Dozakhnama

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🔸Some months ago I had started to read ‘Dozakhnama’ but couldn’t complete it somehow so I reread it from the start to maintain my tempo again which’s been written by Bengali author Rabisankar Bahl, the thing that urged me to get a copy of that book was the plot which revolved around Manto and illustrious Urdu poet Mirza Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib. I wouldn’t have imagine that one day I ‘d be reading Ghalib and Manto while they rest in their respective graves. Both were definitely the priceless connoisseurs in their genre, but obviously they weren’t meant to be together celebrating the difference of centuries among themselves.

Manto being the mid-age contemporary and Ghalib being the man who saw the rise and the fall of the Mughal sultanate, it was almost a dream to read them together, not only about sharing the stories but I found them talking like buds who are there face to face sharing the baazi of gambling and sipping the Johnny Walker together.
🔸These two different but bizarrely relevant personalities do have many things in common yet they are different from each other in every possible manner, Manto sahib had a self loathe; he didn’t need any of the critics to be pointing fingers at his personality or work (Yet many people did) he was his own guru, his own critic.

The best part about Manto sahib was that he was free; an independent soul that needed no verification, a certified harami, a person who would talk about taboo like fairy tales. I, myself have been his biggest fan till date from Ishwar Singh of Thanda Gosht to Bishan Singh of Toba Tek Singh; every of his character is mysterious and widely engaging even today.
🔸I would rate it 4.5
🔸A delight to read and a book that every bookshelf deserves. 💯

Mark Manson’s Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck

📚📑📘*Kitaab’cha*📚📗📕 ✨Book review time✨

Despite the fact that I am not someone who reads self-help books, I couldn’t keep my hands off Mark Manson’s maiden book “Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck” and intriguing part’s that neither the author nor the content propelled me to get this book but the thing that encouraged me to buy the book was the title. I was curious that what would be there inside that $12 book which makes it different from the other self-help publications. And to be brutally honest I‘d no expectations with this book; in fact I had told myself that if this book seems to waste even a nanosecond of mine then I’d drop it without giving it a second thought. Contrary to what I’d thought of the book, Mark really did surprise me when I unwrapped the book.

Unlike any other self-help publication, this book doesn’t talk of philosophical world; it doesn’t allow you to engage it with any kind of expectations. Basically this book consists of some real life scenarios that revolve around people like Pete Best of The Beatles and Dave Mustaine of Metallica who, aftermath had left Metallica to form his band Megadeth. The book also features some of the real life incidents of the author’s life including the people he met through the span of time.

This book isn’t supposed to make you feel any better about yourself; but contrarily it ‘d make you question your existence; it ‘d rather make you feel bad than good. It would unzipped the credentials of yours; propelling you to reconsider the priorities in your life.
Rest I’m going leave upon on, give this a read and judge the book yourself. This book has a 4/5 rating at Goodreads.