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(Picture Source: Google) Don’t you think that there’s something in the picture?, I bought the book for the very reason (It may sound weird, but that's me! sometimes i pick the books if i like the title ), it attracted me to pick it up from those landmark shelves, and when i read the plot in the back flap i was convinced that its not going to be unworthy. I am more into Indian authors in recent times. This is the first one in a trilogy on Shiva (Am yet to find out if its actually about Lord Shiva). 1900 BC: The Land of Meluah (We call it the indus vally civilisation) is a near perfect empire created by Lord Rama. The empire ruled by the Suryavanshis face severe perils as their primary river Saraswati is dying to extinction. They are also devastated by surprised terrorist attacks from their enemies the chandravanshis allied with the Nagas. Nagas are deadliest deformed humans with extraordinary powers. The Suryavanshi’s only hope is on a legend: The hero will arise to destroy th...

Though my reading habit is 7 years old, I have never opted the short stories. Short stories, may be short but the experience and thrill is no lesser than what you get out of novels. Of course novels have their own interesting elements. Anyways coming to the point, I happened to choose this collection of 12 short stories ”The Japanese Wife” (- written by Kunal Basu) on the recommendation of my friend. The first story itself is titled the Japanese wife and the rest of the stories doesn’t have any relevance to Japan or its wife and i still can’t decipher why the book has been given the title. Nevertheless, when i finished the first story I knew that the rest of the stories are something not to be missed for sure. The moment I finished one story, I would smile, relish the ending and can’t wait to open the next one. All stories are about the un-expected, the author surprises you at the end no matter how he starts the narration, it may be featurless or spicy in the beginning but you g...