Kevein Books and Reviews

Triansh & the Land of Immortals by MYST is a light engrossing YA fantasy novel that subtly blends streaks of mythology, sci-fi, and fantasy to deliver a power-packed story of three young protagonists and their chance encounter with unconventional visitors in the snowy chilling realms of higher Himalayas. Three friends from Dehradun, have nothing much to do after their exams, thus they decide a trip to the higher part of the Himalaya in Uttarakhand. Their destination is Moksha Parvat, they begin in their car with getting patronage and support from their uncle enroute and a few local helpers for their mountaineering expedition. The guys are Aditya, Akash, and Arun. What begins as fun for them soon turns into dreadful adventure. In the night Akash loses way to the camp. When others commence a search for him, they not only risk their lives but also send shivers of fear to their helper. Anyway the story chugs ahead from light adventure to mystical convergence when they stumble upon Ma...

In a world that is filled with distractions, focus is lost and people just don’t know themselves…they are so away from self-discovery and their inner strengths and talents that in life everything looks so gobsmacked. Yet it doesn’t mean that one stop the process of identifying oneself and become stagnant in life. Rather life is all about learning and keep evolving and converging towards a fulfilling and meaningful life. In the book, ‘3 Steps to Knowing Yourself’ Arun Kumar Saxena provides simplified actionable insights on the transformative force of self-discovery and self-exploration. The greatest USP of the book is that it is free from jargons. Broadly putting, the book is categorized into three parts: Inner Compass, Fuel & Fire, and Self-discovery to Action . Every broad topic is further divided into simple subtopics for better clarity and greater insights. A close look reveals that the book is full of major take-aways, it’s not a banal book in any sense. If you read it slo...

Dance with Me by Carl David Blake is a riveting novel with its strong storyline. Interspersed between two generations, it’s a testament to the law of Karma and veracity of love. Mostly set in Mumbai, the novel takes a dive in the cross-cultural and interfaith marriages in India. In early 1990s Sandeep is shot in Kashmir. He is brought to Bombay for treatment. In the hospital a young nurse named Amrita falls for him. But before the couple could decide on anything, they are divided and separated by some secret people. In the next narrative, we meet Priya and Victor. They work in an IT company. They are lovers, and fond of dance. Like Amrita and Sandeep, they also have dance common between them. It binds them. As readers already delved deep in the book, they will begin searching for Amrita and Sandeep. Don’t worry they make comeback in the end. But before that the storyline is delightfully enthralling and difference between Priya and Victor sets stage for action and drama. Victor is a f...

Do you feel your life is limited by ossified beliefs and perspectives that you gathered over the years while being groomed at school, attending college, and having grappling experiences at jobs. Is it tough to change our thinking pattern and take a new route filled with amazing and realistic perspectives? Well, not anymore. Siddhesh Dongare’s book – Shape Your Life by Changing Perspective – is a classic in self-help category. The book’s scaffold is built around the nature and changing of perspectives with the help of lens of personas and amazing short stories from various walks of life. The book solely focuses on bringing change in our perspectives by considering a range of aspects like spirituality, relationships, adversity, empathy, creativity, and so on. Though a self-help book…yet it is free from the banality of do that and avoid that. The brilliant part of its learning is done through a large cast of characters that appear from time and again and make us understand their take on...

In a world where success, happiness, goals, and peace of life seems elusive all the time due to our hedonistic approach and impulses, an young author from India, Catherine Jacob, decodes a secret mantra to control the backstage aspects that control and steer our overall well being and objectives of life. Her book ‘Conquer Your Impulses’ is a valuable resource on self-control, self-discovery, and self-discipline. The core focus of the book builds the scaffold of the book around self-control. In nutshell, she opines that it is the impromptu and the unbridled impulses that ruin our long term goals of life. Being impulsive is a curse, if not sin. Our self-control, self-respect, and self-discipline are staggered by impulse. Segmented in nine chapters, the book dissects the elements of self-control step by step. The first chapter is about definitions and value of practicing self-control in life and how it benefits one in achieving goals. With examples of King Midas, references from Quran, In...

Telgi: A Reporter's Diary by Sanjay Singh is a masterpiece in the investigative journal genre. Though non-fiction mainly, yet it goes like a fictional narrative of two protagonists that remain in the book like banter. The young reporter with NDTV Sanjay Singh, and the subject Abdul Karim Telgi. The book is based on true events. As most of us know the stamp paper scam of Abdul Karim Telgi was worth 30,000 crores in late 90s of India. The book starts with proper introduction of lives of these two personalities. Sanjay Singh had to depart from Star News...well before he could join the new venture NDTV.  But he had to make an entry with a bang. He needed a case to expose that can shot his news channel and him in the limelight. Sanjay Singh was already a rising journalist then, well acquainted with the Mumbai police networking. As he got into the research on the Telgi case, which was unnoticed up till now, we came to know about the destitute background of Abdul Karim, born and brought u...

A student’s life is more than textbooks and report cards. It has its own kind of challenges and many students not to prefer speaking about it voraciously. In the market are out thousands of self-help books for improving professional and personal life…yet not a specific book charted out for students…as how they can develop winning habits, how to look beyond marks and gain long-lasting perspectives that can help them in excelling in studies and other aspects. The greatest virtue of this book is that like any other self-help resource it touches upon various points, however, each one is linked with students. So it makes it totally a focused book for students and other tangential people like teachers and parents. Spiraling from Dr. Karuna Mehta’s teaching experience, she delves deep in the issues that can really help students ease their academic life than adding burden on their shoulders. Since not many students and their parents opt for counseling of psychologists, yet they can have th...