Book Review: A Maverick Heart: Between Love And Life (Ravindra Shukla)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 3/7/2013 2:07:00 PM

'Book: A Maverick Heart: Between Love And Life  Author: Ravindra Shukla ISBN: 9789382473008 Publisher: Leadstart Corp No. of Pages: 383 When you are at peak of something, and quite near to call it an achievement; it's hard to leave it all of a sudden. So here comes an end to my online book reviews. Many reasons I have, but for now I can say it’s because of my joining formalities. No'

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Book Review: Life is Always Aimless Unless You Love It (Ratnadip Acharya)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 2/15/2013 4:16:00 PM

'Book: Life is Always Aimless...Unless You Love It Author: Ratnadip Acharya ISBN: 9789380349831 Publisher:Srishti Publishers No. of Pages: 216 Last two weeks were quite happening and busy for me for obvious reasons. My first ever named work ‘Uff Ye Emotions’ published in prestigious New Delhi World Book Fair by Mahaveer Publishers. And I had a huge heap of books to review. However I'

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BooK Review: Truly, Madly, Deeply (Faraaz Kazi)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 2/4/2013 8:52:00 AM

'Book: Truly, Madly, Deeply Author: Faraaz Kazi ISBN: 9350880091 Publisher: Mahaveer Publishers No. of Pages: 312 First a chick-lit, and now a Young Adult. Where I am heading to? But that’s the beauty of being known as a Book Reviewer. You can explore the world of words, and surf through the imaginations of authors by reading their books. So here I have another review of recently'

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Book Review: Arranged Love (Parul Mittal)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 2/2/2013 9:36:00 AM

'Book: Arranged Love Author: Parul A. Mittal ISBN: 9780143418825 Publisher: Penguine Metro Reads No. of Pages: 256  “Hey do you something about chick-lit novels?” texted a friend of mine. “Chick lit:  Chick lit is genre fiction within women's fiction which addresses issues of modern women often humorously and lightheartedly, ” I forwarded her this web-definition. “What else do I'

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Book Teaser: Uff Ye Emotions (Editor: Vinit K. Bansal)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 1/30/2013 5:46:00 AM

'No one’s life is predestined, nor was mine, but some moments seems as they were ‘written’ especially for me. Sometimes I feel there shall be a way to go over the same life, right from the beginning to the end and relive each and every moment again and again. But there are a few people who actually can do this, that too in a very well manner. They often do it and no one gets to know the'

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Book Review: Beaten By Bhagath (S. V. Divvaakar)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 1/29/2013 10:55:00 AM

'Book:  Beaten By Bhagath Writer:  S. V. Divvaakar ISBN:    9789382473053 Publisher:  Leadstart Corp. Number of Pages: 190 In India, we have many writers who have set a benchmark in the literary world, and became a phenomena of Indian writing. But whenever we talk about young authors, there is one name that overshadows all, Chetan Bhagat (CB). He’s been a benchmark for many aspirant'

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To Achieve, is not to Deceive

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 1/19/2013 1:05:00 PM

'There are times when we know what we want to do, and how to do, but at times we feel lost. We sit clueless for hours, trying to figure out what we actually want from life.  When we fail to achieve it, we are either start feeling lost and depressed, or we start to reforming our priorities and put more effort with more determination.  So it's all a matter of effort, right?   I don’t think'

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Book Review: Spicy Bites of Biryani (Ashwina Garg)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 1/16/2013 5:19:00 PM

'Book:  Spicy Bites Of Biryani.... Because Life needs a little masala Writer:  Ashwina Garg ISBN:    9789380349848 Publisher:  Srishti Publishers & Distributers Number of Pages: 225 It's halfway to the January, first month of the year, and 'Spicy Bites of Biryani' by Ms. Ashwina Garg is the first New book I’ve read this year. This is the first book of Ms. Garg, an Enterprenure and'

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Are We Connected: Diary pages #5: Vinit K. Bansal

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 1/2/2013 3:13:00 PM

'One of the most important thing I learned about the literary industry is that if you are humble and down-to-earth, readers will admire you. It is said that when you are humble, kind and true to yourself, no one can stop you from being on top. So now as our last contributor of the series ‘Are We Connected: Diary Pages' we have Author of the national bestseller “I am Heartless”, Vinit K.'

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Are We Connected: Diary pages #4: Harshita Shrivastava

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 12/11/2012 2:20:00 PM

'It is said that writers love their solitude and that’s the only reason why they write. Avid readers seldom realized their solitude, and when they do, a new writer is born. Today we have our fourth contributor in series “Are We Connected: Diary Pages”. Harishta Shrivastava, another Engineer turned to a ‘Creator’, hailing from Kanpur, India. She is pursuing Mechanical Engineering, but has'

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Are We Connected: Diary pages #2: Jaasindah R. Mir

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 12/2/2012 2:28:00 PM

'They say, talent is free from age, place or anything that you consider as a ‘minus point’.  And when you have a talent of writing, you read a lot too. Our next contributor for the series is one such talent. Jaasindah R Mir stays on Srinagar, Kashmir, actually hails from Baramulla- a small town of Kashmir. And the heavenly effect of Kashmir clearly reflects in her writing. She is'

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Are We Connected: Diary pages: Prerna Verma

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 11/28/2012 1:41:00 PM

'Ever thought about getting published and seeing your name on the cover jacket of a book? What it takes to be a ‘Published Author’? Money? Story? Contacts? Or Keeda? I agree with the keeda thing. If you have it, you will write your book at any cost. Today we have our first writer in the series “Are We Connected: Diary pages”. She always had this keeda of writing, and now the keeda has'

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Blog Series: Are We Connected: Diary Pages

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 11/28/2012 1:23:00 PM

'As a student of Computer Science and Applications, I always wondered how a computer can do so many things without letting us know about single detail of its working. Then I came to know about Artificial Intelligence, which came like a breeze in my lackluster syllabus. It fascinated me in different ways. I learned about thought waves, which I always considered as an illusion earlier. As I'

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Book Review: The Kite Runner (Khaled Hossieni)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 11/22/2012 12:11:00 PM

'A novel set mostly in Afghanistan. The introverted and insecure afghan narrator, Amir, grows up in Afghanistan in the closing years of the monarchy and the first years of the short-lived republic. His best and most faithful friend, Hassan, is the son of a servant. Amir feels he betrays Hassan by not coming to his aid when Hassan is set on by bullies and furthermore forces Hassan and his'

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Shades of Love (Ankit Mittal)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 11/19/2012 4:55:00 PM

'Book:  Shades of Love Editor:  Ankit Mittal ISBN:     978-9381-841-143 Publisher:  Grapevine India Number of Pages: 232 There is something special about short stories that I feel. While reading, I couldn't help but be a little biased towards a short-story collection; maybe because I too write short stories sometimes. This time I received an ARC of ‘Shades of Love’ edited by Ankit'

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Book Review: Trade Winds To Meluhha (Vasant Davé)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 11/7/2012 3:33:00 PM

'Book:    Trade Winds To Meluhha  Author:  Vasant Davé E-ISBN:     978-81-922506-0-1 Publisher: Vasantrai P. Davé Number of Pages: 256 Due to many reasons, for a while I have taken a break from reading, and now after almost a month I got an opportunity to read ‘Trade Winds to Meluhha’ by Mr. Vasant Davé. Mr. Davé is an Engineer by education and has work experience that is more than'

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Stories That I Never Told

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 10/26/2012 2:22:00 PM

'Stories That I Never Told Whenever I login to my Blogger Dashboard, I look for few things, ;1.       ;Number of Page Views on my Primary blog (i.e. one you are reading now) ;2.       ;Number of new blogposts on blogs I follow. ;3.       ;And finally, number of posts in'

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Burning Will

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 10/13/2012 1:43:00 PM

'Found it in my drafts, It's called "Burning Will" and I have no clue WHY! ____________ In the dark sky of night, I search for a bright star, Because that's the place, Where you stay my love,  In those many twinkling stars,  That twinkling says, You are still there for me, And reminds me to believe, What you mean for me, Even in those millions of stars, I never failed to find you, Because'

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Kitaabon wala pyar (किताबों वाला प्यार)

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 10/11/2012 2:48:00 PM

'धूप सिमटी थी बाहों में मेरे, और मैं था उसके आगोश में, ख़्वाबों के बादल थे आसमान पर, और प्यार की गर्माहट ज़मीन पर, धूप फर्श पर सरकती जा रही थी, यादों की पुरवाई संग ला रही थी, सारा समां यूँ तो बेहद रंगीन था, पर जाने क्यूँ मैं यूँ ग़मगीन था, शायद मुश्किल है यकीन करना, की ख़्वाबों की बातें हैं बस ख़्वाबों में, जिसे समझता था प्यार अब तक, वो बस एक किस्सा हैं किताबों में... AnSh :)'

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I'm Always With You: Short Story

Author : Crestless Wave      Blog :              Blog of an Odd against Crowd      Date : 10/6/2012 5:34:00 PM

'"Are we going for a long drive?" She asked looking in my eyes.  I smiled back and said, "Yep, We are." She wanted to ask where but instead she folded her hands and tapped on window glass.   It took me a few minutes to clean up her bed and comb her hair. She couldn't stop giggling whenever I did so. I asked her to stay in the room for a while and came out to see the lift, it wasn’t'

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