Love story, Seriously! By Shivi Pandey

A school would always hold a special place somewhere within all of us. Everyone of us goes through a series of events in our school time. With the time table all predecided, it is natural that though we now understand the importance of discipline, yet at certain points, we were all repressed.
After reading this book, it seems as if Samar must have been repressed somewhere in his life regarding his thoughts on the opposite sex. He thinks of females not as a parallel human specie but as a source making the ends meet for his repressed needs.

Also the grammar needs improvement. I couldn’t understand the need for highlighting so many things like for instance the name of places in Delhi. The author has written the book in such a manner that his central character Samar is narrating the tale. I felt it needed improvement and could be told with more conviction.
One thing that I liked about the author is that he has his book out at an early stage of life. That is commendable and I congratulate him on all the work that he must have thought of doing at some point in life and actually came out with his very own book. Wish you all the best for future ventures.
Damanjeet Kaur.

Review of the Justified Sin – by Harpreet Makkar:

I made a connect with this book as soon as I read the very first paragraph of chapter one that mentioned the place Ludhiana. People say that every sikh family would always have their relatives at two places. One is Ludhiana and the other is Canada. Well, belonging to a Sikh family like Jay, this holds true for me as well.
As I made my way through the pages of this book, which had its initial set up in Ludhiana, I was very much able to live every moment that  writer described. It was as if I had been there, standing somewhere in the background, witnessing all the drama that was happening. The tale has been told with conviction. And I really could feel all the raw emotion that the Character of Jay went through. Having numerous sleepless nights, wanting to be with the childhood sweetheart Saloni, but too  much afraid from the word “love” … at the same time feeling all hollow in her absence, having a dream of being able to have a career in Delhi, sharing the really special bond with Dad, going till any extent possible to make the girl smile, going to CCD… All those simple, small yet special stuff that almost every teenager would do, has been written beautifully. 
This book is like a journey, taking one day at a time and also written in a way that readers are able live those days with the charaters involved.  Every minute detail, from the time of sending the message to dates to marks to no. of missed calls has been written so nicely, that it almost looks real. In fact, I missed a few calls while reading this book and when I checked my phone, I kind of read all the notifications Jay style, something like this “I have 89 unread messages from 9 conversations and about 4 missed calls at 23:00 hours” and now what.. I still haven’t checked any of those. I felt like writing this review instead.
I really feel that a good book is the one that is able to make you stay in its world even after finishing it. This book is still on my mind and I would want people to read it. Don’t you already want to know what happens to Jay and Saloni after Jay comes to Delhi? Would there be new friends of Jay, or would Saloni be able to gasp the tough long distance? Well, I suggest you read the book and find out.
Damanjeet Kaur.