a holy matrimony, the young man and the grandfather learn a lot about life from one another and also learn to live for themselves.

7 August 2017

Review #634: Bite of the Black Dogs by Sanjay Bahadur



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”

----Mark Twain


Sanjay Bahadur, an India author, pens a terrific, nail biting and gripping real-life special operations of Indian Special Forces book based on a true story, and it is called, Bite of the Black Dogs that is set across the idyllic yet challenging landscape of Kashmir, India, where an Indian special force group is assigned to eradicate and extract the terrorists and the alleged killers of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus settled in Kashmir) belonging from the infamous militant group of Hizbul Mujahideen ("Party of Muslim Holy Warriors") who are funded and supported by various countries and various states of India. This real life account of the militants as well as the special task force men, who would do anything for their countrymen.

1 August 2017

Review #632: The Crunch Factor by Andaleeb Wajid



My rating: 2 of 5 stars


“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

----Jodi Picoult


Andaleeb Wajid, an Indian author, has penned a mildly heart warming, Bollywood-ish and spicy contemporary romance called, The Crunch Factor packed with a finger-licking delicious love triangle between a female food photographer, whose parents ask her to marry a filthy, rich restaurant owner, but unfortunately her heart is torn apart between the choices and the duties towards her middle class family and the choices of her heart's desire that wants to be wooed by that very restaurant's hunky and handsome head chef. Will it all be roses for the food photographer? Or will it cost her a lot of challenges to walk on the right path which she actually deserves?

31 July 2017

Review #631: Here Falls The Shadow by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

----Shannon L. Alder



Bhaskar Chattopadhyay, an Indian author, has penned a terrific and nail biting thriller, Here Falls The Shadow that surrounds around the death threat of a notable author and the killings of his family estate's dogs, as a result of which, the infamous and ingenious PI, Janardan Maity jumps to the rescue with an old acquaintance of his, into this sleepy little town covered by forests, to uncover the author's family curses, old traditions, nemesis, and many untold family secrets.


26 July 2017

Review #629: True Liars by Isha Inamdar



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved.”

----C. JoyBell C



Isha Inamdar, an Indian writer, has penned her debut contemporary romance story called, True Liars that revolves around the life of a young and aspiring female deejay artist caught between the worlds of her best gay friend and that friend's brother interspersed with wedding vows, typical big-fat Indian wedding, lies, friendships, love and passion in a serene landscape of a small heritage town in Jodhpur. This novel is perfect for the fans of Colleen Hoover, Sylvia Day, Jojo Moyes.

9 July 2017

Whispering Flames: Bookish Candles Review


Hola my readers and my followers,


Wassup, guys?! I hope it is going great. As you all know that, just a week ago, i.e. on 26th June, 2017, we celeberated 20 magical years of  Harry Potter, the day when author, J.K. Rowling's iconic and ground breaking children's fantasy book called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was first published.

And so today I shall unravel some exclusive and the best Harry Potter merchandise that I recently came across through Instagram. Gear up guys, as the pictures below are bound to make you click on that "Buy Now" button. And if you're a true potterhead, then you must grab some of these bookish goodies from the one & only and an all-exclusive scented bookish candle store in India. And it's called........