War and terror redefined
War and terror redefined Review of 03:02 written by Mainak Dhar The best thrillers are one long terrifying climax. But terror isn’t something that only the terrorist brings along. And the climax? Well, it invariably begins long before the actual battle. It is all these smaller battles that add up for the final blast… but...
Deep inside you’re a good man
Deep inside you’re a good man. Review of ‘Raakshas’ by Piyush Jha Getting inside the mind of a killer makes for an engrossing topic for an essay… but if the writer happens to be Piyush Jha, the film-maker, the visualisation of how this happens gets a bone-chilling clarity. ‘Raakshas’ by Piyush Jha is a book...
The world is always on the lookout for new wars
The world is always on the lookout for new wars: Review of BRUTAL by Uday Sathpathy Thrillers unwittingly talk about intrigues that the common man and reader is unaware of and has no way of accessing data that leads to the brutal conclusions that is so often expressed on the pages. So how do writers...
Breaking up cosy cartels
Discussing politics fills us with enthusiasm… and so this is all that we can hear in buses, on kerbsides, in shops and offices, in homes, on the television, on radio, in colleges, and I sometimes suspect, even in the mushy conversations of lovers in some park. But there is another truth that must accompany this...
Your time starts now! Review of ‘Arise, Awake’
I’ve always believed that stories are the best guide we as humans can ever opt for. So reading novels isn’t as much a crime as our parents make it to be. The truth is that we end up learning less from books and texts that try to make you cram information… and meandering through a...
As the night grew darker… Review of ‘RIP’
Nerves stretched to breaking point now. Then all four were on board. Now! ‘Zorawar,’ Krishna hissed into the headset. Along with the code word to commence strike, the flash bang in his hand was cast forward. Just like that, the operation attained critical mass. The flash bangs exploded with mind-numbing roars. Breaking out of the...
