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Nautanki Diaries

10 Saturday Mar 2018

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image016 (1).jpgAuthor – Dominic Franks

Rating – 5/5 stars

Number of Pages – 272

Publisher – Rupa Publications

Nautanki Diaries is a journey of dream and endurance author dreamed much before he actually had undertaken and hit the road in 2010. Inspired by his teacher who had gone on a similar yatra years ago. His experience helped him to stay put and push his limits to the edge of breaking down.

He explored his country from journey begins from Bengaluru to New Delhi to reach in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The author takes you on a journey of twenty-two days on a cycle describing the India he found reckon with conversations he has along the way.

Nautanki Diaries is a love story of a man and his ‘doodhwalla’ bicycle. Nautanki has her own tantrum and she is the best travel partner and a companion one would think of. She worthy to be trusted and takes good care of her rider not creating much ruckus when treated with love and care; regular service and oiling of her parts.

The time I started the book, I fell in love with Nautanki. She looks like the best companion Dominic can ever think he had. She is his travel partner and a girl-friend he trusted with his life.

The writing is at its best. One could not think of a better-written travelogue than this one. This is one of the best-written non-fiction travel diaries and I will like to read it again. It is a well-crafted smooth read with a quirky humor and candor. I like every inch of it and recommend to every reader wants to read something refreshingly new.

Author Bio

Dominic Franks graduated from Bangalore Medical College. His passion for sports led him to give up his career in medicine and join a premier sports channel. In September 2010, he decided to go on a cross-country bicycle journey from Bengaluru to New Delhi to witness the Commonwealth Games. It’s Not About the Cycle – winner of Best Adventure Film at the 2017 Toronto Beaches Film Festival – stars Nautanki, his bicycle, the central character of Nautanki Diaries.

Currently, he is working on producing his first documentary feature about human-animal relationships.

When not working to travel, or traveling on works, Franks holes up in Bengaluru where he lives, laughs and loves.

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The Monk of Lantau

28 Thursday Sep 2017

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35514708Author – Mann Matharu

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 145

Publisher – authorhouse

We have many questions but no one to answer them. The search for a meaningful existence is universal. We fight with the present for a better tomorrow. We fight with the demons of our everyday life to bring peace and happiness to life. We are always in a pursuit of making a better life for ourselves and our family.

The Monk of Lantau is not a book, it’s a journey. A journey to find and meet yourself. A journey we are seldom afraid to embark on, but life has its own way to teach and make you learn the important lessons of life on the right time when you in dire need or when you are ready. Mann Matharu tries to answer some of the questions in his book.

This is a story of an ordinary man, Matthew who is in a pursuit of happiness and a better future for him and his family. His daughters’ accident becomes the proverbial straw that breaks his back in his pursuit of happiness and personal attainment and questions his faith.

A tale from an unlikely source, a tale of a man with mystical healing power. Matthew finds himself on a journey through Europe, the Middle East and Asia in search of a healer who could restore balance and harmony in his life and heal his daughter. He met few incredible people and encounter incidents which took him into the depths of his own being.

An inspirational and insightful journey. I hope you all find your answers at the end of the book.

Author Bio

Mann is widely recognised for his entrepreneurial flair, his contributions to society, culture and philanthropy run much deeper and stem from a personal philosophy to live a compassionate and grateful life.

In his desire to help others, he has attained the privilege status of a Reiki Master Teacher. Mann himself went through a lengthy period of darkness in his personal life until he stumbled upon a path of self-realisation, culminated in inner peace.

The Monk of Lantau is Mann’s gift to those who are still searching for this peace. It is an inspirational fiction work that honors the journey our lives take through self-discovery to attain an existence steeped in balance, compassion, forgiveness and enlightenment.

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A Hundred Journeys

17 Saturday Jun 2017

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81pomg6XhgL.jpgAuthor – Omar Zafarullah

Rating – 4/5 stars

Number of Pages – 221

Publisher – Rupa Publications

‘A Hundred Journeys’ is a story of a father and his fatherland. A father wants his son when he grows up should know who he is and where his roots belong. A father wants his son to know what shaped him and his father into what they are today. A diary explains the journey of the author’s family.

This story comes from the land of Pakistan. A mother who lost her husband stands shoulder with the men and challenged patriarchy and raised his son to become a doctor. This doctor son has seven children and authors father is fourth among them and becomes a lawyer. Unfortunately, the author lost his father at an early age in a car accident. He heard the stories about the land he was born through his father and he wants to leave an account for his son of his fatherland.

A Hundred Journeys is a part memoir and part manual for living. The journey begins in the early 1900s when the family migrates from Ropar, Punjab, India to Gojra, Punjab, Pakistan in search of a better future.

The book is filled with inspiring characters author admires in his life and believe because of their efforts family is pulled out from the throes of poverty. The author finds instructing his son on lessons of life, how to set up a business and on to the advent of the war on terror. It seems author wants his son to be well prepared for the hardships of life and do not want a time for him he has gone through. He wants him to learn from his mistakes and experiences of life and take a learned decision.

The author writes this book because he wants his son to know what he cannot say to him. He writes about the family, country and anything and everything significant he finds and thinks his son should know. The Author attempts to explain Pakistan to his son Hyder. The land on which he was born and lived. The stories of the land of his father.

Author Bio

Omar Zafarullah is a mechanical engineer with a degree from Yale University, Connecticut, USA, and is an executive in a Fortune 500 company. He belongs to Gojra and lives in Lahore. He regularly contributes articles to The News, the most-read daily in Pakistan. He is married to a doctor, Saira, and has two children, Hyder and Maya.

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