The Muddy River

A very interesting book is up for review. We have P.A. Krishnan’s ‘The Muddy River’ which belongs to the Literature and Fiction category. The storyline of this book involves politics, corruption and a lot of curiosity generated, which keeps you guessing till the end. The title of this book reminds us of the famous Hindi saying about politics – Politics ek gutter hai. So is there someone in this book who has attempted to clean it? Or maybe pollute it even more? Read the excerpt to know what to look forward from this book.

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BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Nov. 8, ’11

Tangy Tuesday PicksAfter India’s victorious world cup campaign in Cricket, which are the series that you have watched or are following? Do you think it is overdose of Cricket or are you ok with it? The less number of people turning up in the stadiums is a cause for concern though. Thankfully, the number of blog posts every week is not coming down. 🙂 They are just rising every single week. Here are the best from this week.

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Mafia Queens of Mumbai!

The book that we announce today has a foreword by the famous Bollywood director, Vishal Bharadwaj. The writing is so visual that it makes you feel as if you are watching a movie, says the director. The author is a very reputed crime journalist of Mumbai. The Adda has become the underworld Adda today with Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges’, Mafia Queens of Mumbai – stories of women from the ganglands! Intriguing stories of 13 women of the mafia world, like Tarannum Khan, bar girl famous for international cricket betting; Asha Gawli, wife of don Arun Gawli, who shielded her husband by entering politics; Mahalaxmi Papamani, involved in drug smuggling; Gangubai from Kamathipura; Ashraf aka Sapna, who wanted to kill Dawood, and many other Mumbai Mafia Queens’ lives are captured in this book. Interested?

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Interview with ‘The Blue Bride’

Today at your Adda we are welcoming a bride. Not just any other bride, but an early blogger – The Blue Bride! She started off her blog ‘It’s a Charade‘ to record the bizarre things of her life, her wedding preparations and her frustrations. The Blue Bride, through her blog, also speaks for very important issues of the society, and her thoughts & vision set her apart. We thoroughly enjoyed reading the humorous account of her early and daily life while preparing her interview. Are you ready to enjoy reading the interview? Precede now!

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