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A film that is better than your best reads
When you have a premise this powerful, the onus of making it work becomes critical. Her delivers not only in the screenplay department but, in every other departments of film-making. A stellar star cast and acting powered by none other than the Joker himself; I mean Joaquin Phoenix. Appropriate and shot enhancing music. Cinematography. And…
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My Published Work: Paperbacks
Shining the light on 3 of my published books which are also available as paperbacks. Three Women & a Murder Sukanto Bhattacharjee, sole heir of the wealthy Bhattacharjee family dies a few days before his thirty fifth birthday. Leaving behind three distressed women. The shocked mother, Sagota. The hapless wife, Kalpana. And the paranoid paramour, Shayantika. Sukanto wasn’t…
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Martha Gellhorn: Not Just the Wife of Ernest Hemingway
An undaunted spirit, she travelled to war zones alone with money tucked in her boots and forged letters written to imaginary boyfriends to get through security personnel manning battlefields – often after being stripped of her credentials. Ditching objectivity which was the guiding principle of war journalism – a male bastion, she wrote about the…
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How to Transform into a Writer: Quick Hacks
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Tony Morrison The answer is simple. If you want to become a writer, you’ll have to write. Every day. Without fail. Without an excuse. Without self-doubt. By beating the odds. And by overcoming the blocks.…
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Normal People by Sally Rooney: An Honest Review
I will be honest with you. When I began reading this book, I was stunned. I had a hard time believing that anyone (a young author at that) could be this honest about a man-woman relationship. This sparkling honesty stood out in every sentence and character graph. Not to mention in the character descriptions and…
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Her Husband’s Killer: Murdering Minds Book 3
Published! Blurb: Inspector Jui Roy Returns… A man is shot in the sleepy town of Agartala right in front of his wife by a masked gunman. And the couple is robbed.Inspector Jui Roy and SI Das begin their next big case by interrogating the shocked wife.What begins as a case of burglary and murder turns…
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Unfaithful: My Latest Thriller
My new book in the Thrillz series, Feels Like…Murder is out. “There is nothing more disheartening than to realise no one in this world loves the person you have become…” Ruhan noticed a slightly odd woman in a blue salwar kameez sipping her drink at his pub. She was not his usual customer. Or, his type.…
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee : An Honest Review
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, a Korean – American writer, is the story of immigrants who struggle with their identities and life. Even after becoming Japanese in every possible manner, and camouflaging their Korean roots, they live in fear. Haunted by the ghosts of their past and the challenges of the present.
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The Shadow & Bone Trilogy (Grishaverse) by Leigh Bardugo : An Honest Review
They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things – if love can ever be called that. Leigh Bardugo For the uninitiated, I mean those of you who have not been introduced to Leigh Bardugo’s fantasy world, this particular set (there are several others) has 3 books: Shadow & Bone Seige & Storm Ruin &…
Her Secret Blue Book 