Kevein Books and Reviews

One of the best and finest crime thrillers it is going to be in the year 2025...Asok Pillai has brought the charm of 1960s & 70s through his fascinating cast of characters that make up the entire plotline of this novel, though its title is a Hindi derivation, the novel is written in superbly engaging way in English. A cult classic sense of Indianism runs like banter in the novel. The novel commences with Dr. Sunil Mehra, his father advised him to take a break from the bustling busy life of Bombay. Thus, he heads towards the hills of Gangakesh, a fictional sleepy hill place in India. His encounter with a beautiful village girl Bela takes the novel through the routes of romance. However, as each character is not that it looks like. Like a brilliant Hindi movie, the novel chugs ahead…filled with mystery and aura around each of the characters. That lends an impressive flair to the overall narrative. As the story chugs ahead with optimum pace and incredible tempo, a few more character...

This book is a reason to believe that every soul and divine is connected. You don’t need to ask any premeditated questions before picking up this book. As you read, you believe more on your divine connection designed for you in the ethereal cosmos. Short and crisp to read, this memoir by Vandana Srivastava nudges readers to identify that spark of divine intervention in their life which is normally hidden from our sights, the way she got right since her childhood to various phases of life. Divinity let miracles happen in your life. If you are aware...you fill up with gratitude…if not then a person suffers even when they are blessed in disguise. Vandana has a unique point of view towards her life. She redeems her life being governed and guided by divine powers – she is absolutely right if you read this book, all the stories one by one from her life, of her family tree, of her husband in the Indian Air Force and so on…makes up the justification in an order. She enigmatically blends her ...

The book holds two novella-type stories, placed against magical realism, with different world building at its helm. You may say that the stories are inspired by author’s experiences with folktales and reading of magical literature since her childhood. As in her books, even in these two stories, readers will experience traversing across magical people, land, portals and other things. Vidya’s smooth narrative let you get introduce and integrate with a new culture and far-away lands. No forced world building. The stories are about Diya and Zara – two female leads in quite opposite worlds. Diva is heartbroken as her boyfriend ignores her, controls and hurts her. Anyway, as the story commences, she is set off for a journey to flatland. She meets people from her past, including that boy Ben. She indulges into socializing and partying at the same experiencing mystical experiences through crystals. Through magical worlds she experiences healing…her faith is restored in the vibrant colours of...

This is a terrific small-town crime cum psychological thriller. As the title suggests the story is staged against the town Baxiganj, somewhere in Chota Nagpur plateau. This is kind of unique crime thriller/murder mystery. The author has pulled the plot gradually…solely on the psychological sweeps and traits of the characters. There are more than five important characters in the storyline that drive the novel ahead. They are posted to Baxiganj may be due to their problematic attitude in the previous office by their boss PK. Ironically, as the circumstance change, their boss is transported to Baxiganj – now all unpleasant people have to face each other where they have all the facilities but bereaved of one another’s trust and respect. Each one is a suspect when the wife of PK – their boss – is shot down on a scooter. She is almost murdered! But why and by whom? The quest begins quite soon as you chug ahead with the book. There is a terrific yet brilliant study of characters under var...

The writer Ramu Upadhaya hails from Assam, he has witnessed the making and working of Autonomous District Councils in Dima Hasao , earlier known as The North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC). Recently famous as Dima Hasao Autonomous Council , through this book the author educates people about this region and sheds light on how autonomous district councils (ADCs) work in collaboration and interaction with state and mini secretariat and other governing bodies. The North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), also known Dima Hasao Autonomous Council, is a self-governing district council in the state of Assam, India. It was constituted under the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India to administer the Dima Hasao district and to develop the hill people in the area. Its headquarters is in Haflong, Dima Hasao district. Reading this book gradually powers up your understanding on mechanism of autonomous district councils. The author pinpoints at many places i...

Short! Fantastic! Brilliant! The best of Nisha Thakur culminates in this novel of murder mystery genre. Offbeat than the normal fast-paced thrillers, this hits you differently. Lalit, the father of Manya, whose broken marriage with Vihaan is on the tenterhooks, calls him to his mansion in Uttarakhand to settle the things once and all. Well, before the old man could utter a word, he dies unceremoniously. The property is for Vihaan…Manya gets nothing. The other side of the story has Anica and Vihaan living in Mumbai, not married but together. As the duo arrives at Kasauni, the place of Khatri’s mansion, Anica is shocked to see the family history of everybody, including Vihaan. She feels out of place. At the outward Vihaan is seeking divorce from Manya but inwardly a lot more is sizzling and no one can guess it till the end. It is not a love triangle sort of novel with thrillers in between, yet love is a competent theme in it. Love is the reason behind all devils…even the slow gradual m...

“Deforested” by Ravi Deviah is a riveting pandemic thriller. It will surely remind readers of the recently bygone Covid pandemic. The receptive theme of the book stirs an alarm that pandemics may come again and it can behave like the gone Covid. Well, this book is staged against a new virus called CNY. It is not like Covid yet its reach and ramifications are of that extent. Generally, books on pandemic dig deeper in the history of the region and involve a lot of characters, however, Ravi has superbly chiseled a fast-paced moving story without creating a long list of characters that could confuse readers when they flit pages from one chapter to another. The time is post Covid. The world is hardly settled for goodness. And this new virus that seems to have originated from lab due to deforestation that rendered monkeys homeless is spreading gradually. Navya and Vikas – a young childless couple – moves to their estate house, away from the crowd of the city. The tension in the air builds ...