Review: Destiny of Shattered Dreams

Destiny of Shattered Dreams by Nilesh Rathod
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

[Note : I won this book in Goodreads giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]

This is debut book by the author Nilesh Rathod and it is impressive.

Synopsis:

Atul with some of his friends starts a telecom company after Woking in another for few years. This is a startup company and provides services only in one city. He also faces the challenge of getting the funds to expand the operations of the company in others states. He gets an offer from a politician, who is also a minister in the central govt, to invest a huge amount on his company. Many of his colleagues are against it but finally he goes ahead with it. But very soon he realised that this is not good money for the growth of his company. And then he gets a deal from a bigger politician and the finance minister of the country and that money is invested through FDI. The company starts growing fast and it expands all over and it becomes a billion dollar company.

So far so good, during this whole thing Atul ignores his wife completely and after she gives birth to his daughter she starts living separately. And finally divorce happens. Meanwhile Atul gets involved with Aarti and they decide to get married after Atul's marriage but after the divorce Atul stops believing in the institution of marriage and a hurt Aarti marries someone else and moves to South Africa. During this, Enforcement Directorate smells something wrong in the finances of the
company and starts investigating it and finally CBI also gets involved and Atul is imprisoned for 18 months for using dirty money.

The story gives ample idea to an outsider about how the corporate world runs.
The narration of the author is very tight I didn't find any dull moment in the story.

I liked this book a lot and I rate it 5/5.

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Review: Zindagi Aais Pais

Zindagi Aais Pais by Nikhil Sachan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is a collection of short stories by the author Nikhil Sachan. There are nine stories in the book -

1.)Phir ek Parvaz
Nanu and Subu feel threatened after a new boy Vicky comes to live in their locality and they plan to hit him someday but then they realize their mistake.

2.) Vicky Malhotra ka pyar
A young boy changes his name from Sudhir Kumar to Vicky Malhotra assuming that it will create a better impression on his girlfriend but ...

3.) Unneesh tiya sattavan
In this story a young boy sees his father as a superman as for him his father can do anything but once he fails to do and the boy realizes that his father is not a superman but later his faith in his father returns. a cute story.

4.) Basti Basti dher Udasi
This is a story about Chirag, who wants to be a writer but somehow is stuck in his corporate life. and he loses focus in his job and personal life.

5.) Ataria pe lotan Kabootar re
this is a small cute one sided love story of a boy who takes lessons from another boy to impress upon his to-be girlfriend but in the end, he makes a mess of it.

6.) Balamva tum Kya jano preet
this is a story of a Gay boy and how he comes out of the stigma of being a Gay.

7.) Cute Mohar Singh
Mohar Singh is Dabang and famous for his Dabangiri but changes completely after his marriage and his followers want him back but luckily they didn't succeed. On lighter note, this story shows the power of woman ..

8.) Bin poonchch ke Tadpol
This is the best story I found in the book, Kaju and his mother are poor. Kaju is 10 year old and when he sees his mother going out for work without any shoes then he decides that he will buy one for her and starts working on a tea stall. (view spoiler)[One-day police raids the tea stall as it employes minors and Kaju's dream of buying a shoe for her mother gets shattered (hide spoiler)]

9.) Canvas me Joote or ratrani ke phool
This is also the story I liked the most. where an old couple, who do not have any children of their own, work in school and one day the school fires the old man because he is not able to clock the timings the classes correctly.

All the stories are OK but Bin poonchch ke Tadpol and Canvas me Joote or ratrani ke phool will remain close to my heart for a long time.

I liked this book a lot and I rate 4/5.




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Review: Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The story is about feeding the poors on thanksgiving day in U.S. . Irony is that poors get so much to eat on this single day that they fall sick and rich,supposedly, in the name of tradition want to feed poor even if they no longer have the means to do it.

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Review: Baaki Ki Baat

Baaki Ki Baat by Nandini Kumar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is collections of short stories by the author Nandini Kumar.

Almost all the stories are good. But I liked raj ki bat and
Ladkiyon wale the most. I found Raj ki bat hilarious and ladkiyon wale a bit sad .

In Most of the stories the central character is a woman. One of the story Bhookh is bold.

I liked the book a lot and I rate it 5/5.


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Review: The Dev Anand Story

The Dev Anand Story by Govind Sharma
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

[Note: I got this book from the author in return of an honest review]

This book by the author Govind Sharma is a biography of the famous Bollywood film star Dev Anand. the content of the book is based on media reports, author's interaction with actor's fans and social media.

The book has 11 chapters, and the last chapter talks about various awards Devanand won and lists his films in chronological order.

First two chapters of the book, start with his death in year 2011, and moves on to his early life in Gurdaspur then his graduation from Lahore Govt College, Pakistan. He was brilliant in studies.

It was a news for me that his elder brother was a freedom fighter and went to jails as well during Quit india movement started by Gandhi ji.

The missing part here is that there are no anecdotes from his childhood.

After the first two chapter the book directly moves to his struggle in Bombay and how he meets other talented people and gets work.

The next chapters talk about all the movies done by him under his banner Navketan films or others. And, how Devanand remained active till his date. When he died at the age of 88, he was still working on in one of his films which was released a few months later after his death.

The book is written very nicely, I never found a dull moment. The book is compact.

But the most important thing in any biography is anecdotes associated with the person. I didn't find many. Also, nothing much is discussed about the personal life of Devanand.

I liked this book for covering Devanand's films career nicely. And, I rate it 3/5.



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Review: The Olive

The Olive by Algernon Blackwood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Nice cool Story. written around the 1920s. He and she meet at a hotel 's dining room when she throws an olive inadvertently towards him after that a spell of companionship begins between them. the interesting part is that the thrown olive could have gone anywhere in the dining room.

I rate it 4/5

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Review: It's Never a Fairytale : When the Struggle Is Real

It's Never a Fairytale : When the Struggle Is Real by Madhuri Wankhede
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

[Note: I won this book in Goodreads giveaway and this is my honest review of the book]
This book by the author is a love story which is quite obvious from thethe ttitle and the blurb.

The story of the book is very common where girls parents are orthodox and do not agree to her marriage to the person of her choice.

The role of girls brother is somehow missing in the book and I thought probably he will pitch in somewhere and act as a savior. But that didn't happen , his references disappear after the few pages of the beginning.

I didn't like the author's writing style. In the first half of the book you will find someone is always going out for a coffee on every second page.

I also think that, probably the author didn't do any research on love stories other wise she would have titled this book as "it's a fairytale" instead of "it's never a fairytale". Because, the couple nearly had a cakewalk and got married easily.

This is small book , if you have never read a love story you can give it a try. I didn't like it. I rate it 1/5.

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Review: Luteron Ka Teela, Chambal

Luteron Ka Teela, Chambal by Ravi Ranjan Goswami
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a small story about a bandit in the Chambal. the story is good and author's writing style is also good.

Kailash Pandey, a bandit, abducts a bunch of people who were returning from a marriage. the bandits leave the bride but abduct the groom, his father and few more people and demand ransom. meanwhile, Kailash Pandey has an old clipping of a newspaper which contains details about his grandfather and he asks one of the captives, who was a Teacher, to read it for him as it was in English and he was not able to read it. After knowing about his Grandfather he becomes restive. and the story takes an unexpected turn.

this is a beautiful story and I rate it 5/5.

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