Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

Thoughts & Review on Story wallah by Neelesh Misra’s Mandali छोटी सी कहानी से, बारिशों की पानी से सारी वादी भर गयी न जाने क्यों, दिल भर गया न जाने क्यों आँख भर गयी This beautiful song written by Gulzaar saab captures the perfect essence of a story & monsoon. Stories, lyrics, novels are the only everlasting magic for us. Neelesh Misra’s Mandali spins that magic yarn for us and shares us with heart-warming, earthy stories, to make this very moody monsoon a bit tolerable for us. I heard first about Neelesh Misra on Twitter reading his lyrics/poems in Hindi on Twitter ages ago. Now when, I got this opportunity to read his book- Neelesh Misra Mandali’s Storywallah, I took up the opportunity to read it.  There is something about short stories, they engulf you in their world for a short time & yet stay with you with forever. Neelesh Misra’s Mandali’s –“Storywallah” is the collective efforts from different authors who have written 20 stories. Each s...

The Puffin Book of Folktales in collaboration with Penguin & UNESCO  Its almost an end of the day, but just not an ordinary day. Its World Book Day & for all the book lovers out there in the vast world, this day is just an excuse to read more and purchase just that one book (I promise its the last book)  So when today morning, i received mail from @vivekisms (From Flipkart)  About a book of folktales, I knew i had to read this book & Write about it.  No matter how old or how young we are, our quest for reading always begins with folktales. Some are told by our grandparents, a few we read, a few embellished tales we see on television. The quest, thankfully is not quenched and a reader is forever in search of  folk lore.  From time immemorial, books are a gateway to our culture, to a country, our thoughts and beliefs. Folk tales are originated from our lands, they are the very much center of every culture in this world & from ea...