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                                        Pic courtesy : Amazon What is it like to be known as Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's daughter? Or to have a mother as famous as Sharmila Tagore? Or to be recognized as Saif Ali Khan's sister? Or as Kareena Kapoor's sister-in-law? And where do I stand among them? The above description is present in the blurb of the book. If you are looking for answer to the above questions, Soha Ali Khan does not provide the same.   This is a book that has got huge potential to strike a cord amongst the readers but it disappointed. Let me not be completely offensive. I was upset that the blurb completely misled my expectations on this book. Soha speaks about her paternal and maternal heritage for over half of the book. It would have been much better if she had given enough focus on how living amongst them has shaped her life. How does she...

                                Image courtesy : Amazon Center court describes the journey of Shankar Mahadevan , a Indian Tennis player over the course of 2 weeks during wimbledon.  It is not just the story of Shankar but it also brings the perspective of his father on how he feels during each of his matches.   The story is simple and straightforward. Of late, I have stopped reading books written by Indian Authors as I have developed a perception about the plot of their stories. (Credit Chetan Bhagat, Ravi Subramanian, Ashwin Sanghi and Amish Tripathi). Most of the Indian Authors try to be an Indian version of their western counterparts. Some want to be Indian DanBrown and some want to be John Grisham of Banking.   The most refreshing aspect of Sriram Subramanian is that he does not try to be any one. He does not try to mimic some western story to Indian context. He does no...