Your Dreams Are Mine Now by Ravinder Singh

Your Dreams Are Mine Now by Ravinder Singh
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I have read a couple of books by Ravinder Singh and have understood that this writer is greatly influenced by Bollywood Drama. Even with this book I had the same issue, at many times the situation was over dramatized.

I picked up this book for light reading and to see if the writer have grown mature in his writing , but alas. The pace of the book was good but it lacked a good plot. The buildup was also very poor . The first few pages left me with seriously disappointment.It was utterly unnecessary to try to grow curiosity among the readers as it came out to be really negative. The image of a college portrayed was very superficial, rather then being a practical one.The lead characters were too good to be true.The hint of innocence would have done good but too much of anything mess things around. How ever there were some less annoying thing in this book than 'Can Love happens twice(The last book I read of this author)'.

1. The use of Hindi phrases were reduced , although still present.
2. The romance was not cheep and felt cute at times.
3 .There was No Ravinder Singh to remind us how he was a author of a National best selling novel .

I felt the problem was , there was too much of every thing and because of that a lot of things happened too fast. There was no proper build up for the incidents to happen. The love story was quite amateur and I feel the social issue and the resemblance to the Delhi Rape case was just added for things to go in favor of the book. One can sense the lack of intent easily. The ending was also very sudden. The whole tempo of the book was in a hurry.

I understand that this book was targeted for only Indian audience , as it doesn't stand up to the International standards. But today's India is mature enough to leave behind typical Bollywood formulas and is looking forward to have some fresh content. This is the reason this book have got so many negative ratings. The writers have to understand this.

I rate this book with a 2*

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Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is not just a book; it’s an Institution of Inspirations. This book is the autobiography about one of the gems born in this country. There were three ambitious programs in India till date.
1. The Space Program
2. The Missile Program
3. The Nuclear Program
A.P.J Abdul Kalam was on all these programs. What he have achieved in his lifetime, much of the people won’t able to archive in multiple lives. I can keep going on appreciating his achievements but let us talk about this book. This is a must read for those who see Mr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam as an Idol  and for those who closely follow the Space and Missile Program of India (I Being the Both). Knowing about something doesn’t have the same impact as reliving the incidents. With This book one can relive the life of a genius yet an ordinary person he was. The book did a splendid work in holding up the curiosity to keep going. The flow is strictly limited to all important events not only the success but also failures. It helps to keep the zeal to know how the things turned out to be in their favor.

As already a lot is known about A.P.J Abdul Kalam , This book help to makes one understands him as a person. We come to know how highly he regarded his teachers. He was obliged by the care and faith of many other scientist specially Dr. Sarabhai and DR.Satish Dhawan. He was a humble human being. He had a great knowledge of literature and many more details.

As today’s youth, we have seen India as an establish Nation, an economic power Where we have resources for technical advancement. We do have both manpower and finance to support them. This book will make one picture how with limited resource dedicated scientist worked days and night to make the Space Program and the Missile Program a success. It will make you proud to be an Indian.

Can't Wait to read his next book "Turning Points : A Journey Through Challanges: A Journey Through Challenges"

I rate this Book A full 5*


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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was one of the oldest published Book I have ever read. Literature changes in every decade. This book was written as early as 1873 , around 150 years earlier. I thought that the style of writing will be different and may be at some point of time I may face difficulties with the pace of the story or with the plot. After all the world back in 1873 was very different than what we have it today. As I progressed I only proved myself wrong. The book keeps up with the pace excellently and excite the readers on what is next to come.

The writer have done an wonderful job in bring the picture of the world in the late 19th century. For history lover like me , this was a gem. One will be travelling back in time to experience the day to day life, the machinery people used, the way the people traveled the way they see the world and this was the main attraction of the book .

I am not sure if Jules Verne had ever traveled the world but for sure he had the knowledge of Various places. The story have a detail picture of travelling in two vast countries , India and America accompanied by various other countries. As i am an Indian , I can tell that one cannot describe India the way the writer have done without visiting it. of course some of the names of the places were pronounced differently , and it was expected as we know how the British did that.

Not just for fun , the book also teaches us many thing . we can learn from the protagonist(Phileas Fogg) how to be calm in whatever situation we are in , he also teaches us determination. Passepartout teaches us how to be faithful and also Fix teaches us not to give up.

One can really enjoy reading the book . The only problem i had was that sometimes there was a little to much details on the travelling. I enjoyed it when they were in India but it annoyed me a little when it was for America. As I don't have much knowledge on the geography of the country.

I Rate this book 4.5 *


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Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a very different then any other book I have read. There was a sense of mystery , curiosity , disgust and a lot of feelings while reading this book .

This book portrayed India during the partition time. It puts light on the lifestyle of the people , the difference between the educated and the illiterate mass and this has been done perfectly. Khushwant Singh wrote this book in 1956 , so he was well aware of the lifestyle of people in India during the partition era. He was successful in binding the readers with the story perfectly. The writing style is a masterpiece here. The story consists of many characters and hence there is very less space for each of them as the book is around 190 pages only but still each of them has there own impotence and non seems to be neglected.

The topic of the book as we all know is partition. That is something one cannot remember without having tears in there eyes. The massacre that took place was beyond imagination. Today it seems barbaric when we think about it but this book have done a wonderful job to explain (although it was wrong) how people turned against each other. How people were ready to brutally slaughter friends and neighbors with whom they fought for their freedom , with whom they stayed harmoniously for years. The love and affection was forgotten in seconds. Khushwant Singh also tried to show the scale of genocide that took place.

This book will take the readers to a roller coaster ride of emotions , anger and a sense of helplessness people felt during these dark time. For me this is a must read for all.

I rate the book as 4.5 *



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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It took me a lot of time to complete reading this book, but it was not because it was not a good book. It is a great book, emotional and painful. It have shown the transformation of a paradise to hell.I will not be giving any spoiler here as you would really like to take things one at time for this book. It will keep you guessing.

This book have many small elements that will capture you for some time. As I already mentioned that this book took more time to complete as there were many incident in the book that will touch you. You may be a speed reader but things changes here. The plot of the book will keep you thinking on what happened next. It will urge you to continue reading but one part of you will stop for some time before you proceed ,to absorb what had happened. The intensity is to much to be overlooked.

This book although is one novel but have many phases, it shows us many aspect of life. Childhood , friendship , insecurity , faith , courage , and love.Love for people and love for the Country. It have shown how Afghanistan suffered under the Taliban rule. It will make you feel the pain of the people living there. You will realize how lucky it is to have freedom , to do what ever you want.

The writing style is awesome. I give it a 4 * . I would have given it five if the author would have cut some details. sometime I felt too much details have been discussed. This could have been avoided.

Overall I recommend to go for this book.

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Can Love Happen Twice !!!!

Can Love Happen Twice? by Ravinder Singh
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I expected this book to be really good but it went the other way round. The things i disliked are

1. The author pampered him a lot. So his first book was a national best seller , Big deal . He reminds us this thing almost in ever 5 to 10 pages. There are many books in India that are best seller , Its not something you keep your reader reminding off.

2. The language was very local. Not even the entire India can read this book because of the cheap language and use of Hindi And Punjabi Phrases . Please stop doing that.

3. The Romance was very on top. It could have been in a much better was.

4. The plot was also not very strong.

Overall i wont recommend people to read this if you are into good reading but if you are looking for some college fun reading then and only then you can go for it...

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The Mother I Never Knew: Two Novellas by Sudha Murty
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book as it says is not a Novel but is a combination of Two Novellas . Its about the story of two man, living two different life but their stories have a common connection "Human Emotions". This book will take you to a roller coaster ride of Love,Happiness and sorrow. I am just done with this book and it took me some time to come out of the story . They are really heart touching .

The language of the book is very simple yet the way the story is narrated is very good. It will make you stick to it , in no point of time you will feel that the story is getting stretched. One more thing that I liked in the book is the way relations are portrayed, they were very accurate. The mother - son relation , the father - daughter and in all other relations ,we can see there is originality in them and is not faked just to spice up the story. I wont be giving anything about the stories , its better you get it fresh .

There is one thing though I feel could have been avoided was the details of the places and localities. Both the stories revolved around Bangalore and the author have described a lot of places in the city, as I stay in Bangalore I was able to differentiate between those but for other this might get a little confusing . This could have been avoided

I rate it a good 4*. Looking foreword to read some more of Sudha Murty .


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