Book Reviews by Simran

Ashtamahishi: The Eight Wives of Krishna Radha Viswanath Blurb:  Krishna, the eternal lover, is believed to have charmed the heart of every woman he came across and his marriage with 16,100 women is the stuff of numerous ballads that have enthralled us over ages. But who amongst them all did Krishna love? Who ruled his heart and influenced his life? Not one, but there were eight women whom Krishna married solely on the basis of mutual love and respect. Each of these wives—the Ashtabharyas—contributed to making Krishna what he was. While their names figure in the text of the great epic Mahabharata, not much has been discussed about them. Who are these women and what was that special ‘something’ in each of them that won Krishna over? What were each of those relationships like? Radha Viswanath delves deep into the great Hindu epics, puranas and other ancient texts, weaving nuggets of information with rich imagination to give us a fascinating picture of Krishna’s life w

REWIND AND PLAY TARUN GAUTUM Blurb: Raghav Diwan is living the American dream. A successful career, a comfortable and happy married life. One day, he receives an invitation to an evening get together with his college batch mates. He has not kept in touch with any of them and has no desires to meet them. But the past seems to be calling him. The past wants to reveal something to him. Will he open the door to let his past in. Will he let it change hi future. Will he press, rewind and play. My review: It is the story of Raghav, what he goes through when something unexpected happens in his life. From being the poster boy of one of the biggest electronics company, he ends up being a lousy person with no job. With nothing to do, he finds himself being alone and depressed until his friends announce an unexpected get-together. Yet, he relents and here he was, having a gala time and remembering all the fun that they had had in their college.  This book is a compilation

NETRA By  Shakyamuni Sanket Blurb: Iris, a girl living with her grandma loves to listen to bedtime stories since childhood. All stories of fairies and gods and Demons, all kind of fantasy, she used to enjoy all those. Even her grandmother enjoys telling her all those stories. Everything was as normal as it could be till that one day. It was the arrival of the Demon King to destroy heavens by killing all Gods. Iris unknown about all this get to know about her fate to save the universe from the wrath of the Demon Lord. The God of Gods, the AL father Matae makes her understand about the origin of the universe and the about the two attributes Light and Dark. He tells her all about her origin, his aim of creating her and his actual intentions. This story is the journey of a regular girl Iris to a demi-god named NETRA and how she will protect the cosmos from destruction. About The Author: Shakyamuni Sanket, author of NETRA- The child of eternity was a great fan of fantasy