Bhagwati Charan Vohra and his wife Durga were compatriots of Bhagat Singh. Lovingly called Bhai and Bhabhi, they were a comfortably-off couple who still left all the comforts and jumped into the Indian freedom struggle. While Bhagwati died a gruesome death when the bomb that he was testing accidentally went off, Durga continued the struggle even in free India. This book is not so much a biography as a collection of extracts from other books and anecdotes and recollections. It is worth a read but the couple deserve something much better.
There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Saturday, April 23, 2016
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
" I have learnt from experience that when a book makes a sensation it is just as well to wait a year before you read it. It is astonishing how many books then you need not read at all."
W. Somerset Maugham: The Voice of the Turtle
Wish I had read this advice before reading all those books on international- bestseller lists.
W. Somerset Maugham: The Voice of the Turtle
Wish I had read this advice before reading all those books on international- bestseller lists.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Mount TBR Check-In
It is time for the first check-in of 2016 as we climb the mountains of books, purchased before this year.
Well, I have taken a small step towards conquering those mountains, having read Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch. And my fave character of that book (to ans a ques asked by Bev @My Reader's Block) was the eponymous heroine Mildred.
Well, I have taken a small step towards conquering those mountains, having read Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch. And my fave character of that book (to ans a ques asked by Bev @My Reader's Block) was the eponymous heroine Mildred.
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