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Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar - Book Review

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This is a review of the debut book by Kochery C. Shibu titled Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar. Here is the review of the book... Title - Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar Author - Kochery C. Shibu Pages  - 284 Publishers -  Niyogi Books Format - eBook [Also available in print] Genre - Fiction Price -  63 /- eBook [Paperback-INR 330/] A hydelpower project in the remote Himalayas. Three people brought together by fate. Nanda, an engineer from Kerala at the dam construction site hiding from his past, from the law, torn between the love of his dear ones and the traditional kalari code of revenge. Khusru, a boy displaced from his native village in Kashmir, a gambit in the terror plot threatening to blow up the dam, working as a laborer at the site. Rekha, a Kathak dancer in heart, a doctor by profession, arrives at the campsite as the consort of Khusru. A village that accepts the dictates of modernity with a heavy heart, its population steeped in superstitions an

Tarikshir: The Awakening - Book Review

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Tarikshir: The Awakening is the first novel by author Khayaal Patel.This is being reviewed as a part of the book review program by Writer's Melon.All opinions are mine. Let us move on to the review.... Title - Tarikshir: The Awakening Author - Khayaal Patel Pages  -335 Publishers  - Westland Publications Ltd ISBN - 9789387578500 Format - Print [Also available as Ebook] Genre - Fiction Price - INR 399/- A small princely state in Rajasthan is the last bastion of resistance against the might of the British Empire. While unrest surrounding the sudden death of the king of Devangarh grows, young prince Rudra Pratap Chauhan prepares to ascend the throne. But the kingdom is in turmoil. The Devangarh army is outnumbered and the British forces are closing in. To make matters worse, Rudra discovers the king’s death may not have been accidental after all. The strange appearance and disappearance of a mysterious hooded stranger and a series of ritualistic murders i