Keep off the grass by Karan Bajaj (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/18/2013 6:15:00 PM

'         I am done reading "Keep off the grass" by Karan Bajaj. I purchased this book when I was very new to this Online sites where we can get books on heavy discounts. Since 3 years, this book has been on my shelf and finally, I picked this 250 pages of a wonderful odyssey and took 2 whole days to complete it. I could have finished this in 3-5 hours straight but the book is so amazing that I preferred taking breaks, digesting the wonderful story and t(...)'

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Beaten by Bhagath! by S. V. Divvaakar (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/16/2013 5:42:00 PM

'          Aah!!! As I said in my last post too, seems as if Frog/Leadstart publication has become one of my pet publication whom I am reading quite often these days. Right now I am just done with 191-pages novel "Beaten by Bhagath!" which also has the tagline "A Tale of Two Writers". This novel is being written by S. V. Divvaakar. Though its not his debut work but seems to be- as his first novel didn't do quite well. With some authors, the scenario is t(...)'

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The Teen by Gyandeep Kaushal (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/15/2013 7:30:00 PM

'    As I have been picking up books of Srishti and Mahaveer from a long time, God has played a mischief and suddenly I find myself around Frog/Leadstart publication books these days. Recently, I have read many novels from them and right now, I have completed reading the one which was of 591 pages. This is the most thickest novel I have read till date. Finally breathing a sigh of relief. Seems as an achievement after completing this book in just 1.5 days (sleeping incl(...)'

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The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/14/2013 11:27:00 AM

'         I am done reading this 350-pages novel "The Hope Factory" by the authoress- Lavanya Sankaran. The book is being published by Tinder Press and has a very beautiful cover page. The greenish effect and a poor child splashing water over himself speaks a lot about what the story would be. It already reflects that it's a tale about India and its poverty in its main segment of people.           Lavanya Sankaran is the aut(...)'

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Taken Already by Yaagneshwaran Ganesh (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/13/2013 11:46:00 AM

'  I am done reading "Taken Already" written by a 2nd time writer- Yaagneshwaran G. Yaagneshwaran is a product marketing Specialist at a reputed IT organization based out of Chennai, India. he is also an avid business blogger and conducts seminars for B-school students especially in the area of marketing. He is known for his earlier novel "The Group of Fools". Apart from books, the author has a keen interest in entrepreneurship and spirituality. This 130-pages novel has bee(...)'

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The Redeemers by Suresh Taneja (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/8/2013 8:12:00 PM

'          After a long while, I picked up a book that's published by Frog/Leadstart publication. Though this is a self-publishing company but I acknowledge some of the book that I have read from this source. And the amazing part has been that either I have loved the books very much or I have directly rejected them. But the book that I have just completed is the one that I found mediocre- Neither very good nor very bad. "The Redeemers" by Suresh Taneja-&(...)'

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That Kiss in the Rain by Novoneel Chakraborty (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/6/2013 8:05:00 PM

'          So, on the same day, I am done reading Novoneel Chakraborty's second novel- That Kiss in the Rain. This is a 204 pages novel which also has the tagline- "Love is the weather of life". This book is yet another book by Srishti Publication while Novoneel C is one of those writers who turned Bestseller with Srishti and later left it for Random House Publication at the time when his 3rd book was about to come in market. Novoneel has surprisingly do(...)'

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A Thing beyond Forever by Novoneel Chakraborty!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 6/6/2013 10:05:00 AM

'            I am done reading one of those books by Srishti Publication which got released long back in 2010. I have this book since then but I, finally, got time to read it now. "A thing beyond forever" which also has a tagline "The reward for every true love is not love" is a debut 212-pages novel written by the then debutante- Novoneel Chakraborty- is an Indian author and screenplay writer. His other works include That Kiss in the Rain and (...)'

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Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi with Jane Borges (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/31/2013 6:07:00 PM

'          Recently, Shootout at Wadala released and earned approximately 60 crore+. Everyone felt that the movie had potential except that the acting of John Abraham didn't go well with the role. I had a big problem with the movie because I was expecting it to be just as the novel "Dongri to Dubai" was from which it has been adapted. Over this, in the movie, the main protagonist is Mania Surve instead of Dawood Ibrahim, the protagonist in the book. But (...)'

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It's Not About The Bike My Journey Back To Life by Lance Armstrong!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/30/2013 6:14:00 PM

'           When Yuvraj Singh survived from his cancer, recovered and started giving interviews, the one thing that continuously gave him inspiration that we kept hearing was the book "It's Not About the Bike My Journey Back to Life" written by World-champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong himself survived Cancer and went on winning 7 Tour De France which, recently, this year, has been taken away from him because he accepted that he doped(...)'

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A Survival Guide For Life by Bear Grylls (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/29/2013 7:26:00 AM

'             After reading lots of fiction novels, I am done reading a non fiction self-help book "A Survival Guide For Life". Seems to be just another Self-Help book but no, its not. The name of the author will itself make you determinant to read this novel as soon as you can even though the author has scripted more than 11 books. Awesome!!! He is no one other than our very own adventurous role model- the host of Man vs Wild- Bear Grylls.-Bear Gry(...)'

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My Vows Remain Unchanged by Amrita Phadnis (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/28/2013 5:03:00 PM

'             I am done reading 159-pages book "My Vows Remain Unchanged". It's written by the debutant authoress- Amrita Phadnis who is twenty five years old, works as a Senior Tax Consultant in Deloitte Tax LLP, Hyderabad.  I am not sure about the book, but if you would ask me to review the authoress, I would give good marks to her beauty, smartness and accent. :-) The book is been published by Power Publishers which is a self publishing firm(...)'

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The Homing Pigeons by Sid Bahri (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/27/2013 2:23:00 PM

'         It's the third Srishti Publication's book in the series. :-) This time I am done reading Sid Bahri's debut novel- "The Homing Pigeons" which also has the tagline "Not all love stories are perfect, but then, neither are people". It's 318 pages thick. The book is covered in a very beautiful cover page. The pigeons flying in the sky and the font in which the title of the book is written is in itself so compelling that one would pick up the book. S(...)'

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Stumbled Upon Destiny by Jolsna Rajan (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/24/2013 6:14:00 PM

'           I am done reading another book by Srishti Publication. Some of you might think that I am their official reviewer but I am not. It's a miracle that whenever I pick up a book for a light read, it turns out to be from Srishti Publication. :-) The name of the 177-pages book is "Stumbled Upon Destiny" which also has a tagline "A Star-Crossed Knot" written by a debut authoress, Jolsna Rajan who is from Bangalore and is working as a market Rese(...)'

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Complete/Convenient by Ketan Bhagat (Book Review)!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/23/2013 7:40:00 PM

' It's almost 2 months since I am writing a book review. A long time. I have finally completed reading Ketan Bhagat's debut novel- Complete/Convenient. I have been one of the promotional partner of this book since it was in its editing stage and after reading this 373-pages book, I am satisfied that I chose a good product to promote/market. :-) As said several times by Ketan Bhagat in his interviews, this book is exclusively about every NRI or everyone living in India and contin(...)'

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'It is a reflection of what every NRI man goes through' ~ Ketan Bhagat

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/13/2013 2:37:00 PM

'This is copy of an interview published at www.AnupamTimes.com.While his brother is the unarguably the most popular author of India. He, himself never wanted to be an author. Being an NRI, he underwent some different experience that he never heard of. Is it same as captured by Karan Johar on-screen or has he something different, unique and more to say?  Ketan Bhagat better known as Chetan Bhagat’s brother has more to share - completely different from his brother’s. While his deb(...)'

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Beyond brother’s shadow- KETAN BHAGAT!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/8/2013 6:30:00 PM

'This  is an extract of an article published in THEHINDU.COM!!!Ketan Bhagat tells Budhaditya Bhattacharya about his debut novel “Complete/Convenient”, life abroad, and being a celebrity siblingBeing Ketan Bhagat is not easy. As the writer brother of Chetan Bhagat (“India’s and probably the world’s most influential writer”, according to Ketan), he will be looked at with the suspicious eagerness usually reserved for sequels to popular movies – just how good or how much worse is he(...)'

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Ketan Bhagat talks about Complete/Convenient!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/1/2013 5:16:00 PM

'This is an extract of an interview of Ketan Bhagat by BOLDSKY.COM.There is a new star on the horizon of Indian literature. Apart from an independent writing style and a good story he also has the 'writer genes' in him. We are talking about Ketan Bhagat who is all set to launch his debut novel 'Complete/Convenient' on the 15th of May 2013. He is the younger brother of famous writer Chetan Bhagat. So along with a lot of publicity and recognition, Ketan Bhagat also has to deal with hig(...)'

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“Complete/Convenient, story told from a man’s point of view” says Ketan Bhagat!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 5/1/2013 4:18:00 PM

'This is an extract of Interview published at UnRestrictedMinds.in.Ketan Bhagat (younger brother of Chetan Bhagat) is all set to launch his first novel Complete/Convenient in May’ 2013.UnResrictedMinds.in takes the opportunity to interview Ketan Bhagat.Tell us something about yourself especially about your school and college life.I was born and brought up in Delhi. My father was in army and so mostly out of station. My mother was an agricultural scientist and would only be home by fi(...)'

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My story begins where Chetan's end- Ketan Bhagat!!!

Author : AbhiLaSH RuHeLa      Blog : Book And Novel Reviews      Date : 4/21/2013 5:41:00 PM

'This interview of Ketan Bhagat was published in DNA newspaper on 18th April, 2013. Do read it HERE.How different is your style of writing from that of your brother? Our styles are very different, while Chetan writes in the first person I write in the third. My stories begin where Chetan’s end. He has a knack of connecting with the youth with his books and writes about the struggles that the youth are facing, career choices they have to make and relationship issues that they hav(...)'

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