Category: BOOKS

By: Humera Sultana Published by: Magnifera Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi Edition: 2017 Price: Rs. 150/- Reviewed by: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group It was the last year when I received a book, “Musings” by Humera Sultana through my friend, Danish Khan, Editor, Indian Muslim Observer. It was an amalgamation of good thoughts experienced by the esteemed writer herself. I enjoyed her book immensely. This year, another book, Whispers of a Soul has come out, which is a collection of poems. She writes in the preface, “I have often felt that none of my…

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Published by Lifi Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2016 Price: Rs. 295 Reviewed by: Eram Fatima, Sub Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Mohammad Aleem ( Editor-ICN Group) the writer of the novel Rabia: Through all joys and sorrows has written a remarkable piece. No doubt! He delves unflinchingly into the confounded realities of the women through his book. This culture where we live in has certain restrictions and traditions which are constrained to its doctrines about the rules of marriages, including the choice of groom by one’s own parents only. The writer has…

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Reviewed By: Dr Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group Published by: Rubric Publishing, New Delhi Among two dozen prominent Indian languages, Bengali holds huge respect. There are many reasons behind it. The most prominent is the kind of literature it has produced so far and the level of writers it sent on the world stage like Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Asian recipient of Nobel Prize in literature. No any other Indian writers of any language could achieve that level even after passing almost a century so far since getting…

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By: FATIMA ABDULLAH ALOTAIBI  Reviewed By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: It is an utmost source of pleasure for me that I could get the chance to read a poet who is admired and revered by the whole English world as one of the most loved and respected ones. His popularity has surpassed all boundaries of language and nations. Over the years, his reputation increased day-by-day. This Book, A Mansion of Many Apartments is the best outcome of a very versatile and talented Saudi writer, Fatimah…

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Haldwani: Haldwani Literature Festival, a joint initiative of Amrapali Group of Institutes  under the guidance of CEO Sanjay Dhingra and Cordial Haldwani was successfully hosted on 15th April 2018. The 1st Haldwani Literature Festival was inaugurated by Prakash Pant , Cabinet Minister Government of Uttarakhand, himself a gifted writer. We thank distinguished guests from Journalism such as Abhisaar Sharma, ABP News, Richa Aniruddh, Vijai Trivedi,,NDTV Balli Singh cheema and Hriyadesh Joshi for gracing the occasion. Book titled “Mangli- Ek Pathkatha” written by senior journalist  Dinesh Mansera was also unveiled during…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: Very a few Indian writers could surpass the popularity as a writer of children’s books as Ruskin Bond could. Since the last fifty years, he did the same as a writer and as a professional. His dedication towards his writing is so immense that nothing could distract him from it, ever. He penned dozens of books with the same passion and zeal. He passed almost his whole eighty years of his life in exploring India through his literature. Love…

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By: C P Singh A small bird, flying, hopping, tweeting, Singing and enjoying with children. In our houses’, lawns, corridors’ fencing From morning to evening’ s reign. So small, so lovely, so wanted they are, Reach us so friendly and dont go so far. Are part and parcel of our home’ s dar, Never sad or conflicting with us in war. I enjoyed my childhood with them well, They ever played with my being, here. I said nothing to them, nor they tell, Running behind them in house, here and…

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Reviewed by ASIF ANWAR ALIG Kalam-e-Quazi Jalal Haripuri, compiled by Mohd. Rizwan Nadvi, Self-published, Bhaghtahir, PO-Amour, Via-Baisi, Purnea (Bihar)-854 315, 160pp, Indian Rupees 100, Soft.   It doesn’t matter how bigger metamorphosis is witnessed through digital renaissance nowadays. We are equally losing the traditional passion for poetic sanctity. Urdu is thus trapped to ‘became popular under the technical resurgence’ but loses original ascent after such hijacks. An undaunted popularity of that kind shrunk the original Urdu spirit. Select few names as poets are remembered or popularized. Many unsung heroes who…

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By: Dipanwita Gupta Deb KOLKATA: One of the most awaited events in the capital city of Bengal is definitely the famous International Kolkata Book Fair.In fact,the enthusiasm with which people here welcome the commencement of the fair and the mass participation in it has given the fair, the character and charm  of a festival. Even for the uninitiated, the annual  Kolkata Book Fair held at the junction of Winter and Spring is a melting pot of books of every publisher and every subject under the sun.This year the Book fair…

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