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Idealistic journalism ! Fearless journalism !
The late seventies saw the emergence of Sikh militancy in Punjab. Innocents started paying the price of selfish politics in the form of their lives. Bloodshed became the order of the day. The dirty game of blaming, buck-passing and mud-slinging … Continue reading
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Spy Sunil in Peking
Hindi novelist Surendra Mohan Pathak created a hero, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty in the world of pulp fiction during the early sixties. This youth is an investigative reporter by profession and works for a national daily, Blast in the fictitious city … Continue reading
He is victorious by name only
Centuries ago William Shakespeare had asserted – ‘What’s there in a name ?’ He’s right. Anything or anybody can be given any name which may not have anything to do with its real nature or worth or life events. Through … Continue reading
What to forget ? What to remember ?
At least three generations of Hindi movie buffs are well-acquainted with the name of Amitabh Bachchan, the so-called ‘Star of the Millennium’ who became the first Indian actor to be immortalized in the form of a wax statue in Madame … Continue reading
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Tagged a spellbinding soap-opera, Aakul Antar, Amitabh Bachchan, an air of candidness, asserted a couple of things about women which may pinch the feminists, assertions about women are only the epitome of what he has seen, authors and poets find the company of the opposite sex (that is the females) more compatible as compared to the company of their own sex (that is the males), autobiography of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Basere Se Door, Bhagat Singh, Book Review - Kya Bhooloon Kya Yaad Karoon (by Harivansh Rai Bachchan), Champa, Chandra Shekhar Aazaad, Dashdwaar Se Sopaan Tak, Ekaant Sangeet, felt and understood, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, his true well-wisher Shreemohan, Jhootha-Sach, Kaayastha, Karkal, Kya Bhooloon Kya Yaad Karoon, Madhushala, Need Ka Nirmaan Phir, Nisha-Nimantran, one of the most emphatic autobiographies ever written, one of the most prominent signatures of the Hindi poetry emerged in that period which was highly emotional highly passionate and free from the bounds of traditional poetry, Prakasho aka Rani, Shreekrishna, Shyama, Star of the Millennium, Teji, truth is stranger than fiction, When a person has spent a major part of his life and undergone a variety of experiences he finds common threads when revisiting them in retrospect, Yashpal
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Portrayal of a lover’s pain
Great Hindi poet – Sumitra Nandan Pant’s immortal lines are – Viyogi Hoga Pahla Kavi, Aah Se Upaja Hoga Gaan, Nikalkar Aankhon Se Chupchaap Bahi Hogi Kavita Anjaan (the first poet of the world must have been some lover separated … Continue reading
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Mysterious murder of a mystery writer
Mystery writing is an art mastered by certain people whether they use original ideas or plagiarize others’ ideas but it’s by no means an easy job. Those who are able to pen enthralling murder mysteries become quite popular in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review - Front Page (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), Chandraswamy, deductive reasoning, Dozakh Ke Keede, eminent mystery and thriller writer, murder mystery, mystery, Mystery writing is an art, national daily Blast, Rajnagar, Sidney Sheldon, Sunil Series, truth is stranger than fiction
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Thuggery in gambling with a hidden motive
Gambling is a vice, no doubt. However, speaking philosophically, sometimes the whole life appears to be a kind of gamble only. Gambling is illegal in India (though the government itself runs certain kinds of gambling in our country) but habitual … Continue reading
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Tagged a journalist and a spy, an unforgettable lesson, Blast, Book Review - Khoon Ka Khel (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), Cheating appears to be a standard rule of the game, communal riots are provoked by unscrupulous people in India, dishonesty is the best policy, fictitious metropolitan city of Rajnagar., Gambling is a vice, Gambling is illegal in India, much bigger motive behind, noble philosophy of giving flowers in return for stones, normal human-being who possesses the human weaknesses, novelty of the theme, Rajnagar, run-of-the-mill murder mysteries, sometimes the whole life appears to be a kind of gamble only, Special Intelligence, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty, Sunil Series
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When a fatal accident is followed by a murder
Maut Ki Aahat (footstep of death) is a murder mystery written in Hindi by well-known Hindi mystery writer Surendra Mohan Pathak which was first published in 1979. This novel is the 75th (diamond jubilee) venture of his press reporter hero – … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review - Maut Ki Aahat (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), consuming liquor to forget one’s grief is futile, fictitious metropolitan city of Rajnagar., Hindi mystery writer, idealist hero, Inspector Prabhu Dayaal, insurance fraud, Liquor consumption may make a happy person happier but it can by no means mitigate the grief of an aggrieved person, murder mystery, national daily Blast, significance of being an honest tax-payer, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty, Surendra Mohan Pathak, the feeling of grief intensifies in the intoxicated condition
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A spicy dish to satiate the reader’s appetite
In my review of an old Bollywood movie – Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968), I had written that entertainment products whether they are movies, theatre-plays or fiction-books, have to be prepared like spicy dishes with all the spices mixed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blast, Book Review - Jhaansa (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), corporate functioning, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankie Donato the conman, how corporate laws and rules can be used by the cunning ones to settle personal scores, if you are the needy person’s friend / well-wisher you should protect his self-respect also, Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968), murder mystery, mystery, not only entertains but also underscores the virtues of life, romantic angles, simple yet spicy, Sunil Kumar Chakravarty, Sunil Series, suspense
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Mysterious murder on an archaeological site
Mystery Queen Agatha Christie and her brain-child Hercule Poirot, the middle-aged Belgian detective are my favourites whenever I have to read a suspense story. Hercule Poirot has been the second most popular detective hero in the world of mystery based … Continue reading
