Category: Book Review

  • Book Review- โ€˜Requiem for the Roosterโ€™ by Mark Howen

    What does it take to speak truth to power in a corrupt society? What role does our family play in shaping us as citizens? How important is it to self-introspect and examine our life choices for the collective good? Mark Howenโ€™s Requiem for the Rooster is a suspenseful thriller that dwells deeply into these seriousโ€ฆ

  • BOOK REVIEW: BENEATH THE MAIZE

    Are you someone who enjoys thrillers and mysteries? Books where there is a chain of disappearances, all with a pattern usually connected to a serial killer on the run. Or movies and documentaries where a specific spot witnesses vanishings, and they tie it to the presence of aliens. If these plots intrigue you, Stephen Goldhahnโ€™sโ€ฆ

  • Mirror Tree By AnneMarie Mazotti Gouveia โ€“ Book Review

    Have you ever wondered if there is life anywhere else other than the Earth or if there is life on the Earth that is yet to be unraveled? Are they also called human beings and live exactly the way we do? Are they aware of us and the life on Earth? What kind of mysteriesโ€ฆ

  • Cliff House by Nora Weirich โ€“ Book Review

    The story of Madison Danaher in the โ€˜Cliff Houseโ€™ is a testament to a personโ€™s ability to rebuild life after the harshest battles. From being a victim of violence to being the head of a national company, Madisonโ€™s journey is valiant, emotional and inspirational. She has built a successful career, but the past has leftโ€ฆ

  • Book Review:ย Gendering Caste: through a feminist lens

    The core of the caste system lies in the power dynamics between castes and prominently, between genders. Exploring the gender dynamics within the caste hierarchies has been a major topic among the feminist scholars from the past two decades. It has become an important issue to be addressed in social disciplinary studies. Also, understanding relationsโ€ฆ

  • Book Review: โ€œThe Past We Step Intoโ€ by Richard Scharine

    โ€œHistory is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.โ€ โ€“ Cicero Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to have experienced a part of American history? What it would have been like to hearโ€ฆ

  • Book Review: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume I: The Process of Capitalist Production

    Karl Marx (1818-83) was a German philosopher whose work had contributed to various fields such as economics, politics, sociology and history. Affected by the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution, his main focus was on โ€˜Class Conflict,โ€™ especially between bourgeois and proletarians in capitalistic societies. The main aim of his work was to denote how capitalismโ€ฆ