A story of a little known frontier village Mano Majra (Punjab) - a railway station situated near bank of river Sutlej dividing India and Pakistan. The author Khushwant Singh narrates history of 1947 summer after Partition was declared and frontier elsewhere has become scene of rioting and bloodshed. However, this is the village where Sikhs and Muslims have always lived peacefully and partition did not mean much. Life is regulated by the trains thta rattle across the nearby river bridge.

The only reason for India-Pakistan partition was Congress - few Congress leaders who were old, tired, not ready to fight any more and having deep political desire of getting power at the earliest. All this made them accept partition without much protest and fight.

Book Review by Dr Bharat Desai: "Art of Power" - Thich Nhat Hanh 

Our society is founded on a very limited definition of power, namely wealth, professional success, fame, physical strength, military might and political control. My dear Friends, I suggest that there is another kind of power, a greater power: the power to be happy right in the present moment, free from addiction, fear, despair, discrimination, anger and ignorance. THIS power is a birthright of every human being, celebrated or unknown, rich or poor, strong or weak.

• A powerful way to make things better.
• A manipulative technique for getting what you want.
• A power of forgiveness to improve or repair relationships, your business and even your home.

This is a rare book exploring a very important subject – poorly understood and hardly bothered. I will start with the most important issue that is,

Arthi's back to pen her thoughts down and so is Train to Pakistan - one of my long-loved books. Here's an excerpt from her most recent article, review of Train to Pakistan.

Like in Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘3 Deewarein’ three independent incidences took place with me in the recent past, which were meant to be linked by the end. That’s the only part in common with 3 Deewarein; the plot and the story in my case were completely different.

Just finished reading Two States and thought of sharing its review. Two States is fourth in line from Chetan Bhagat after blockbusters Five point someone, One night at call centre and Three mistakes of my life. (What’s with the numbers here? Chetan Bhagat really seems to be a superstitious, as all his books start with numbers.)

This being the first article on this page, I wanted to write something really interesting (and inviting enough that a reader feels like revisiting). Before I can write a ‘review’ of this book, there’s a fundamental condition to be fulfilled.