13- Kangkana

"The Diary of My Love" centres around Anushkaa, her love relationships and her career. Anushkaa is a girl who has goals set for her career and do not like the intervention of anyone in her path to success. But later on when she meets Ayush she felt the need to give a thought to committing herself to a love relationship. On the other hand Ayush also had mutual feelings for Anushkaa. Can these two lovers get together or destiny has something else planned for them? For the answers you need to read this book. . The story was a simple one. Characters like Ayush, Sahil, Karan, Anushkaa and all other supporting characters (families) were well portrayed and good to read. I felt the most stable and beautiful relationship in this book was about Karan and Anushkaa's friendship. This book tried to portray the hardships in a long distance relationship and when career collides with maintaining relationships they often ends up in a bad note. . The plot of "The Diary of My Love" had wonderful potential, yet sometimes I felt it was unconvincing. I really had high expectations from this book when I saw the word 'diary' in it as I thought it will be in a diary format (which makes it interesting for me). . Nevertheless, I think beginners will enjoy this book. It's a short read and can be finished in just one sitting and also easy to go through.

The title of this book 'Pokhran' itself gives the readers a hint about the content that it will be concentrating on, and that is 'Nuclear Test'. 'Pokhran' takes us back to 1974 when the first successful nuclear test 'Smiling Buddha' was conducted in India. The code name Smiling Buddha was given to this mission because it was aimed to ensure the safety and power of the country instead of threatening anyone, but little did anyone realized then that the results will be contrary. . The story in this book starts with Paramvir Kumar who was an architect and structural engineer charged with building and freshwater canal in Pokhran rejoicing about India's successful nuclear test but who knew his rejoice will turn into grief after a year when his wife passed away while giving birth to their son(Chaitanya) who was born with physical disability. That year apart from Chaitanya many other babies were reported being born with physical disabilities, and the reason was assumed to be nuclear fallout which remained unnoticed and unreported. So, this book is about unfolding those conspiracies and making people aware about it but as easy as it seems it is entangled with cruel politics and people's lust for power. To know the story further you have to read this book. . Even though the central theme of this book is the nuclear fallout but it also touches issues like gender inequality, child trafficking, riots and lust for power. Even though Paramvir was a tough and harsh father, yet his contributions in making Chaitanya independent and self-reliant is wonderful. Even though the plot of this book is unique and fast-paced but there were moments where I felt it could have been a little more detailed.

This book contains 34 chapters written by different doctors and patients across the globe. Their experiences with different diseases and the processes through which patients were cured . It is not simply a book but I felt they were pages containing the untold emotions of different doctors and their experiences with their patients and patients families. We all many at times misjudge the doctors thinking they are humans of such superiority who can't even commit a little mistake. But at times this prejudice itself becomes a burden for them . We often tend to forget that after all , all doctors are humans and humans do commit mistakes. "No doctor wants to harm their patient by omission or commission " said by Dr. Tejal Lathia . Yes it is true . Doctors really feel privileged when they are called as life saviour. And this life saviour goes through a lot of hard work to achieve this title . But whenever we try to defame a doctor because a surgery or medication did not went well with the patient , we never try to consider the point of view from a doctor's perspective. We slander the doctor and also highlight his name as the patient's murderer. ........ 📖 In India their is no law in protection of doctor's right , hence aften doctor's faces violation by the patient's family. Their are even records of doctors getting mobbed and even in most unfortunate situation getting lynched. ............ 📖 Therefore I feel that this is a must read book for everyone and also understand the stories from a doctor's perspective. Their are evils in every profession but that doesn't mean we will slander everyone related to it . Some of the stories in this book are really heartwarming. Their are stories about successful operations and also some failed attempts and also stories about patients who battled their diseases and now leading a happy life . 📖This book really touches your heart and once you start reading it you won't be able to put it down . The stories are beautiful, heartfelt and emotional.One must go through such beautiful book and gain positivity.