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Non Fiction November : The New One Minute Manager - A Review
This book is intended to show the side by side relationship of the manager and his subordinates.

Monika Satote
Nov 5, 20202 min read


The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee : 1/6 of Disorder Collection - Amazon Original Series
I am highly privileged. Every time I read the stories of discrimination, I feel this. I felt the same while reading The Best Girls by Min...

Monika Satote
Nov 4, 20201 min read


Zikora : A Short Story, Adichie's new release talks about some very sensitive topics
TW (book) - Rape, sexual violence, abortion, abandonment, breakdown, childbirth trauma Adichie’s books make me angry because she talks...

Monika Satote
Nov 1, 20202 min read


The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond Gives you a peek into hilly life
Materialism is an invisible force that can make you feel inferior and selfish. Well, I agree that all of us are behind something that...

Monika Satote
Oct 30, 20202 min read


Kids and Cubs by Olga Perovskaya is a heartwarming book of animals stories
Let's know a little about the author and the book first : Olga Perovskaya ( 1902-1961) was a children's writer in the erstwhile Soviet...

Monika Satote
Oct 28, 20202 min read


The Fishbowl by Vivek Kumar : A Book Review
Have you lived in a hostel/ or been to a boarding school? How was your experience? I have been living away from home for the last 12...

Monika Satote
Oct 25, 20202 min read


Kashmir Loom's co-founder Jenny Housego's Memoir is an inspiring and compact book : A review
Book: A Woven Life Author : Jenny Housego and Maya Mirchandani Publisher : Roli Books, Lotus Collection 2020 Language : English Pages :...

Monika Satote
Oct 11, 20202 min read


Reading Ego Less by Karishma Singh Jani was a unique experience for me : A Review
Egoless by Karishma Singh Jani is a poetry book that I experimented a lot with. I applied some tips of reading poetry to this book and it...

Monika Satote
Oct 5, 20202 min read


The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi is a masterpiece with a strong female protagonist
Alka Joshi's debut novel takes us on a journey of Laxmi Shastri, who escapes the abusive marriage and comes to Jaipur. To make a living,...

Monika Satote
Oct 4, 20202 min read


The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman : A Classic Feminist Story on Post-natal Depression
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a very important book. It's a classic feminist book published in 1982. I was...

Monika Satote
Sep 30, 20202 min read


The Tree With A Thousand Apples by Sanchit Gupta is one of the most underrated books I have read
Trigger/content warnings: Rape, Murder, Violence, Terrorism, Death of the loved ones. Srinagar, India: 20th January 1990 Happy Birthday...

Monika Satote
Sep 30, 20203 min read


The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami : My first ever Murakami experience
Imagine you are a nameless schoolboy. You go to an unnamed city library, and a lady librarian sends you to a creepy room to find a book...

Monika Satote
Sep 21, 20202 min read


Dopehri by Pankaj Kapur : A short and powerful story of self-realisation
If you directly translate Dopehri to English, it means something that happens in the afternoon or a tale of the afternoon. And that is...

Monika Satote
Sep 19, 20202 min read


The Quantum Cartographer: Book of Cruxes by Kristen Keenon Fisher : An interesting cross genre book
The Quantum Cartographer: Book of Cruxes is a cross-genre book. Outwardly it seems like science fiction and mystery thriller, but as you...

Monika Satote
Sep 19, 20203 min read


The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of book covers : A Review
Lahiri Says : Dressing a book is an art, there’s no doubt. A published volume sits at the intersection of two forms of creative...

Monika Satote
Sep 10, 20203 min read


Book Review : 'Something' by Shoilee Banerjee
We, as humans, have evolved a lot. We have discovered new ways to do things, to make our lives easier and whatnot. Unfortunately, we...

Monika Satote
Sep 6, 20203 min read


Book Review : We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Feminism is a concept that is often misunderstood. We all seem to have our own definitions and understanding of it. And of course, the...

Monika Satote
Sep 4, 20202 min read


Shapes of Water By Abierto Reino : A Poetry and Short Stories Collection that gave me goosebumps
“Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble." -Yehuda Berg...

Monika Satote
Aug 26, 20203 min read


Mandu : A perfect retelling of the legend of Baz Bahadur and Roopmati
Set in 16th Century India, Mandu tells the romantic story of last Sultanate of Malwa, Baz Bahadur and a beautiful and talented peasant...

Monika Satote
Aug 23, 20203 min read


Book Review: Lift me higher - Poems for young wisdom and why your child needs this by Amit Chhabria
The most thrilling yet challenging phase of everyone’s life is teenage. I would say, if you get the appropriate direction to life in this...

Monika Satote
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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