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Kaash Kashmir by Rajesh Talwar- Review

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Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book : KAASH KASHMIR: A Play on Love and Loss in the Valley of Fear Author: Rajesh Talwar Edition : Kindle Pages: 130 pages Rating: 3.5/5 stars Recommend: Yes Snapshot : Kaash Kashmir is written in a form of a play. The story put its emphasis on the neglected issue about the Kashmiri Pandits leaving their land in 1990. The play is about two best friends; Kashmiri Pandit boy named 'Rohan' and a Muslim girl named 'Ayesha'. They both lived in the beautiful valley of Kashmir with their family and they both were neighbours for many years. The story drastically shifted and moved towards a scene where a bunch of Pakistanis and some Kashmiri Muslims were planning to remove all the Kashmiri Pandits from the valley. In the year 1990, there was an uproar and all the pandits were threatened to leave the Kashmir or else they would be killed. Seeing that, the Rohan's family (The Pandits) left the valley and

The Killings in November: A Play- Review

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Click here to purchase a copy from Amazon Book: The Killings in November: A Play Author: Rajesh Talwar Edition: Kindle Pages: 131 pages Rating: 3.75/5 stars Recommend: Yes Snapshot:  This is a short novel and it is narrated in the form of play. The story starts with a scene at Delhi Police Headquarter where Police Commissioner is holding a high-level meeting with the two famous detectives- Col. Ranjeet and Herlock Homes (sounds familiar, Right?). The meeting discussed the fact that how Delhi witnesses an enormous amount of murders in the month of November. The killer behind all the murders has a unique style and is no ordinary killer. The killer also has a different sense of dressing style. He is tall, puts on a red lipstick and always wearing a grey suit with a red tie. He has grey Mercedes and before killing a person he puts out his guitar and started singing a song. His targets are generally women, children and elderly people. Factors