Inane Murtaza

I still remember the movie 'Dor' by Nagesh Kukunoor and the tears it brought to my eyes when the movie ended. The basic premise of the movie revolved around 3 characters - a widow whose husband was killed by his friend, The friend's wife who has come down to meet the widow for mercy appeal and a thief. If you haven't watched the movie, I would surely recommend you guys to watch it for the brilliance that Nagesh Kukunoor has brought on screen. Faiqa Mansab's 'This House Under Clay and Water' also revolves around 3 protagonist, 2 of whom are women and the third - a transgender / Hijra as the book says. This was one of the main reason that made me pick this book. The basic premise did kind of remind me of the movie Dor and I was quite intrigued on how the book was different. I was so wrong. Nida, wife of a politician who is unhappy with her life after she lost her baby befriends Sasha, who fulfills her materialistic desires by sleeping outside her mar...

Years back, when Indian Mythology was still a highly unexplored topic, a lot of authors came up with their own different versions bringing out a variety of perspectives that one would love to enjoy. Among these authors, there rose a relatively unknown author Amish who came up with the book 'The Immortals of Meluha' which took the Indian readers by storm. The Shiva Trilogy was written solely based on the theory that Mahadev was a human and even he was faced with various complex decisions. After the trilogy was released, Amish brought out a new book 'The Skion of Ishkvaku' which I believe is a prequel to Shiva trilogy (as there were a lot of mentions of Ramchandra in the Shiva Trilogy). The new book which was the first in the series of many books to come was a different adaptation to Ramayana from the perspective of Ram. The book was followed by 'Sita : The Warrior of Mithila' which brings out the story of Sita to the same point as the previous book and it w...

"Damn! It's late again. I have to take a vacation soon, else I'll go mad", she murmured to herself swiping her card. Slinging her bag on her shoulders, she took the elevator down from her office and started moving towards the nearest cafe which she was used to visit regularly. Taking in the familiar aroma of the coffee, she glanced around the busy cafe playing the song Heartbeat by Enrique, her favorite. With a wave of nostalgia spreading over her she proceeded towards the cashier. "One Hazelnut Latte please", she ordered. "And one Cappuccino", echoed a second voice. "With no sugar, takeaway", she spoke in unison along with the other voice with a slight faltering smile on her face. She turned around feigning a smile that he was just too familiar with. "It's your turn today", he said as the bill was produced. She paid up the cash still looking at him not believing her eyes for quite some time until she was distracted by ...

I was quite hesitant to pick up a Booker Prize Winning Book after the terrible experience that was 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy. I know I'm gonna receive a lot of flak for terming it as a terrible book but I just couldn't grasp that book and the only good thing that the book did to me was cure my insomnia. As years passed by, I tried challenging myself on having a goal on the number of books I read per year based on certain topics and that's how I came across 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga which came under the topic 'A book narrated through Letters/Mails'. I did try to procrastinate the book but the inevitable had to happen. Lo and Behold! The book turned out to be a surprisingly interesting read and honestly I didn't regret reading it even a bit. This prompted me to go for another book of his 'The Selection Day'. Though I must admit, I had bought the book on kindle for the sole reason that it was available at a very ...

Remember Jon Snow or for the more Indian audience, remember Mihir Virani; how these characters were revived in their show due to their popularity. Yes, I still doubt that Jon Snow would be revived by George RR Martin the way it was so dramatically shown in the TV Show but sometimes a revival is needed so that someone or something gets their character or identity shaped better. So, with this motto in mind, I'm planning to revive my blog which went dead after a few articles, primarily due to my laziness. After contemplating a lot on how to write new post for my blog, I tried to put up various options, depending on what I like. A Travel Blog - Na, I don't have enough experience on travel and plus I'm bad at photography. A Book Review Blog - For this, I had to increase the number of books I read which turned out to be a lot difficult in this digital age. A Film Review Blog - Hmmm, not a bad idea, but this will only turn out fruitful if I finish the review within a day or ...