Showing posts with label Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book. Show all posts

Saturday, December 26, 2015

The Bestseller She wrote - Book Review









 About The Author :
 Ravi Subramanian is India’s number one thriller writer, having written six bestselling books. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), he is currently head of a leading financial institution. A career banker and financial services professional, Ravi has worked with various multinational banks (Citibank, ANZ Grindlays Bank and HSBC) for over eighteen years. As a result of his extensive background in foreign banks, writing about banking comes quite naturally to Ravi. Each one of his books thus far have been set in the backdrop of a foreign bank.

Subramanian is now the CEO of a listed NBFC. Subramanian continues to write popular columns for well-known magazines and has his own personal weekly column in the Career and Business life page of The Economic Times.

Story Plot :
     The book starts with the gathering of students of IIM- Bangalore for the speech of the one of the alumini- Arjun Kapoor , famous banker and has written famous books so far.
 While he was talking , he mentioned his book as product and how to sell it. One girl from the gathering stand up and said he must not mention it as product.

  The girls name was revealed as Shreya Kaushik in the next chapter. She stays in the hostel , her parents separated when she was young.

  Maya , wife of Arjun Kapoor  was also a alumini of IIM, theirs was a love marriage. Maya got job in Singapore and they relocated there. They have a son Aryan. After their son’s birth she quit the job and was currently working as a teacher in Ambani’s school.


   Arjun was working at the National bank, he got this job through sanjay Narang, the head of human resource , who was a classmate of arjun in IIM and both were friends since then.

  Sanjay called Arjun and asked whether he is interested in joining the Interviewing panel  as being a HR , he is going to IIM , Bangalore.

 Arjun said it will be boring and after checking his mail , he was having a book reading event a day before the interview session , he said ok.

 In the book reading event, a girl waited till the last to get his signature . He signed as I won’t forget you shreya and November 22 . He even gave her a ride to her hostel as she can’t find autoricshaw.
  On the day of interview , he selected shreya’s  resume along with some others and he insisted sanjay to select her.

  She joined the bank one month before others and was placed in Arjun’s team. Sanjay  noted  his interest in her and he even asked Arjun about and warned him that he has a family to look over……..

   Shreya asked Arjun’s help in publishing her first book as her manuscript was rejected by a publisher.

  When he told her that he was writing his fifth book , she asked that to read before publishing. Usually he gives it to read for Maya , he gave that to shreya when Maya went on a school trip to NASA.
    Arjun called Vaishali Mathur of Kiwi Books , to publish shreya’s book and he send the manuscript to her as well as few of the publishers…….


  After few days , vaishali called him and said that she already received the story but with slight variations. She added that the story he send has the main character name as Arjun and he has wife and a son. The female lead will marry him at the end as his wife dies. She also asked how the writer knows more about the naxalites.

  Arjun didn’t consider any thing , but he insisted her to work on to publish the work……

  Arjun’s fifth book was about to publish under kiwi books. For the party he invited shreya too. Sanjay came to him asked if maya knows about them…….
  In the party  , Arjun introduced maya , shreya and sunaina , while sunaina extended her hand , but shreya just say hello.

  Both maya and shreya dislikes each other at their first encounter. Arjun went introducing shreya to those in the party  ,  maya’s eyes followed shreya as she found something suspicious.
 She searched in google about shreya and found a blog post on the arjun and shreya’s discussion on IIM , Bangalore. She then searched on the facebook of TOI and saw the picture of both of them together in the picture of the book reading event in Bangalore . She also remembered that he went to Bangalore for placement selection , so he selected her for national bank.

  Maya went straight to Arjun and asked him all about these and why he lied to her . But Arjun has answer for her every question. At last , Maya warned him that shreya isn’t harmless , be carefull.

  Arjun continued on his relation with Shreya….

 Maya went on a conference to Paris , on her return she brought her a new iPhone 6 , when she tried to backup by connecting to the laptop , she accidently clicked another Iphone which arjun was having now . she was shocked to see the messages between arjun and someone named Ramkumar  ( It was shreya’s number , Arjun changed the name when Maya suspected him ) .she was diagnosed with Ebola the next day………

 What happens to Maya after that ?
 Did Arjun felt guilty for his mistake ?
  What happened to shreya ?

 Read the book to know about the rest of the story....

My opinion :

  The story plot revolves around the banker and famous author who was happy with his family . A girl who want to be a famous author comes in his life . How his life changed after that. Is it good for a wife to believe in his husband blindly ....

  The book with a total of 388 pages was worth reading.

I am reviewing ‘The Bestseller She Wrote’ by Ravi Subramanian as a part of the biggestBook Review Program for Indian Bloggers. Participate now to get free books!

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Book Review - The Amazing Racist

     Another Book review - The Amazing Racist by Chhimi Tenduf - La . This was his maiden venture .

                      








ABOUT THE AUTHOR :
          Chhimi Tenduf - La - Half Tibetian Half English , grew up in Hong Kong , London , Delhi and Colombo. He is currently living in Colombo with his wife  Samantha and daughter Tara . The writing style of the author didn’t seem as it was his first publication. His next novel is soon to be released ………

About the Book :
 The cover of the book was wounderful with amazing lush green and yellow with a wheelchair as background. The book was priced INR 399 /-.

                                                  

Story Line :
          An English men falls in love with a srilankan girl and their life changes…..
        Eddie Trusted , an English schoolteacher comes to Colombo , Srilanka  on an assignment to teach in the international school. He was a son of a pastor and his family of his father and mother lives in Britain.
        Menaka Rupasinghe  , daughter of Thilak Rupasinghe  with whom eddie falls in love at first sight.
            Thilak Rupasinghe was an orthodox father, who wants her daughter to be married to someone from same race, religion, caste and same locality. He hates white people as he thinks they were supporting the tigers.
            Within few pages , Menaka introduces Eddie to his father Thilak , who owns a law firm. He says Eddie , that he was one of the numerous guys her daughter introduced him . still eddie says he can adjust with menaka and wants to marry her.
            Thilak takes eddie on a trip to Anuradhapuram and to a family get together , were  Thilak tries to bully him in every action. Eddie tried the srilankan drink and spicy curries.
            Another day , Thilak called Eddie to go on a car rally with his friends and he told Eddie to drive and he sits on the passengers seat……. Eddie told him that he didn’t have International license , Thilak said to him its not a problem in Srilanka.
         As they were driving at one signal , a policemen stopped and found that he didn’t have the international license . He was taken to police station , menaka send her brother to take him out .
            Thilak asked Eddie to work part time in his law firm , as he was a economics drop out to check the accounts , it was also illegal as he got visa to work only in the school.
            Atlast thilak approved for their wedding and invited  eddie’s parents to srilanka. Their wedding was held in a grand manner .
  I first thought the story will end by this , but it was end of part I  .
            At the last day of civil war , menaka gave birth to a girl . They named her as Kiki . as the war ended , menaka was busy with her social service and dinners and travels.
            Eddie left his job to take care of kiki and he also looks after construction of their new house in the small land given by his father – in – law .  Thilak was so affectionate towards his granddaughter and he always tells Eddie how he wants kiki to be grown………..
            Menaka filed divorce and wants to live with Guyan , her second cousin , he  was Eddie’s best men in their wedding.
            Thilak was a cancer patient and he was admitted to hospital and chemotherapy. Before his death , he divided his property – half to his son and quarter to menaka and Eddie each.
            Eddie falls in love with Caroline , a new teacher in the school . she cares kiki well. Eddie still drinks with his father – in – law with a glass for him and shares everthing with him  . Kiki too shares with her grandfather.




My opinion :
 When I started reading I thought it was a love story between an English men and a srilankan women , but it was a story about son – in – law who loves and cares for his father – in – law who hates him. How they went through their relationship………
 It was worth reading the book……..


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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Book Review - That's My Story ( TMS )

           This was my review for the book That’s My Story                          ( TMS ) by Vinay Mashalkar .






     About the Author :
 Vinay Mashalkar was a B.Tech ( Electronics and Communication ) graduate works in chip designing domain.. He was interested in reading books and dreamt of becoming author one day. This was his maiden book and he had done a fantastic job.


About the Book :
 The front cover of the book was so colorful and I liked it very much. It depicts the main characters first meeting scene.
 The book consists of 175 pages and divided into Seventeen chapters. The cost of the book was INR RS : 133/- in flipkart. I find that the price was reasonable.


Story line:
 The story tells about the present day life of the guy working in the corporate world and his love life.
        The story begins with Vikram’s interview to a corporate company on the Valentine’s Day. After two days he got the confirmation letter.
        He stayed with four others – Mahesh, Prashant , Ravi and Dinesh. He gave his friend’s party which was as usual what all the bachelors have – Beer.
        In the office he made few friend most of them were technical geeks and some were resonant to his frequency one of them was Swami, with him he hangout a lot.
        After a probation period of three months , he got permanent and his salary was doubled as usual there was party with his friends in home.
        Browny – a pigeons , he used see whenever he stands in the balcony of their house – Whenever he sees browny he feels like something good is going to happen. By this time he completed one year in his job.
        On a fine day in the evening, it was drizzling out; he was standing in the balcony and sipping the coffee, he saw a girl infront of ICICI ATM. That girl was struggling to start her red colored scooty. She was beautiful and overall charismatic personality got his attention.He thought it was destined to meet her.
        The next day , he started to office early by 7 AM . He got into the bus , in the same she also entered .She get down on at one stop before him.
        The following days he came early to see her , but she didn’t showup for two days . After that she was coming regularly and he was hesitant to talk with her. This continued for several months. But she used to stare at him.
        On the day of Bangalore’s bomb blast, vikram left office early. He took an autorickshaw to go home; he saw her standing on the bus stop. He asked her whether she can join him as there was no bus available.
        She asked about him and he asked about her and came to know that her name was Meghna , CA studied in London  , working in An MNC .
        They exchanged their mobile numbers and started sending SMS , gradually it went off to chatting over phone , going to movie , meeting at malls and at a nearby Café coffee Day.
 Another girl named Aditi was introduced to him by his uncle through marriage fixing. He was so comfortable in talking with her. He might have choosen her if he hadn’t Meghna at the time.
        One day vikram proposed her and she accepted. He told about their love to his parents and got approval.
                Did Meghna got approval from her parents?
                What role did Aditi played in their life?
 To know the rest read the TMS…………..

My opinion :
 The ending was so good and it brings smile to everyone. In my opinion the book was worth reading. The author has narrated in a simple way and in simple language, so everyone can understand.





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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

BOOK REVIEW - GOD IS A GAMER

Is Revenge a Crime ? We don't know exactly . But we will find the answer  after reading this thriller..........



                                               



About the Book :
 The front and back cover was so beautiful. The picture of white house in the front along with the title in which the “ O” of  God with the symbol of bitcoin was wonderful. Surely this book will beautify your bookshelf.
Title – God is a Gamer
Author – Mr . Ravi Subramanian
GENRE – Fiction Thriller
ISBN - 9780143421399


About the Author:
Ravi Subramanian is India’s number one thriller writer, having written six bestselling books. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), he is currently head of a leading financial institution. A career banker and financial services professional, Ravi has worked with various multinational banks (Citibank, ANZ Grindlays Bank and HSBC) for over eighteen years. As a result of his extensive background in foreign banks, writing about banking comes quite naturally to Ravi. Each one of his books thus far have been set in the backdrop of a foreign bank.

Subramanian is now the CEO of a listed NBFC. Subramanian continues to write popular columns for well-known magazines and has his own personal weekly column in the Career and Business life page of The Economic Times


Story plot :
 The prologue begins with the meeting of the ceo of mastercard and visa along with the senator Gillian Tan.
 Gillian Tan was the senator who deals with south east Asian issues , is a close friend of the president of USA.
WIkileaks threatens to release some dirty secrets of US government,  it was banned . Eventhough it released some of US cables. Amazon  which was the wikileaks was shut down its operation. Paypal , visa and mastercard also shut down their customers to dealing with wiki leaks.
 Wikileaks released the account number for its supporters to send virtual money for its operation – Bit coins.
 Next comes the assassination of the senator Gillian tan in his bullet proof car by cycle bomb. Adrian scott the FBI agent was appointed to investigate the case.
 In the mean time in India  , a phishing scam in the New York International Bank of Indian Branch. Swami , head of retail banking of the same bank was bring down by the CEO Malavika , who becomes chairman of the bank in the region.
Aditya Rao , legend in the Indian Banking Industry and owner of the Indian gaming company – Indiscape. He also own the BPO – eTOIS. He was a divorcee with a son varun , a part time drug dealer.
 Varun bumps into relationship with Tanya , daughter of Malavika.
Townsville , new game launched by Indiscape was not doing well till varun takes over the company.
 Next comes the malavika’s suicide , in which the finance minister was involved . It brings the CBI of India into the plot.
 In the epilogue , the author has justified the line “ Is revenge a Crime  ?”
 WHAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND THE DEATH OF THE SENATOR , CEO …….. PHISHING SCAM  ?
HOW THE FINANCE MINISTER WAS INVOLVED IN DEATH OF MALAVIKA ?
WHO WAS THE CULPRIT BEHIND ALL THESE ?
 IS ALL THE EVENTS ARE RELATED  OR NOT ?
 TO KNOW READ THE BOOK………

MY OPINION :     
 About 310 pages under 89 chapters worth reading.
  After reading this novel I came to know lot about the banking industry. I am hearing about Bitcoin for the first time.
 The story line revolves around the present day situation and from the story we must learn what we must not do…
It was a interesting novel to read on a weekend. Those who are interested in present day cyber crimes , thrill must read this novel.


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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Book Review - Private India

Private India By Ashwin sanghi and James Patterson

                                         

      The novel begins with the introduction of  character SUNITA KADAM , housekeeper in Marina Bay Plaza. She knocked a room door , there was no response . she used her master key and enter into the room , there she find out a dead lady corpse .
 It was of the Thai from Bangkok  named Dr.KanyaJaiyen,  plastic surgeon.

  The other characters are the

   Staff of PRIVATE INDIA
 Jack Morgan , Boss of various detective agencies in many countries
SanthoshWagh, a former RAW agent , now working for private india , bcos of a car accident that took place two years ago.Present  head of Private India
NishaGandhe – assistant to santhosh
Mubeen – Private India’s fulltime medical examiner. He lost his son for racial discrimination in US , followed by divorce from his wife.
Hari – Technology Geek of Private India

All the above four enter the scene to investigate the murder case, as they are appointed by the hotel.
Rupesh Desai – present ACP , a friend of Santhosh enter the scene , and he says he will help with the case.
 While they were investigating , another murder occurred. The victim was BhavanaChoksi , Gossip colum writer of Afternoon Mirror.
Two chapter before the murder ,Bhavana contacted DevikaGulati , a yoga guru , for an interview. She was having an illegal relationship with NalinD’souza , India’s Attorney General.
Rupesh has connection with underworld Don Munna , whom he visits after the second murder.
    After the two murder Mubeen finds out the common thing in both murder , both were strangulated to murder , by using a yellow scarf. At the same time , a man possibly he was the killer was having a yellow scarf. 
    Mubeen also added that yellow scarf / urumaal was used by Thugs during British Raj rule and they were given signal by head of the thugs by asking for tobacco to chew.
  In the NOVEL , in two situation we came through that Rupesh was using tobacco for chewing. Whether he was the murder ?

   The third victim was a famous Indian pop singer PriyankaTalati. She rose to fame within five years and had won several award.
In all the three cases  there was no forced entry by the murder , may be the murder was known before to the victims. A single strand of hair was left nearby the body in all the three cases , as there was no root in the hair it was difficult to examine the DNA.

They went to a shoe shop to find out who bought a particular shoe OAKLEYS , the shop keeper didn’t answer. Hari , hacked the router of the system and found out that there were thirteen customers got the delivery , in that list NalinD’souza’s name was there.
     They also found out that in all the three murder sites , the security systems were installed by xilon security. All the three scenes , the hard disk which records the entrees were crashed.
The staff of Private India were watching a flimfare award function in TV. Lara omprakash , currently a famous director was receieving more awards and she went dwn and sat with a familiar face , Jack Morgan , boss of Private India from LA.
 I  t was a live program  ,Jack visited the conference room of private India and said he knows lara and he asked Santhosh why he didn’t inform him about the cases they were dealing with.
       The story goes on very interestingly , making us to read more .........
  
   To find out who was the murder  and what was the reason behind all the murders  ,  read the novel Private India.

The narration was so good , that each and every scene spreads in front of the reader’s eyes.
 I liked reading this , we will come to know how the private detective agency will handle the cases.
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