Author: virenbhaika
Do you like books which have a mysterious storyline and the characters are doing something that they don’t completely understand, shrouded with mystery and doubt? Then Holes by Louis Sachar is a perfect match for you! Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is cursed with bad luck because his “no good dirty rotten pig stealin’ great-great-grandfather” did not honour an agreement he made with a gypsy lady. He is in a juvenile detention centre known as Camp Green Lake where all of the detainees have to dig one hole every day in the desert which is 5…
Have you ever wanted to read Greek Mythology that is funny and relatable to your life? Heroes by Stephen Fry does this perfectly. In the book Fry goes through the stories of what are probably the most influential Greek heroes: Hercules, Perseus, Jason, Theseus, Orpheus, Bellerophon, Oedipus and Atalanta. The core ideas of the book are just to refamiliarize the reader with the ancient Greek myths which is good for both general knowledge and classical understanding. Moreover, Fry manages to tell each story in incredible depth while also providing some modern allegories that allow the reader to understand the novel…
All around the world independent journalism and free speech is under threat. In Hong Kong, the Chinese Government has put in place a new National Security Law that prohibits newspapers from criticizing the Chinese Government and curtails the rights of the Hong Kong people. This has led to the forced closing of the prominent Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily and the jailing of its head, Jimmy Lai. At the same time, in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government has asked Twitter to remove all posts that are against the Indian Government or that they deem unfit or provocative. This is…