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BOOK REVIEW: THE TREE WITH A THOUSAND APPLES

THE TREE WITH A THOUSAND APPLES AUTHOR : SANCHIT GUPTA PUBLISHER : NIYOGI BOOKS GENRE : FICTION, SOCIO-POLITICAL THRILLER PUBLICATION DATE : 15TH NOVEMBER, 2016 FORMAT : HARDCOVER PAGES COUNT : 284 GOODREADS RATING : 4.55/5 MY RATING : 4.5/5 "What do you know about truth, sir? It's a poor thing, no one to call its own, no one to vouch for, no one to live for. It's too lonely. People want to talk about it, hold its hand  high in parties thrown in its honour and embrace it delightfully in social gatherings, but once the lights in those rooms are switched off, they don't want to bring it home, give it their name, serve it a cup of kahwa. And sir, forgive me, but no matter how much you try, you won't find the truth among marinated pieces of zafrani kokur." PLOTLINE: The novel is set in the valley of Kashmir, and revolves around the lives of three friends- Deewan Bhat, Bilal Ahanagar, Safeena Malik. Deewan is a Kashmiri Pandit, whe

BOOK REVIEW: START A START-UP FROM START

START A START-UP FROM START AUTHOR: GYANESH SAHU PUBLISHER: BLUE ROSE PUBLISHERS   GENRE: INSPIRATIONAL, GUIDE BOOK PUBLICATION DATE: 15th DECEMBER, 2017 FORMAT: PAPERBACK PAGES COUNT: 170 GOODREADS RATING: 4.08/5 MY RATING: 4/5     "There is no life without a dream, and there is no peace without fulfilment." PLOTLINE: Abhimanyu Singh is not happy with his engineering course and decides to quit it. He wants to start a new venture, but does not know what is that going to be. While he was facing this dilemma, he gets a call from his friend Saurabh, who asks to meet him at his home. Saurabh showed him some motivational videos and particularly one video caught his attention. The video was of a person named Mr. Sandeep Maheshwari who was speaking about how to succeed in life. The video filled him with so much zeal, that he decided to do something worthwhile in his life.  He meets Shanaya, who gave him confidence in this journey, and became