Review: India 2013
Review / December 1, 2013

Author: Research, Reference and Training Division
Publisher: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, GoI
Year: 2013
ISBN: 978812301836-2
Rating: ★★★½☆
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India 2013 is a book which provides all the information you may possibly need about every policy initiative of our government. Read this book…. the elections are just around the corner, and YOU NEED TO BE WELL INFORMED!

Review: Compass Box Killer by Piyush Jha
Review / September 18, 2013

Author: Piyush Jha
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9788129124272
Rating: ★★★☆☆
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Bollywood director Piyush Jha’s new crime novel, Compass Box Killer, targets casual readers and appears to be adapted straight from a typical Bollywood masala thriller – ample pulpiness enmeshed in the broad canvas of crime, suspense, romance and revenge.

Review: The Catcher in the Rye
Review / July 22, 2013

Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Year: 1951
ISBN: 9780316769488
Rating: ★★★★☆
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 I picked up a copy of J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, not because it had sold over 65 million copies, nor because it was always prominently listed in the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century.