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 THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA  The immortals of Meluha a book by Amish Tripathi and the first book of the famous Shiva trilogy leaves the reader in deep thought as well as in a  cliffhanger. The book portrays the life of Shiva In a way no one could ever imagine. Shiva the Mahadev, fierce warrior consummate dancer and a charismatic leader although he has become a  mythical God the author tries to portrays him as a man of flesh and blood living in a world separated into two the Suryavanshis and the Chandravanshis his destiny brings him to the great Survayvanshi empire of Meluha, his throat turns blue as he drinks the Somras, he is believed to be the answer to all their miseries their saviour and their God the Neelkanth he the Tibetan Guna tribe leader turns to be the destroyer of evil. we can read in this book his journey to find the true evil the losses he suffered the regrets he had the friends he lost the love he found and discovering a whole new meaning to his life. But his perspective ch

  THE 5 AM CLUB – by Robin Sharma This book is a very well-written motivating and inspiring book and one of my favorites. All the events are so sequentially described in this book. This book revolves around four characters, how their lives were, and how they changed when they joined the 5 am club. He has written what exactly needs to be done during 5 – 6 am, and before that, he has given so many reasons why one should wake up at 5 am. He has also given so many ways that one can follow to build it as a habit. He has referred to many scientific kinds of research and studies to prove his points, and these points will make us rethink the traditional processes which we common people follow. The author has also shown his worries about the cyber craving and how we are becoming slaves of this digital world day by day. He has shown that growth always happens when we don’t do anything. The author has explained that a human body needs 7.5 hours of sleep, and one should not compromise on that.

  Wings of Fire by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam The book, ‘Wings of Fire’ is the autobiography of our former  Indian President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. This book is one of my favourite book as this book gives inspiration to the young generation. There is so much knowledge and good things that everybody can learn from this book. This book conveys the message of Dr. Abdul Kalam, ‘ always keep your dreams high,  goals clear, plan perfectly and do hard work. In this book, Our  Missile Man of India inspires the world by teaching the value and importance of life and achieving the goals with much hard work and dedication. By this book, he taught us, how to face our life struggles and solve them. Every time he did not succeed instead he faced all the struggles in his life and worked harder. This gives us the inspiration to fight with our life struggles and overcome them. It is such a wonderful book for students and I  hope everyone will read this book. Also, I will recommend this book to all our studen

The Day of the Jackal (1971), a thriller novel by English   author Frederick Forsyth        The Day of the Jackal is split into three parts and an epilogue. The first part, “Anatomy of a Plot,” starts in 1962  in the aftermath of a failed attempt to kill de Gaulle made by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry. The attack is ostensibly motivated by de Gaulle’s decision to grant independence to the state of Algeria. After Bastien-Thiry’s arrest, the French government retaliates against the OAS in an underground skirmish, which it tries to keep under wraps.  Part 2, “Anatomy of a Manhunt,” concerns the French secret service’s attempt to find the Jackal while suppressing public knowledge about the ongoing campaign to assassinate de Gaulle. Lebel is given unlimited powers and resources with which to conduct his investigation. Someone suggests that he look at the records of the English Secret  Intelligence Service, since the assassin may be abroad. He finds a possible suspect named Charles Calthrop.  Mea

LITTLE WOMEN  Novel by Louisa May Alcott “Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain. Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt, for she never seemed to know what to do with her long limbs, which were very much in her way. She had a decided mouth, a comical nose, and sharp, gray eyes, which appeared to see everything, and were by turns fierce, funny, or thoughtful. Her long, thick hair was her one beauty, but it was usually bundled into a net, to be out of her way. Round shoulders had Jo, big hands and feet, a fly-away look to her clothes, and the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn't like it. Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a; peaceful expression

  WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA  BY: R.K.NARAYAN   During this vacation, I read the book Waiting for the Mahatma by R.K.Narayan. This book tells the story of Sriram, a young man in the fictional Indian town of Malgudi. The story goes like this - Sriram becomes first a follower of Gandhi. Then later he becomes a private soldier in the fight for India’s independence between the late 1930s and the day that Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.  The story begins with the twentieth bday of Sriram. Sriram is still living with his grandmother, whom he calls Granny. Then the story starts after four years. Sriram hears that Gandhi has come to visit Malgudi and goes to hear him speak. There, he meets an attractive young woman named Bharati. Bharati is a follower of Gandhi. He goes with her to meet Gandhi, who tells Sriram that he must drive out all the hate from his heart before he can think of driving out the British.  In Part Two, Sriram has become an official member of Gandhi’s group. In 1942,

  TARGET 3 BILLION Author: APJ Abdul Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh. APJ Abdul Kalam Sir was one of the brilliant scientists of India, he was responsible for the development of the country's first satellite launch vehicle. He has got numerous awards of honors including   Padma Bhushan(1981), Padma Vibhushan(1990), and Bharath  Ratna(1997). He was the President of India between 2002 and 2007.  He passed away in July 2015.   Mr. Sirjan Pal Singh studied at the Indian Institute of Management,  Ahmedabad. He has actively travelled across rural India and studied sustainable development.  Today, we all talk about the development of the world, the development of more than 3 billion rural people around the globe. Our missile man of  India also had a vision for a developed India and World and this book expresses that vision. He found out Innovative solutions towards sustainable development and he called it Pura( Providing Urban  Amenities in rural areas). As per his views, Pura can transform th

  Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Written by ROALD DAHL During the holidays, I used to enjoy reading books. One of my all-time favorites and the one I read the most during the vacation was “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” represents a fun children's novel with many modern fairytale characteristics. There are many surreal elements in this book and as in any other fairytale nobility and kindness are rewarded. In the center of the story are Charlie and 4 other kids who represent the worst human flaws. Veruca Salt is a spoiled rich girl whose parents make her every wish come true. August Gloop is an obese boy that eats everything and that almost costs him his life because he nearly drowned in chocolate. Mike is a boy who always watches TV. The complete opposite is Charlie whose family is barely making a living but they always manage to surprise him for his birthday. The moral of the story is that kindness always wins. The reader sees the main p

  JUST SMILE AT YOUR PROBLEMS  I have always thought, why does it always happen to me? Every time I face problems, I feel like I am the most unlucky person in the world  that I have to face all problems. But the thing I realised is that it is all because  of our state of mind, ie. , the way we are thinking moulds our feelings . Our mind has two sides. The one  side which tells good of us, makes us think good, which gives us good  decisions. On the other hand, we have another side that tells us negative thoughts . It is common to all people, but to realise, it takes time. We need to understand that we should always  inherit only what our good mind says, the thing it says will hard for you  to do, but it’s okay. Nothing comes for free, we need to do good work,  then only we will get good results. When someone scolds you, think that it is not only because of you,  sometimes they might have other reasons also. So if  someone talks to you in an unexpected way,  don’t feel sorry for yourself

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                                                                     A STORY Of My Experiments with Truth   Author – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Publisher – Navajivan Publishing House The influence of the ‘A Story of My experiments with Truth’ in my life .     It is hard to believe that a person who was an advocate became the ‘Father of the Nation’. The book gives a clear view how Bapuji led his life of truth and wisdom . He did not support one party or religion , he stood with those who told truth . This made me think and read more about this extraordinary person .   I from the bottom of my heart loved the book . He himself has told in this book that as he finished his first page of this autobiography , he had to pause the work because the riots were broken out at Bombay . This shows his dedication to the nation . He went to Bombay leaving his own work . Following , he was  imprisoned at   Yeravda . Once , Bapuji was really affected with a conversation with his fr

    Good morning everyone .  My name is Varsha.V of class XI A . This the first time in such a blog , or I was not a blogger . Really , this Covid - 19 pandemic has really made people know about their skills , abilities , fitness and what not . This pandemic gave me a lot of time to read books of great personalities . As I had lot of time because I had to wait till my result was published .          So during this time , I had read some books which are really helpful to all my friends . They are : 1. Ignited minds - Dr.A .P .J Abdul Kalam  2.Brida - Paulo Coelho  3.The story My experiments with Truth - Mahatma Gandhi 4.Wings of Fire - Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam I hope that everyone would try to read these books .           THANK YOU........ STAY SAFE .......STAY HOME.......😊😊😊

Dear Friends, This is one of the best and most intelligent public speech, I recently read.  I really felt its a wisdom to share with you all. Uganda President KAGUTA MUSEVENI  while addressing his nation  warns against people misbehaving during this COVID-19 period,  "God has a lot of work, He has the whole world to look after. He cannot just be here in Uganda looking after idiots...". Below is his reported statement. "In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. You stay indoors by choice. In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist. During a war, you don't insist on your freedom. You willingly give it up in exchange for survival. During a war, you don't complain of hunger. You bear hunger and pray that you live to eat again During a war, you don't argue about opening your business. You close your shop (if you have the time), and run for your life. You pray to outlive the war so that

ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND SCREAMS GOOSEBUMPS - SAY CHEESE AND DIE WRITTEN BY: R.L.STINE Say cheese and die.......... sounds a little creepy right? Well the story is as creepy as the title itself.During this lockdown period the most interesting thing I could possibly do was read books,of course.As I have written in my previous blog 'The secret garden' ,I like to read mysterious and curious books.What I did forgot to mention is that I also like to read creepy and scary books as well. We all have heard that'Books let you travel without moving your feet'.It really feels that you are the main character of the book and you are the one fighting and solving all the problems while reading a book, and when it is a horror fiction novel ,it really feels so real and spooky.If you want to have a adventure or just want to be away from the place for awhile and if you can't go exploring or leave the the place at the moment,then I recommend you to read books.Just like u

MOTHER THERESA GEORGE JOSEPH SHARON BOOKS Dear friends I am Vaishnavi of class IX.   During the lock down period I happened to be with my grandparents.   Believe me, I have a great time here.   We do have a good collection of books here. Searching for a book that can interest me, this book on one of the greatest souls ever to live on Earth reached my hands. The language of the book is as simple as the life lead by the Great Soul.   It really touched me.   I have heard of the saying, “charity begins from home”. After reading this book I became very sure of the saying.   Charity actually begins from home; from oneself.   Each one of us has to hear that “inner call” and respond to it. I am looking forward to sharing another experience with another book in the days to come. Till then Bye.  Take care. Stay Home, Stay Safe.

As everybody knows, our country is in complete lockdown due to the coronavirus. During this lockdown period, I read the famous book ‘Gulliver’s travels’ written by Jonathan Swift. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in 1667. In 1704, he published anonymously ‘A tale of a tub’ with ‘The battle of the books’-the former being a brilliant satire on Roman Catholics and on Calvinists. He has been called the earliest and greatest of journalists and the prince of leader-writers. Gulliver’s Travels is by far his most famous work. The story is about the unfortunate voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput, where he was the biggest person, and to Brobdingnag, where he was the smallest person. This book actually has four volumes, but only the two volumes which are most popular, ‘A Voyage To Lilliput’ and ‘A Voyage To Brobdingnag’ are mentioned. This story has been enjoyed by people of all ages for the last 250 years and whilst it will make us laugh, it will also make us think. In this story, Le

THE OATH OF THE VAYUPUTRAS…AMISH TRIPATHI         BY:SREYA.M                                                            ·       CLASS:IX        DURING THIS LOCKDOWN PERIOD I READ THE BOOK NAMED THE OATH OF THE VAYUPUTRAS BY AMISH TRIPATHI.AMISH TRIPATHI (BORN 18 OCT 1974 ) IS AN INDIAN DIPLOMAT,COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR,KNOWN FOR HIS NOVELS “THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA”, “THE SECRETS OF NAGAS”,”THE OATH OF THE VAYUPUTRAS”,”RAM:SCION OF IKSHVAKU”,”SITA:THE WARRIOR OF MITHILA” AND “RAAVAN:ENEMY OF ARYAVARTHA.FIRST THREE BOOKS COMPRISE THE SHIVA TRILOGY AND THE REST THREE BOOKS OF THE RAM CHANDRA SERIES.THESE BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED BY WESTLAND LTD.            THE STORY IS FACINATING.IT TAKES US TO THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY.THE MOMENT YOU START READING,YOU ARE DRAWN INTO THE HISTORY AND INTO THEIR LAND.I READ THE FIRST TWO BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY.THE THIRD BOOK I GOT FROM MY BROTHER.THE MOMENT I GOT THE BOOK I WAS VERY MUCH ANXIOUS TO KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.                   SH

STORY RETOLD   PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN                                                              By    R obert   browning Literature is like a vast ocean with lots of treasure hidden in it .Each country, has its own myths and stories .I’m sure you’ve already heard so many stories of our country. So are you interested to hear a story from a faraway land? O.K .Then what are you waiting for?  Come with me all the way to Germany where this story happened.                                       “ Pied Piper of Hamelin “ is written by the great writer  Robert Browning . This story is developed from an actual incident that happened long, long back .Let me begin my story. There is a river in Germany called Weser . On the banks of it stood a beautiful city, Hamelin, which is still there. Hamelin was a rich city. People lived there happily. They worked hard, grew crops, traded with other countries and made a lot of money .Life was peaceful at Hamelin.                        

Nancy Drew-Murder on the set Actually this book  is my first book from this series. Although Namcy drew series are pretty famous but I never really got a chance to read them but now when I read it I  am glad I did.This books is written by Carolyn Keene and is published by Aladdin publication.It is the New York times best selling ,no wonder why as it isinaarated in suchsa great way by author herself .Tghebooks starts from three best friends Nancy ,Bess and George who live in River hights, one fine morning they discover that a new movie is going to be shot in thier town later this week and blockbuster actors like Brett Harley and Fiona Gibson we're in this movie the movie was directed by Gordon MacIntyre who had not directed any films since five years as a stunt women died in his last film and they needed extras for the film but there were a lot of chaos since someone had sent the crew threatening emails .Nancy joins the team of movie and investigates the case to gather some evid

Around the world in 80 days By:ks.Afsana  and ks.Rehan Book: Around  the world in 80 days Author: Jules Verne             In these lockdown days, reading books is a good idea for spending time. so, I have been reading a book named "Around the world in 80 days" by Jules Verne.It is a very interesting and adventurou s story.             The story starts from a man named Phileas fogg, who is settled in England.He was a man who valued time the most.He was also a member of the Reform club.                        One day, he headed to the Reform club as usual. After some time, a conversation broke out ,first, about a theft in the bank and finally ended with a discussion about travelling the world in 80 days. Everyone did not agree with Phileas fogg.At that time , he takes a bet for 20,000 to prove he was right. He then asks his servant Passepartout to get ready for a big journey. The two travellers faced many countless obstacles on their way. They saw many beautiful pla