Synopsis: It is 1999. Few Indians have an Internet connection, and the ones who do barely know what high-speed Internet is like. Transacting online is, of course, still a far-fetched dream. Much work was yet to be done to usher in the Internet Age when K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce company. Back then, survival Read more…
I still remember the day when, as a kid, I picked up a book for the first time. My teacher had informed my mother that my English reading wasn’t quite up to the mark and had hence the emphasized the need for me to put in more efforts. That evening, I went to the market Read more…
Summary: Have you ever fallen victim to the system? Felt humiliated and helpless? Have you fought back? Meet four such patriots: Varun, an NRI software engineer; Salman, CEO of Coffee Moments; Raghav, a virtuous politician and Aditya, an altruistic businessman. Fate brings these four lives together at a crossroads, pushing these unlikely heroes out of Read more…
“Dreams shape beautifully”, but little did I know that it could be this beautiful! It’s not about right and wrong, not even about the dos and don’ts. It’s just about that one little thing that makes you feel gung-ho! Yes, that’s how I felt reading this book titled Potpourri by Speakout. It taught me how Read more…
Summary: You know her as a mother, daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law. But seldom as a woman… And maybe never as a human.
Books have been my companions since childhood. My parents and teachers encouraged me to read as much as I could. Amar Chitra Katha comics, Chandamama and Champak; soon gave way to Readers’ Digest, mystery novels by Enid Blyton; Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mystery novels; followed closely by the mushy and romantic, Mills & Boon Read more…
“i want to apologize to all women i have called pretty before i’ve called them intelligent or brave i am sorry i made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is the most you have to be proud of when your spirit has crushed mountains from now on i will Read more…
Summary: It is the early nineteenth century. The British East India Company has been bringing in Chinese indentured laborers to work in the tea gardens of Assam and West Bengal. Amidst days of misery and toil, they slowly begin to find contentment in their day-to-day lives. Descended from the slave Ho Han, Mei Lin lives Read more…
“Fahrenheit 451 – The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns…” This introductory quote, quite artistically, sets the stage for the story – a dystopian future where possession of books is illegal and hence the books are mercilessly torched, by the firemen themselves with the owners being arrested by the police; a society Read more…
