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Book Name: The Music Makers Author: Rohini Paranjpe Sathe Publication: Om Figment Genre: Literary & Contemporary Fiction The Music Makers by Rohini Paranjpe Sathe is a novel that explores varied themes through an eye-opening story about the fractured lives of two sisters and their families, with music as a backdrop throughout the sequence of incidents that unfold until the mystery is solved and music ultimately wins. Review The story is set in Maharashtra, primarily in Pune and Mumbai, as the two families involved live in these cities respectively. From the streets of Worli, Mumbai, to Pune, the book follows the life of a man, Kartik, who has grown up with the trauma of not being able to stand up against his father for all the troubles he inflicted on him and his mother. From depriving Kartik of what he loved to separating his mother from her family and manipulating her into believing that her family members were jealous of her status, his father’s actions shape Kartik’s emoti...

Book Name: Siddhartha Author: Herman Hesse Publisher: Public Domain (Standard Ebooks) Genre: Classic Fiction Format: Ebook Print length: 132 pages  Rating: 4/5 Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is a classic fiction novel exploring the spiritual journey of the boy named Siddhartha. Blurb on Amazon Siddartha is the spiritual journey of a boy named Siddartha who lived in India during the period of Buddha.The story is based in ancient Nepal,where Siddartha, the son of a brahman leaves his home with his friend Govinda in the search of enlightenment and with the aim of joining the ascetics. He undergoes a series of changes and realizations and at last achieves his enlightenment as a ferryman listening to the sounds of the river that give long lasting peace and capture the essence of his journey. Siddartha is Hermann Hesse's ninth novel and was written in German in a simple yet powerful and lyrical style. It was written after he had spent some time in India during the 1910's. Review A ...

Book Name: Goagr@m Author: Bina Nayak Publisher: HarperCollins India Genre: Literary & Contemporary Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Print length: 272 pages  Rating: 3/5 Goagr@M : Misadventures of an Influencer, a book by Bina Nayak is literary and contemporary fiction set in Goa.  Book Blurb On Amazon A place in the sun ... comes at a cost, sometimes! Mesmerized by the world of social media influencing and its quick fix for fame, Madhur Chopra aka Maddie, escapes from COVID-infested Delhi to tranquil Goa, which provides the perfect backdrop for her vlogs. Armed with dreams of becoming a famous fashion influencer, she ends up in Casa Coutinho-a crumbling-but-glorious Goan mansion-and strikes an unlikely friendship with the landlady. As Maddie's vlogs catches on, her life becomes a heady mix of Insta likes, ever-increasing subscribers and new-found fame, until a horrifying experience shatters her digital dreams. What will Maddie choose-reviving her influencer persona a...

Book Name: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Publisher: Rupa Genre: Contemporary Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Print length: 120 pages  Rating: 5/5 Animal Farm is a short novel by George Orwell that appears to be a simple work of fiction on farm animal lives but turns out to be a sharp satire on totalitarian regimes. Book Blurb On Amazon Manor Farm is like any other English farm, expect for a drunken owner, Mr Jones, incompetent workers and oppressed animals. Fed up with the ignorance of their human masters, the animals rise up in rebellion and take over the farm. Led by intellectually superior pigs like Snowball and Napoleon, the animals how to take charge of their destiny and remove the inequities of their lives. But as time passes, the realize that things aren't happening quite as expected.Animal Farmis, one level, a simple story about barnyard animals. On a much deeper level, it is a savage political satire on corrupted ideals, misdirected revolutions and class conflict...