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Leo Tolstoy

ShareLeo Tolstoy hardly needs an introduction. His persona is reflected in each character of his voluminous novels, be it, the politically charged War and Peace or the family drama of ‘Anna Karenina’. While reading...

Mark Twain

ShareMark Twain is one of the early American writers, who created some unforgettable characters such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. His novels abound in humor and witty one liners. Some of my favorites from The Adventures of...

Chitra Banerjee

ShareChitra Banerjee is one of my favorite writers, particularly the sensitive portrayal of women in her novels wins me over. A few of my favorite quotes: “A dream is a telegram from the hidden world,” Queen of Dreams “The dream...

F. Scott Fitzgerald

ShareF. Scott Fitzgerald – a unique name with an equally unparalleled style of writing. He is one of the first writers, who left an indelible imprint during the eventful infancy of American literature, bubbling with the cherished...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ShareFyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ once again reaffirmed my belief in the superb creative abilities of Russian writers. While War and Peace was a summary on politics and society, Crime and Punishment abounds...

Rajeev Ranjan

ShareRajeev Ranjan, a Delhi University alumnus, a worthy member of Indian Coast Guard debuted as a writer in 2011, with “A Splash of Love”. In his first book itself, I found a few pearls of wisdom, shining bright in his unusual...

Pearls of Wisdom

ShareWhile reading books, I often come across a beautiful line, a twisted thought, a potent universal truth- a rare Pearl of Wisdom, so to say, that shines among the written words and has the capacity to influence my attitude towards...

Paulo Coelho

SharePaulo Coelho was born in Brazil in 1947 and reborn as a writer in 1982. Presently, he is one of the most famous spiritual writer, and his own life, ebbing between introversion and protests against leading a restricted traditional...