Category: From My Bookshelf

  • Ruskin’s Rusty

    Ever since I took my first dive in English literature, Ruskin Bond has been my one of the favorite author. His stories have fascinated me since my first read. I don’t know how many times I have reread them. But for some reason, Ruskin’s Rusty always have dodged me. It’s not the case that I…

  • Shogun: Race to be the Supreme…

    Shogun: Race to be the Supreme…

    I just finished the third book of 2017, and I know its long way to go and reach the goal of 100 books. James Clavell had done a great job of keeping me bound to his first novel of the Asian Saga “Shogun” and not picking up some smaller book. Shogun is set in Japan…

  • माँटुकले दिवस : छोट्या – मोठ्याची निखळ मैत्री

    माँटुकले दिवस : छोट्या – मोठ्याची निखळ मैत्री

    कित्येक वेळा म्हटलं जातं आयुष्य आनंदात जगायचं असेल तर आपल्यातलं लहान मुल कायम जाग ठेवावं. पण रोजच्या ऑफिसच्या कटकटी, कामाचे ताणताणाव, आजूबाजूला घडणाऱ्या, मनाला त्रासदायक अशा गोष्टी, या साऱ्या रामरगाड्यात ते बिचारं लहान मुल कुठे हरवून जातं कळतच नाही. पण आजूबाजूला कोणी छोटा दोस्त मिळाला तर? तर आयुष्यात किती बहार येईल हे फक्त “माँटुकले दिवस”च…

  • Stories from the 40s

    Stories from the 40s

    Great Novelist of Marathi Literature ventures in story telling and creates gems collected in form of this book. Classic stories depicting social fabric of Maharashtra in decade of 30’s and 40’s

  • Composer who can cook, write, and do many more

    Composer who can cook, write, and do many more

    Its been long time for all of us to know Shantanu Moitra as renowned music composer, in Bollywood and his other non-Bollywood projects like Abke Saawan, Coke Studio, Dewarists but if you really want to get look at all the shades and colours of this multi-faceted humble human being, just go and grab your copy…

  • So Kul: Her lookout about life

    So Kul: Her lookout about life

    It was on my to – read list for long time. Finally I just finished this. Every thing is so short but still complete in itself. Sonali portrays her point of view about various things in life. Somewhere she appreciates work of good people. In other she shows her anger about abuse that women need to face in public…