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BOOK REVIEW - Vidya Varadarajan's The Mystery Of The Missing Geometry Boxes

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  PC: My Paperback This group of three detectives is no ordinary one. These are no casual detectives.  They are energetic kids who want to keep themseleves busy and engaged in a    good cause. They are bent upon catching a peculiar thief and put him to book.  PC: Canva Imgae Out of the three musketeers, Asha is like an Indian Hermoine, know-it-all girl! While Karthik excels in drawing out mathematical conjuctures, Aarav is the one with the gift of gab. PC: Freepik At the end, you will understand that sometimes the need of the hour and curiosity to solve a problem are bigger than nabbing the actual thief.  The mystery presented by the author is very methodical. Stories like these are great puzzle-games for kids.  No doubt, while reading this book, the children will pour themselves in trying to solve the    mystery themselves too.  This book is full of nerdy moments, fun and great illustrations.  PC: Illustration from the book This is...

BOOK REVIEW - NATHALIE CABROL's The Secret Life Of The Universe

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PC: My Paperback Secret Life Of the Universe is such an engaging dialogue that you would want to delve deeper on an investigative level.  The book covers various topics related to our universe and about inherent search for life as we know it and beyond our limited imagination.  It is like reading a magical fiction yet not forgetting the reality.  PC: Canva From Mars to Venus, Jupiter, Pluto and several moons and exoplanets, the book lays all of the space in front of our eyes to to imagine in our own way.  Nathalie Cabrol is not only a marvellous Astrobiologist but also a sweet storyteller. She weaves the story of space, universe, stars, planets, suns and beyond in a delicious manner. She is a connoisseur of Astrobiology!  PC: Google Image of the author Throughout the book, the author has emphasized the importance of a valid understanding that from the perspective of this magnificent universe, we as fellow inhabitants of the sole planet of life, forget how minisc...

BOOK REVIEW - DANIELLE LEAVITT's By The Second Spring

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It’s a riveting story that choked me up!  PC: Book Cover This is the story of a few people who recount the journey of their lives through the war times. Their journey outlines their grit as well as helplessness. The book will lead you to see how the world easily turns blind and apathetic towards the pain of other people. PC: Canva How warring nations embark on a journey that turns them into soulless people with cruel political agendas and strategies and ambition to destroy the other.   For what actually? A set of man-made beliefs? Beliefs which may not thrive even in days to come! PC: Canva The stories of these people have left an indelible mark on my soul. I pray for their lives ahead and that they find peace in days that are ahead.   This book has hit my soul with a longing I really don't understand myself. Gratitude does not come easy!  Stories like these change your perspectives. This book is one of those things that have taught me gratitude.     PC: Ca...

BOOK REVIEW - CARLO M. CIPOLLA's The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

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PC: Book Cover I didn't have the slightest of inkling that Economics and satire could co-exist.  PC: Canva Until I understood the graphs (yes, there are graphs), I was engulfed by the ominous existential crisis. And to couple that, there are laws which are called basic.  PC:  juliastamman.com Somebody must be pranking me because it says, it does not matter who you are.  To top this all, this book was suggested to me by my sister.  Hello! What is happening?  PC: Canva The author begins by saying that the root cause of all miseries the world has, even at individual level, is stupidity.  What drives the concept of this fact, lies in the form of some basic laws as pointed out in the book in the simplest of forms.  PC:  Etsy.com It does not matter how intelligent and intellectual one is. Stupidity is the hallmark.  It is also very unexpected.  Author daringly opines that everyone is not equal and that difference of who is stupid and who ...