NUMBERS 3INFINITY by rachel ward

I wasn't looking forward to reading this conclusion to the series before I opened up the first page and saw an interesting little note from the publisher. It summed up for me what this series has been trying to say all along in a few succinct sentences:

"Actually, it's not about dying; it's about how to live with the knowledge. That's the secret - and it takes a rather terrifying last twist in this final book. Don't close your eyes."

  

sujal sharma

IX-F

21.12.2018

one indian girl by chetan bhagat

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This novel of Chetan Bhagat deals with the most cliché question, 'what women really want?'  Unlike his previous novels, this time writer pens a female as his protagonist, to raise bigger issues such as gender equality, society verses individualism, feminism, liberalism and humanism.  Writer tries to target modern, liberated and independent youngsters who believe in 'live and let others live' as they have the capacity to handle the so-called pressure of 'being Indian'. Bhagat wants to draw attention to this issue that if it is a female, challenges and pressure of 'being Indian girl' is even harder.  Her protagonist Radhika Mehta like every other independent Indian girl comes out as a fighter who knows how to learn from her own experiences and how to live life on her own terms. Somewhat, Chetan Bhagat is succeeded in setting the example with the help of the climax of the novel which is uncommon and rebellious.MUST READ IT 

MUSKAN GUPTA

IX F 

21.12.2018

REVOLUTION 2020

Revolution 2020 is the story of three childhood friends: Gopal, Raghav, and Aarthi. The story is setup in the holy-city of Varanasi. Gopal and Raghav are schoolmates from the childhood and share the same bench in school. Aarthi is also from the same class. Gopal loves Aarthi from the school days.

The story's narrator is Gopal. I am not going to tell you the entire story and be a suspense spoiler.

Gopal comes from a filmy-Indian-middle-class background. Raghav is from an almost well to do family, where as Aarathi comes from a kind of bureaucratic and political family. Three of them have their own ambitions in life. Gopal wants to be a rich man, Raghav wants to change the world, Aarthi wants to become an air hostess.

After the failure in getting through JEE and AIEEE exams, Gopal is forced by his father to repeat the exams next year. But Raghav secures a good rank and joins the top college in Varanasi. Aarthi falls in love with Raghav.

What happens when Gopal returns to Varanasi after his one year stint at cracking the entrance exams is the main part of the story. Apart from losing his love, he couldn't find a seat in engineering to fulfill his father's dream.

How Gopal chooses corruption as an aid to become a successful person while Raghav tries to change the world(read as India) with his revolutionary ideals is what the middle pages of the book are all about.

In the ending, things kind of change though, and you will be left to yourself to wonder who is right and who is wrong. Except for a faint hint in the end, Chetan doesn't really judge what Gopal does is good or bad.

Following the tradition of the latest Bollywood movies, you can find few swearing words which start with letters b and a and f. I leave it your imagination to figure out those words. I really wonder whether Chetan added those words in the drafts after those movies are released or those words were there from the beginning.

OJASWI DOONGA 

IX-F

27-DEC-2018

ONE INDIAN GIRL BY CHETAN BHAGAT

This novel of Chetan Bhagat deals with the most cliché question, 'what women really want?'  Unlike his previous novels, this time writer pens a female as his protagonist, to raise bigger issues such as gender equality, society verses individualism, feminism, liberalism and humanism.  Writer tries to target modern, liberated and independent youngsters who believe in 'live and let others live' as they have the capacity to handle the so-called pressure of 'being Indian'. Bhagat wants to draw attention to this issue that if it is a female, challenges and pressure of 'being Indian girl' is even harder.  Her protagonist Radhika Mehta like every other independent Indian girl comes out as a fighter who knows how to learn from her own experiences and how to live life on her own terms. Somewhat, Chetan Bhagat is succeeded in setting the example with the help of the climax of the novel which is uncommon and rebellious.MUST READ IT 

OJASWI DOONGA 

IX-F

13 NOV 2018

VERONICA DECIDES TO DIE

this book is Paulo Coelho

Veronika is a 24 year old Slovenian woman who one day decides to kill herself, apparently because (1) "everything in her life was the same and, once her youth was gone, it would be downhill all the way" and (2) everything is wrong with the world and she feels powerless to make things right. 

reading it was a good experience

Sanya Jain

IX F

ONLY TIME WILL TELL BY JEFFREY ARCHER.

The story is broadly divided into 6 parts, each part dedicated to each of the main characters who have a hand in taking the story forward. Each portion of the story is told from each character's point of view (namely, Harry Clifton, his mother; Masie Clifton, Emma Barrington, Giles Barrington, Hugo Barrington & Old Jack Tar) and I was shocked at the secrets of each character, games and deceit. The story brings victory and disappointment together at different points of time. The friendship of Harry Clifton and Old Jack Tar is touching. The latter turns out to be a man of virtues and values and a friend everyone craves for.

One of my favourite characters in the story is Masie Clifton. Though she does resort to not-so-correct means to provide Harry his education, she remains a woman of admiration and substance. She struggles to get work (no one gives her work at the docks when she reveals her complete name) in an era when women weren't supposed to be going out of their homes to work. Though uneducated herself and a single mother, she manages to nurture Harry's natural talent and flair for music and language and sees to it that he gets the best. Hard-working, determined and strong, this character impresses us.

OJASWI DOONGA

IX-F

9.1.19