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  *Book Review* Author- Rahul Pandita Genre- Non fiction Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 A real life memoir of a Kashmiri Pandit caught in the turmoil during the 1990 exodus . The horrors of militancy and refugee life seen through the eyes of the author who was then 14 years old. The sufferings and pain of the survivors cannot be shared. It's unfathomable. The unfolding of the darkest days of post independence India makes one wonder how could a country just forget their own countrymen caught in between geopolitical and religious cross fire. I had enough of one sided narrative of the Kashmir situation which keeps on changing every year but one thing that remains consistent is the exclusion of Kashmiri Pandits in the whole story. Why should they not be included in the fight for ' Azaadi'? Quoting the author - "𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙯𝙖𝙙𝙞, 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚

  *Book Review* Author- Matt Haig Genre- History, Romance Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Tom Hazard looks like a 40 years old man. But he has been around for a really long, long time. Four hundred twenty nine years to be exact. So how does it feel to exist since the beginning of everything? To see a new world unfolding everyday in front of your eyes? What is that one thing that keeps us going, for four centuries? ⏳⏳⏳ "𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝, 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨.” Eternity seems to be a lucrative offer but honestly I doubt that. As Tom observed throughout his life, "𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧". So I believe eternity is a confusing mess. Tom Hazard was born on 3rd March 1581. As the story progresses it is revealed he suffers from a condition called ' A