Kevein Books and Reviews

This is the third and last book in Krishnadevaraya series. A strong historical fiction with impeccable narration, The Fall of an Empire will surely leave an indelible mark on readers following the series. The timeline of the book stretches from 1565 to 1580. Vijayanagara Samrajya is now a full good kingdom; they have achieved a lot in terms of peace, land, wealth and so on. The kingdom is still reeling under the glory of Krishnadevaraya’s legacy. However, before his death he placed the throne in his brother’s hand; however, it should be handed to his son-in-law Ramaraya. Ramaraya is the lead character of the novel. He is old. He has done a lot for the kingdom. Old enemies are back. The Bahamani Sultanate from Deccan is now looking to take over Samrajya. Ramaraya has a few friends from Sultanate as they fight among themselves and he helped quite a few one to sort the things out. Well, they have united against the mighty Vijayanagara. What will be the fate of kingdom this time? Can an ag

How did India get independence from British Rule in 1947? This question, even today, at large remains unanswered. There have been many books and mentioning of freedom fighters and their struggling tales but none runs away with full credit. It will be a mystery then, and now, and forever. India’s freedom struggle dates back to medieval time when the East India Company was setting up and the Mughal Rule was dying. Author Krishna Kumar attempts to solve the puzzle by highlighting the watershed year 1942 through his books that broadly examines Subhash Chandra Bose, INA, and Japanese power…collectively they undermined the roots of British in India so much that the Raj was staring at defeat not only in India but also in the WW-II. Though the book only 169 pages, ironically it encompasses encyclopedic information about the events of the deciding year 1942. Not only the events of 1942 but the narration also underlines the historic events like the rebel of 1857 and what led East India Company

“Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.” The above quote, to an extent, defines one of the major themes of the historical novel, ‘The Greatest Battle of Culture’ written by Panigrahi Bethi. Staged against the Indus Valley civilization in the era of 1500 BC – the novel subtly but poignantly explores as how cultures, heritage, and mindset of people shape any civilization. The novel discusses the interaction and subsequent fate of two famous civilizations that existed along the Sindhu River: Harappans and Aryans. Both existed there. However, Harappans were leading, with a system of proper irrigation, tall buildings, development, and equal rights to women. On the other side Aryans, slightly clever with tenacity, were outsiders and underdeveloped before Harappans. Aryans claimed to be good with knowledge of Veda and Varna system. Philosophically, musically, and artistically they were abreast than the powerful but dif

Devri is a literary masterpiece that evokes emotions and aesthetics of the bygone era seeded in small towns and villages. Penned down by a tech professional, the book takes readers to simplicity of small towns and villages of India and shows how life there is different, engaging, meaningful  but away from the concrete jungles of cities and buzz of traffic chaos. Devri is a fictional town created in Central India around the Vindhyachal mountain range. The author beautifully paints life of small villages and a town surrounding the backdrop cynosure: Devri. How do you look upon a small-town collection of short stories, for sure it will remind one of a railway station, fairs and festivals, nature and animals...this collection brims with every kind of literary appeasement that you might anticipate while reading it. However, the author kept two broad aspects mixed: irony and simplicity. In the story, the Interwoven Dreams , we get to know why someone wants to leave village and their heritage

Every field of work and organization is obliged by a set of standard rules, ethics, and code of conduct, morality, and law practices. Abiding by laws and rules not only keeps an organization stable but also makes it morally beautifully. The life and field of civil engineers is never a wayward. They too have a guide book which keeps a vigil on them, on their morality, on their contracts, and responsibilities. Since they design heavy infrastructure like flyovers, transit ways, metro, airports - their work needs to be perfectly aligned with indispensable set of rules set by governing bodies, consultants, and acts of constitution. The book “Beyond the Blueprint” by Prof. Gautam Bondyopadhyay is an excellent resource for civil engineers and students that are looking for jobs via campus and off campus ways to look in the body of law that will define their roles and responsibilities. Divided into six modules and next followed by extensive question and answer coverage, this book will serve as

Photikchand...Golpoguli by Orpheus Rayswarnadhir is an engrossing and moving Bengali novel mainly backdropped against Raysugada, a fictitious place and other places of Eastern India Malbhumi region. It is a titular novel; the name in the title is of the lead character – Photikchand. The lead character remains enigmatic due to his involvement in dreams and fantasy. As the novel starts, we get to know that he is fazed by tales from local folktales and mythology. He has that penchant for writing diaries and making stories. Photik falls in love with a girl and thus settles in a remote isolated place called Raysugada. Though outwardly he has no rich history of parents and no particular lineage to boast off, mainly he is like a rootless nomad. However, his character has strength, mettle, and grit. Can he overcome his fantasies of his dreamlands and live a normal life with his life partner in a new place? Well, we can find out that later as we chug ahead with the plotline. The novel’s und