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A mystery in Lonavala
Maut Aaee Dabe Paaon (death came silently) is a murder mystery penned by eminent Hindi mystery writer Surendra Mohan Pathak. The story is set in the Hilly town of Maharasthra – Lonavala. The murder victim is an aged rich person … Continue reading
The cinders of racial hatred devastating a nation
The constitution of India guarantees every citizen immunity from any kind of discrimination based on race, religion, caste, sex or place of birth. This guarantee is from the side of the state but the founding fathers of this nation-state had … Continue reading
Male-female love, the eternal mystery
This review is a tribute to eminent Hindi litterateur Narendra Kohli who left for his heavely abode on 17.04.2021. I am a mystery lover and quite naturally, fond of reading and watching a lot of mysteries. In my view, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review - Preeti-Katha (by Narendra Kohli), male-female love
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A great scientist turning into prisoner no. 100
Four years have passed since famous Hindi novelist Ved Prakash Sharma left for his heavenly abode on 17th February, 2017. While remembering him, I am presenting my review of a very popular novel of himself whose title is Qaidi No. … Continue reading
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Yellowish beauty with fragrance of good nature
Once again, I am reviewing a novel of my favourite Hindi mystery writer – Surendra Mohan Pathak. Amongst his novels categorized under 5-6 different series, I love the Sunil Series novels the most. Sunil Kumar Chakravarty is an investigative journalist … Continue reading
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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