Maxim Gorky's Mother - A Review

Book:  Mother: Maxim Gorky

Author: Maxim Gorky

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 400

ISBN:  8183520715

Publisher: Mahaveer Publishers

Price: 175

Book Blurb:

Mother, the immortal classic of Maxim Gorky, gives a broad and generalized picture of life in Russia on the eve of the Revolution of 1905. Pelageya is the wife of a factory worker who ignores the political upheaval in her country in favor of caring for her personal life. She represents hundreds of workers who are concerned with living their lives. Her son Paval takes a different path and joins the revolution inspiring many Russians who were living under a capitalistic society in Russia. She also takes an active participation in her people's struggle for justice. Through her work, she frees herself from the cowed state into which she has been beaten, and her simple motherly concern for her son becomes a motherly concern for all oppressed.

A Book Review of the Story of Cinderella (Charles Perrault)

Book: Cinderella (Ladybird Tales Mini)

Format: Hardcover

ISBN:  9781846469763

Size: 179 cm

Pages: 48

Published: September 4, 2008

Publisher: Ladybird

Language: English

About the Book:

The story of Cinderella, authored by the French author Charles Perrault and later translated into the English version by Anthea Bell, is one of the super classic stories I have ever read in my lifetime. I feel that this story is an all-time read. This story will remain a classic even if you want to read it in the later years of your life. 

What Young India Wants (by Chetan Bhagat) - A Book Review

Book: What Young India Wants

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Format: Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 181
Price: Rs. 140
Publishers: Rupa Publications
ISBN Number: 8129120216

About the Book:

'What Young India Wants' is a recent creative non-fiction book written and published by a contemporary and popular Indian author Chetan Bhagat. Being an Indian himself, he has faced many ups and downs in his lifetime and has questioned several Indian youth-based, economical, and social issues, such as the poor education system, poverty, corruption, and poor rural and urban development. His grief and anguish is about the grave contemporary Indian issues that are not been taken seriously by the Indian Government and top-ranked officials and politicians. His hope towards every single problem is to be considered first and to find out some solution to lessen or if possible eradicate those issues. 

Book Review: Piyush Jha's Mumbaistan

Mumbaistan by Piyush Jha

I had been a mother and a chance reader for all these years. Thanks to the AABG team efforts- I could now take a step towards speaking up about my views on a book. The quote from Ekta Kapoor on the cover page of the Piyush Jha’s Mumbaistan- had captivated me. I am not ashamed to confess- once even I was addicted to her marathon serials, much to the chagrin of my husband. But this book is beyond the realm of complexities knotted together.

Talking Relationships

Relationships are around us have names like parents, siblings, relatives and friends. We are always surrounded by relationship. Everyone needs some time, energy and emotions to invest in their relationships.

There is a famous saying “Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are”. Being surrounded by good, motivating and positive friends would only make you successful and motivated in whatever you do. Similarly, being surrounded by unhealthy and negative friends would yield the same bad qualities in you. So always make sure you are around good friends .This doesn’t mean you have to completely ignore the bad ones. You can still make them better only if have good qualities that would have an effect on your friend. Also, today in the Facebook and Twitter era, most of us have 100’s to 500’s or even more friends. Yet only your close and real friends can be counted by fingers. Thus make sure that your close friends are always attended to.

There is no guide book for parenting

A lot has been said and written about parenting. Choices have been weighed, styles have been defined, the dos and don’ts have been brought to light and even the ideal route has been set. However, nowhere it has been discussed about parenting being subjective. Nobody never really focused on the thought that there isn’t any book or self help that works for everyone. That everyone who first becomes a parent is as new to the experience of parenting as a baby is, while she takes her first step. It is a world of uncertainties and it is definitely not easy.

Helping Baby Learn to Sleep

It’s easy to guess that when there is a baby in a family – the members of that family, especially the father and mother of the child, look harassed and tired. Until a baby is trained to eat and sleep at regular times, parents suffer sleepless nights.