** Thanks to the author for gifting us a review copy of the book. ** 'Hangover' is the debut book by a management professional turned a homemaker turned an author named Shilpi. The protagonist Sneha's life closely shadows the author in herself through her expressions, poems, Bryan Adam favourites, shayaris and so on. Positives:- 1. As they say, “Never judge a book by its cover”. ‘Hangover’ is one of those books which tend to change your take about the saying. As a reader, one will be tempted to defy the saying and love the cover of its book. The content mostly lives up to the expectation set by the cover. 2. The book is very slim making it a good one-sitting read. 3. Unlike other novels, it is written mostly in a conversational note and thus can be easily understood by any passing reader. 4. Language used is also very simple and easy to grab. 5. Plot is nothing new, but a good try of age old concept of lost love. Areas of Improvements:- 1. Proofreading and edi...

** Thanks to the author for gifting us a review copy of the trilogy.** ‘Harappa trilogy’ is a wonderful gift from respected author Dr. Shankar Kashyap to his readers. The trilogy comprises of three books titled ‘The Lure of Soma’, ‘The Fall of Shuruppak’ and ‘Battle of Ten Kings’. The story that starts in ‘The lure of Soma’ goes to the next level in the book ‘The Fall of Shuruppak’ and finally comes to a logical closure in the final book ‘Battle of ten kings’. The story is told through the eyes of the protagonist Upashantha. It’s, in essence, is the journey of Upashantha in search of the unknown driven by the thirst of knowledge. He is joined by his dear wife Lopa and other companions in due course of the exploration. Firstly, many authors in the recent past have explored the idea of working on non-canonical adaptation of Hindu mythology and Vedic literature. However, what sets this trilogy apart from the rest of the available works is the fact that it explores a less explored a...

** Thanks to the author for gifting us a review copy of the book. ** History and mythology act as the account of multiple battles and war – some are well known and some are less. Many authors attempted writing on the well-known episodes of history but there are hardly a handful of them (with no intention of demeaning their efforts) who attempted writing something on the less known battles and war which changed the way history has been told. Dr. Shankar Kashyap in this particular book ‘Battle of Ten Kings’ which happens to be the third book of his Harappa trilogy attempts to explore one such battle which changed the fate of entire world for the coming thousand of years. The book narrates one of the less discussed battles from the pages of holy Rigveda which itself is one of the toughest vedic literary instance. One way of looking at the book is from a purely historical and mythological standpoint. The other way of looking at it can be to understand the dynamics of a historic batt...

** Thanks to the author for gifting us a review copy of the book. ** ‘The Fall of Shuruppak’ is the second book of the Harappa series written by Dr. Shankar Kashyap. In the first book of the series ‘The Lure of Soma’ the protagonist of the book Upashantha started off with his journey to find and experience the truth. In this book he continues that journey. Through the journey of Upashantha alongwith his companions, the author takes the readers through a process of visiting one of the oldest civilizations of the world – Harappa falling under the clan of Indus Valley Civilization. Many unknown facets of history and Hindu mythology unfold to the readers through the eyes of Upashantha. The readers can very well relate to the struggle of Upashantha and his co-explorers by living their lives and all thanks to the author for his vivid narration style which makes a reader live the life of the novel characters. A lot of the sub tales told in the book are very much relevant in the modern da...