Hitler's Nepal Connection by Evangel Athial

A Good Effort.....

I was curious to read this book after I received it but because of other priorities had to keep it aside for a couple of days. Looking at the book daily and not reading was a tough task to do and I finally got a chance to keep my hands on it.

I started reading and with the chapters moving on, I was so much attached to the story line that I wanted to finish the book as soon as possible. Strange topics discussed in the book about Hitler, Black Magic, A silent love story in the parallel run, sex description on a mild note......a lot of things to keep the reader stick to 135 pages.

If I have to summarize, I liked the book and efforts of the author. It is a nice piece of work however needed some professional hands to make it perfect.

The book looked like a Syllabus Book to me when I saw it for the first time. But content of the book is nowhere behind a thrilling novel.

ISBN number is missing from the book which clearly shows that it will be difficult for the author to reach the correct and potential audience. The book will not be available in many world class stores as they do not keep books without an ISBN number on it. This book had the potential but have no idea to why was it self-published.

There are some major editing errors evident in the book content. The biggest example I would like to highlight here is the date of birth mentioned in the book, which says that Hitler was born on April 20th, 1929. Now this date is something which cannot be true. I know it would have been a typo error but who so ever edited the book, did not do justice to his job. These small errors questions the authenticity of the information shared in the book.

The normal trend is that book is released as "Fiction" or "Non Fiction" but this book does not give any idea of the category of the book.

I would not like to highlight any other editing errors as there are a lot and it is not to do with the author. It is all about flaws left by the editor of the book. The author has done a remarkable job and the book is a worth read. Reading about Hitler, some of the secrets about him, about his inclination towards black magic, a couple meeting after seven thousand years, having a discussion over an ice covered mountain are just enough to take reader to a different journey all together.

The Group of Fools by Yaagneshwaran G

Genre: Fiction; Pages 136; Paperback: Rs 150, ISBN no. 978-93-81205-66-2

"The Group of Fools"

The Group of Fools is a tale of a group of friends in a Business School.

Each had a different attitude, a different mindset and was from a different background.

And then there was love, ambition and more complications.

A recession that worsened the situation.

Will they rise to the occasion?

Welcome to the journey of the Group of Fools.

These lines welcomes the reader, looks light as a read and cover page compliments it. 

A nice cover page to start with, a very important factor in success or failure of any book. Cover creates a scene before even someone start to read the book. 

A light version of writing, sometimes straight, sometimes deep, sometimes lost the track, sometimes straight - The book doesn't grip till reaching the mid parts. Incidents happen very fast and with chapters time, scenes, importance, depth changes. 

While reading the book, I lost the focus many times. Author did not try to link readers to any character. Story just moved on as if no-one is very important to the book. But, I waited and read more, and it happened, story gripped me after finishing almost half of pages and later it was entertaining and the book finished with a positive and a strong message. The Author managed to close the story successfully and the book was entertaining and gripped attention in the second half.

There were other factors as well, which grabbed my attention. Minor flaws, some positives and some negatives. Content page was not really required in the book but was added, that's fine, but giving the list of content in the "Chiller" font confused me, this font is normally used to give a suspense or a horror gesture. Why it was used in the content page remained unanswered even after finishing the read. 

Later, the print of the book is in the font "Comic S", this font is liked by teens and gives a feeling of a "Light and funny" read. I was pleased and expected the book to give that content, in some chapters, yer it happened however towards the end of the book when the Author was really serious in discussion and the story line was meeting eyes, that font gave a funny feeling. 

I would call it the "Editing Errors" - for the story which is mixed in emotions, Using basic fonts like "Arial" or "Georgia" is the best strategy. Author should not be blamed for this at all.

This book will be liked by people who are/were ever related to Business Schools. I scanned a thorough life cycle of a B-School through this book. Author was successful in this part and managed to deliver his area of interest and a should read for B-School related people.


For a normal reader book may seem to be boring for fist half but the second half of the book is a worth read for all.


A good read, I personally liked it. The Editing part of the book is not satisfactory part however the Author should not be blamed for that.

Three Times Loser - Akash Verma

Overall I liked the Book. It was a decent read.

A different story line, looked fresh and I wanted to read more, a curiosity developed as three stories in one Novel were coming the way one after the other.

Megha, a home maker in Gurgaon receives a letter.

Mandira, a top MNC executive in New Delhi receives a letter.

Shonali, a Corporate slut in Mumbai receives a letter.

Three unknown people; three different lives; one common thread that binds them together, Alok.

These lines behind the book cover attracted me, I wanted to read, to know what is going to happen.

Author successfully managed to narrate three stories, one after the other; it went on well and entertaining. Characters mentioned in the book are well portrayed and locations are descriptive.

It was entertaining to read the book.


Three different stories makes the reader flow in three different ages and surroundings. Good work done by the Author on that front. 

Now coming on to the “Areas of Improvement” for the book –

There are evident editing errors in the book, those can be turn off for an attentive reader. A character by the name of Happy singh is a cut Surd, it surprises how come the shopkeeper knows that he is a ‘Sardar’ in Delhi Market. To continue the turn off for the readers, the same error was repeated with the pimp on GB road incident.

In the first story, friends go to Delhi, the chapter has no correlation with the story line and I felt it was a interruption in the story. Story was to show the relation of Alok with Megha but I felt that as a barrier for the flowing story. If we think about the reason of Author putting so much efforts to write this chapter would be only to show the way of living of characters involved in the story, which was important. 

Name of “Megha” used in place of “Mandira” – I was surprised for a moment and when I read the line again, I understood, it was an editing error. It was again a turn off a I was all engrossed with the story and all of a sudden the face changed.

Basic errors were also observed like. “Hello” spelled like “Hullo”.

Overall I liked the book and it is a good read.