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i cannot make you understand. i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. i cannot even explain it to myself.

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  Metamorphosis Franz Kafka     The whole family is in the rush of Onam and here I am writing another review. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a modernist novella that leaves a deep mark on the reader. In this story, we step into the life of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect, my guess and imagination-a cockroach. What follows is not just the tale of a shocking transformation, but an exploration of alienation, family duty, and the fragility of human relationships.      The narrative takes us through Gregor’s gradual realization of his condition and the heartbreaking reactions of his family. Once the provider of the household, Gregor now becomes a burden, hidden away in his room, avoided, and eventually rejected. Kafka’s writing captures both the physical horror of Gregor’s situation and the quiet tragedy of his emotional isolation. At the beginning we see a caring sister who ev...
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Ethu Mood? Onam Mood!!

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it’s not enough to be friendly. you have to be a friend.

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  Wonder R J Palacio      Wonder by R.J. Palacio is a realistic fiction novel that truly touches the heart. In this book we step into the life of August Pullman, a boy born with a facial difference that makes him stand out wherever he goes. For years, he has been homeschooled, but now he faces the challenge of entering a regular school for the first time.      The story follows Auggie as he navigates the ups and downs of fifth grade—dealing with stares, whispers, and sometimes even cruel remarks. Yet, what makes this book powerful is not just the struggles but the way Auggie slowly wins over people with his kindness, humor, and quiet courage. Palacio also shifts the perspective to his sister, his friends, and even other classmates, which gives us a deeper understanding of how one person’s presence can change many lives. The book is in first person narrative narrated by different characters and sometimes feels like a diary by many people.  ...
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the hardest walk is walking alone , but that's also the walk that makes you the strongest

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Aalahayude Penmakkal  Sarah Joseph     Just for a change , today I will be reviewing a Malayalam novel. "Aalahayude Penmakkal" is a Malayalam novel written by Sarah Joseph. It's the first in the trilogy which includes "Mattathi" and   "Othappu" , all revolving around fierce women protagonists in out of the ordinary backgrounds.     The book is narrated from the perspective of Annie, an eight-year-old filled with curiosity , living in 'Kokkanchira' , an imaginary undesirable locality on the outskirts of Thrissur. 'Kokkanchira" is described as a previous dumping ground for carcasses and dead bodies and an abode for the marginalised societies, dalits and scavengers, displaced from the city. However we see how the services of these 'undesirables' are 'desirable' for the city dwellers , a situation where the development of some of few constricts the development of some others. We see conflicts between various social sects, p...
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the only way to earn is to live

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The Midnight Library   Matt Haig      "It is easy to mourn the lives we aren't living. Easy to wish we'd developed other other talents, said yes to different offers. Easy to wish we'd worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular, stayed in the band, gone to Australia, said yes to the coffee or done more bloody yoga. It takes no effort to miss the friends we didn't make and the work we didn't do the people we didn't do and the people we didn't marry and the children we didn't have. It is not difficult to see yourself through the lens of other people, and to wish you were all the different kaleidoscopic versions of you they wanted you to be. It is easy to regret, and keep regretting, ad infinitum, until our time runs out. But it is not lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It is the regret itself. It's the regret that makes us shrivel and wither and feel like our own and other people's wors...
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time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy

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The Palace Of Illusions CHITRA  BANERJEE  DIVAKARUNI "Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said.'There's so little in life that's worth it." -Draupadi & Krishna     Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's "The Palace Of Illusions" is based on the "Mahabharata". The verse is very familiar to us since a long time , But this book changes our whole point of view. We have always read historical stories which were written by men based on their point of view, but in this book we see the story through the eyes of a woman who is considered the root of the war which consumed several Indian dynasties and erased the Kauravas : Draupadi. So basically, the book is Draupadi's POV of the Mahabharata and its background. From her secret attraction to a mysterious man , who is her husbands' most dangerous enemy to being insulted by him , from being Krishna's friend to becoming his devotee ; we follow Dra...
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Ramachandra Series

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  Ramachandra Series (Review series) Amish Tripathi     The 'Ramachandra' series is a Indian-Mythological fiction tetralogy by Amish Tripathi. This is the author's second book series.The four books in the series are respectively given in order : Ram : Scion of Ikshvaku Sita : Warrior of Mithila Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta War of Lanka     And let me warn you in advance this is not the Ramayana you believe in or are familiar with. Be ready for an ignored Ram, a resilient Sita and a man-who-turned-into-evil-cause-he-lost-the-love-of-his-life  Raavan. And hence I welcome you to my first review series... Ram : Scion of Ikshvaku      “Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu ,Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate. A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.”     May these truly spoken words inspire...
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