Some great reviews of my books by popular book bloggers: Anusha of I’ll read anything reviews “Brothers Sen Gogh”. She says, “What I liked the most about this book is the strong based characterisation. Where you can actually understand the person, identify with and relate …
Read MoreBook Review – The Door into Summer – Robert Heinlein
It is an interesting exercise to read books you adored in your early life. One such book for me was Heinlein’s “A door into summer”, a light sci-fi/thriller/mystery with some romance in it. I would have given it a five star rating when I first …
Read MoreMovie Review – Nomadland
Chloe Jhao is an enigma. A self confessed Manga, fantasy and sci-fi fan, her earlier movies are anything but fantasy. Though she seems to be changing that with Eternals for Marvel, the first movies, including Nomadland, are grounded in gritty reality. Nomadland is so real, …
Read MoreBook Review – The Midnight Library
On the surface, The Midnight Library is a parallel world or time travel science fiction. It is in the tradition of One by Richard Bach. Even Groundhog Day and Bar Bar Dekho are in a similar format. In these movies, the protagonists keeps on traveling …
Read MoreMovie Review – Moxie
Moxie is a young adult, coming of age, anarchist, feminist romantic comedy. See the problem? Moxie is a well meaning and enjoyable flick that fails to live up to its potential because of the lack of its focus. The movie can not quite decide what …
Read MoreBook Review – Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice And Men” is a text book study of the writing maxim, “Show don’t tell”. There is very little description of the characters that Steinbeck engages in, letting the characters be revealed through the situations and dialogues. The book narrates the story …
Read MoreMovie Review – Claire’s Knee
Roger Ebert in his review of the movie, says that the movie is for people who still read good novels, care about good films and think occasionally. I would add, the movie is for people who can observe the underlying currents of life, people who …
Read MoreBook Review – The Stranger – Albert Camus
The Stranger, at its core, is a philosophical novel. It exemplifies Camus’ brand of philosophy, known as absurdism. It counts itself among several nihilistic philosophies that assert that there is no inherent meaning in the world, and all the attempts to seek meaning are absurd. …
Read MoreAsk Manik : What do poets want to express after all?
Poets want to express the inexpressible. Yes, the real poets seek the challenge of putting in words stuff that can not be put in words. No poet wants to write about the red flask in front of you. That is the task of a painter …
Read MoreThank you!
After the warm reception for my first book, I am pleased that readers like “Brothers Sen Gogh” too. Admitted that it is a smaller audience, unlike the romance or thriller genres, but it is an audience that every writer would like to have. An audience …
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