STORAGE OF MIND

About Author: Sandeep Sharma civil engineer by profession is writer by passion. His previous work ‘Hey Dad! Meet my mom’ has already made him famous in reader community. Currently he is also working on his start-up venture named ‘Author Paradise’. Writing Style: 5/5 “Let the Game Begin’ by Sandeep Sharma is a historical thriller based on fictional mythology. Writing historical thriller based on mythology is really a tougher task. One has to do a lot of research work and focus on very petite facts which should not be missed. Author needs to be an avid reader of history and the elephant task for him is to make a boring subject like History an interesting and catchy one. Kind of a work which would not allow its reader to complete it till last page in one sitting. It took four hours for me to read the work. My six months old came and disturbed me but the grasping work forced me to put her in cradle and make her sleep. Now let’s go the writing style of Sandeep Sharma....

About Author: Nikhil Kushwaha has already touched hearts of many through his previous works ‘Six Teen Mistakes’ and ‘The Waning Moon’. Engineer by education and professional photographer as well as  writer. Writing Style: 2.5/5 There is a famous dialogue from 80’s movies which means human needs only three things to live. They are food, clothes and house. Well, in modern times two more has got place in them. Smartphone and Love. In popular English fiction 90% of the literary works are based on love and trust me as a reviewer I find it quite disappointing. Yet as the job demands… ‘Heart of Bullets’ is written by Nikhil Kushwaha. A love story of two soldier friends and a girl. Arpan, Sam and Shradha. A love triangle based on span of war.  Like every love story, this one also have same ingredients like love, jealousy, betrayal, society, sacrifice and all. Story nowhere in novel comes as a fresh breeze. Writing style is also good but in some scenes it fe...

About Author: Dr. Jas Kohli Plastic surgeon by profession and astronomer and writer by passion. Writing about his  profession was a big step, taking out all the cards from his pockets. Writing Style: 3/5 The moment word ‘plastic surgery’ comes to my mind, the beautiful me appears in front of me. However being a common person I always dreaded the word surgery and the fear was doubled whenever I read posts about the ‘plastic surgery gone wrong’. All plastic surgeons appeared as person trying to be God, umm not exactly God but super God who are trying to correct the mistakes God did while creating human being. Aha, I know am exaggerating but after reading Jas Kohli’s ‘Anything to Look Hot- Candid confessions of a Plastic Surgeon’ plastic surgeries seems like having popcorn. Most of the characters going under knife and coming out beautiful than before. To delight of all the girls, boys are also going under knife to look hot. So being mirror obsessed is not just ...

About Author: A NIT Jamshedpur graduate, Ratnadip lives in Mumbai where he works as an Electrical Engineer. He contributed many inspirational stories in different collections of Chicken Soup for the Soul. His first novel, Life is Always Aimless…unless You Love it was published in December 2012 and was received well by the readers across the country. Storyline: 3.5/5 A little deer and its journey from her mother’s womb to self-realization.   Writing Style: 3/5 From storyline one would get confused. Can this much simple idea be turned into a wonderful novel? You would surely say yes, if you have read Ratnadip Acharya’s ‘Paradise Lost & Regained. This work by Ratnadip reminded me of Jatakkathas and Panchtantra kathas from ancient Indian literature, where we had animals as characters. They preached about life’s valuable truths and philosophy. Same is the case with Paradise Lost & Regained. A life from its beginning, right form the womb o...

About Author: Supriya Parulekar is a published fiction author with five books. She likes experimenting with different genres and you will find something dark and mysterious in her. She has worked as a script editor for TV18, History channel. Storyline: 3.5/5 Soniya is a superstar and queen of million hearts. She has everything fame, love, money, popularity, beauty. Everything. But as philosophy says no one is perfectly happy in this world and same is the case with Soniya. She is psychiatric patient. She suffers from depression and roots of this depression lies in her childhood. With greedy mother and loving sister Tania, will Sonia be able to survive in this ruthless world? What would be her fate?  Writing Style: 4/5 This my first experience of reading Supriya Parulekar and this very work has made me admirer of Supriya’s writing style. A storyline which seems inspired from Bollywood but as soon as you open the book, it is already written for a friend w...

Writing Style: 3.5/5 Crumpled Voices 2 – Innocence Lost is a collection of short-stories written by different writers on the burning issue of child abuse. Child abuse does not mean only physical but also a psychological abuse. The 17 stories from this book are based on various kind of child abuse. Be it child marriage, child labour, physical exploitation, mental torture and more. Reading anthologies is quite fun and his fun doubles up when they are written by different authors. Crumpled Voices-2 is same kind of work of fiction. There are 17 stories and as they are written by different writers few of them have got uniqueness in it and few of them are reread. Here is the list of the stories I liked. The Lost and Found Self-respect is a story which depicts child abuse and very beautiful relationship of husband and wife with lots of trust and understanding. Writer has put all the emotions together very precisely and she has succeeded in creating a wonderful piece...

About Author: Rochelle Potkar is a writer and poet. Her stories have appeared in several Indian and international publications. She lives in Mumbai. Her next book, Dreams of Déjà vu, is a speculative novel. Writing Style: 3.5/5 Every form of literature has its own charm and way of presentation of life. Short story is considered a slice from life of the character. In novels we get to know about the character in detail directly from his birth or particular age till his death or his achievement of goal of his life. It is little bit easy for writer of novel to leave kind of impression about the character on mind of reader as he has got enough room. For me, writer of short story has got much task to do as in single incident of character’s life he has to present whole self of character. And I must say Rochelle Potkar has done her best in presenting a slice from characters’ life. The Arithmetic of Breasts and other stories is a collection of wonderful stories depicting...

About Author : Hailing from city of dreams Mumbai, Vikrant Utekar has done his MBA in financial Planning. To make his dream come alive he left his stable job and ‘The Shivaputra Chronicles’ came in existence.   Storyline: 2/5. ‘The Shivaputra Chronicles’s first book Tripurantaka is a book based on mythology and it connects modern world with Gods and Goddesses. Chandrashekhar Kashyap believed to be Shiva’s son is on mission of saving world and with him are other friends of him who have same power. This book focuses on Chandrashekhar’s meeting with his love Shakti and destruction of Tripurantaka. Writing Style : 1.5/5 Now a days mythology has become a hot cake topic for everyone. If not love then it will be mythology. Vikrant, too has chosen the same theme and has tried his best to give contemporary touch to mythology. Daksha, Vishnu, Shiva and their partners are brought to life and they are turned into handsome, well-built guys. But as the title suggests...