For those confused by the title – checkout the ‘Idea’ Advertisement being referred to.

When e-books were first introduced in the 90’s, being a lover of the conventional paper books, it took me no more than a minute to write them off. The first generation e-book readers were so unaesthetic that major publishers did not see a reason to convert their titles to this digital format.

As booklovers, we found it too inconvenient and tiring to read an e-book on the screen. We resorted to it only if we had to wait too long, like when ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ released and none of the book stores had it in stock. Hence, the paper book continued to exist and thrive, even in the fast advancing Digital age.

Well, all that is set to change, in fact has already started changing. In the past few months, we’ve been introduced to Kindle2, Nook, iPad, and so many impressive gadgets, and have woken up to a reality that e-books aren’t that bad after all, if you have such nice gadgets to read them on.

The patented E-ink technology ensures your eyes have the same reading comfort as with ink on paper. Add to this the convenience they offer – download any book you want to read, in a matter of seconds, not having to wait for your next visit to the bookstore, or the 2 day wait for delivery of your order at LeBooks.in. There have been several occasions when we’ve told some of you that we’ll need to import a book and shall take about 4 weeks to ship it, and you’d hardly have a choice but to wait to get that title. Having to wait to have something that you can download? – Aren’t we called the impatient generation!! (remember that Airtel Broadband Ad). And how about being able to carry your complete 500-book collection with you, anywhere you go?

Now that I am convinced that the books – as we’ve known them for years are going to change, I wonder how the book industry would change over the next few years. Idling with these thoughts, and having a fair idea of the Indian book industry now, I can see several things changing.

Publishers would be publishing all books in e-book format(ePub) and making better margins. They need not wait for weeks to get copies printed and distributed to retailers in far flung areas using a distribution network that is unbelievably unreliable. Like the music industry, their biggest challenge will be fighting piracy.

The worst hit will be distributors and the brick and mortar retailers who will see almost half of their sales getting wiped out in the next 5 years.

Online booksellers like us will move to platforms to deliver e-books and also selling to those still crazy about the paper books. We’ll also keep developing applications/products to enhance your reading experience. In fact, the e-book model shall suit us better as we won’t have to waste time handling logistics and our only goal shall be to look after all the needs of booklovers.

Many would argue(as I did till sometime back) that we can’t really substitute our beloved paper books with those plastic slates. How can an e-book reader substitute that smell of paper, that experience of walking through tall book racks, the beautiful feeling of finishing a book and writing a note on the last page?|

All I can say is that we’ll adapt, we all will. I’m not saying that our paper books will cease to exist, but yes, they will definitely become much less popular. Our generation is going to miss them and narrate stories to their grandchildren about our beautiful experiences of flipping through the pages, using those lovely hand-made bookmarks, and stacking our cupboards with that primitive form of books.

How books are going to change, is anybody’s guess. But till the time e-books take over, I’m going to cherish these wonderful paper books that I have collected over the years, and will continue to add more to the collection till a stupid gadget gets me hooked.

Feel free to share your thoughts on how do you see e-books changing our world in years to come.

Many of you might have been surprised by it while we tried the service out; and now it is public – we will plastic wrap your books for you, every one of them that you order with us. No more hassles of going to the market to buy that sheet of plastic, measuring it against the book, cutting it and then wrapping it around the book.

We felt the need for it because I, myself, used to do so years earlier when I had ample time . But as routine got hectic and days shorter I stopped and would then often wish for someone to take over the job, especially when I saw many in my collection sitting half-naked on the shelves with their jackets wrinkled and torn from all the lending and handling.

So for all ye book lovers, we will plastic wrap the books for you. Here is how it works:-

The book is wrapped cleanly in a transparent plastic sheet such that no cello tape is used or adhesive applied. If you wish, you can simply remove the plastic off without affecting the book. The book is then bubble-wrapped and put in a cardboad box with the package finally plastic sealed as shown in our post on how we gift wrap them.

And all this for a small cost of Rs. 10 per book.

There has recently been a lot of controversy surrounding Raj Kumar Hirani’s “3 Idiots” starring Aamir Khan with Chetan Bhagat alleging that the screenplay has been adapted from one of his more popular novels “Five Point Someone“.

Chetan’s stance and his subsequent followup with the film’s director and producer can be read at his blog.

I totally agree with Chetan on the front that he doesn’t need the publicity. Even before I realized there was a controversy surrounding the movie, I had seen the mention of Five Point Someone in the newspapers either by the actors or journos covering the movie. More so I believe, there will be hardly anyone in India who reads popular fiction and has not heard about Chetan Bhagat.

The point to be considered, however is if the movie is not an adaptation of any novel and is an original script in itself then why was a contract signed with Chetan in the first place before release?

A 5-10% rip-off hardly requires a contract. If you recall, most Bollywood movies at one time were a rehash of just one plot – a boy and a girl falling in love with a villain adding twist to the story. Who owns the script to that – the screenwriter who wrote the first movie? No producer is ever going to sign a contract with any author for that and since the makers of 3 Idiots did so and that too without showing the movie to Chetan Bhagat, I am sure something is amiss when they rubbish all his claims.

This in fact makes me curious on what was actually mentioned in the contract that they needed to cover up their behinds?

Further, if the movie is so original then why was Aamir Khan specifically asked not to read the book lest he be influenced? I really like him as an actor and think him to be a man of integrity, however his comments on Five Point Someone being just an inspiration for the movie (can be found here) are a bit out of this world.

When I saw the movie I thought it was just like Taare Zameen Par albeit with a different social issue – bringing out the flaws plaguing our educational system, which I also had tried to highlight in a previous blog post (I hope that this was posted before the controversy erupted, can someone confirm?? ) On the other hand, Five Point Someone brought to the fore though in a bit of an exaggerated way of how we students used to live our lives in IITD.

Thus, in my opinion 3 Idiots puts more focus on the teachers and their teaching methods while Five Point Someone concerns itself with the students’ campus life. However, the storyline did turn out to be similar, to what degree is suspect.

Instead of Chetan Bhagat it is the makers of 3 Idiots, who by embroiling themselves in a controversy, are trying to gain from his fame in the hope that all those millions who have read his book also see the movie. As Aamir Khan has apty put: “Nobody knows him but Chetan is a big star”

Edit: And oh, that “him” in the above quote actually refers to Abhijat (or symbolically 3 Idiots maybe??) and not Aamir himself.

It has been over two and a half months since we launched, and from day one itself  we’ve been getting requests for ‘Gifting’ options. In fact, we ourselves have longed for such a service for some time now but could never really find a reliable one. Many a times, I have personally wanted to surprise a friend/cousin but there was nothing useful unless I wanted to send flowers through Ferns and Petals.

So to us the idea of enabling a gift option on our store always held a lot of appeal but what hastened our decision was a simple market research. Further, has anyone really tried to find out how many people search for the following terms on Google?

‘Send Gifts India’

‘Gift a Book’

‘Send Books’

Many do!! So here we are – formally announcing our new Gift Wrap options for sending books to anywhere within India.

Some of you, who have been regular visitors to our site, might be wondering what’s this all about when this option has already existed for a while now. Yes, the option was there but it was in the initial testing phase where we tried out various measures to ensure that the nice gift-wrapped packets don’t get damaged during transit. We wanted to ensure that the wrapping remained intact and the whole package appealed aesthetically to the recipients so as to bring a smile on their face.

And now we can claim with confidence that it will!

Here’s how we gift wrap the books for your special ones :

The book is first bubble-wrapped and put in a nice strong cardboard box – like every regular order of ours. We then gift-wrap the box and tie a red ribbon onto it. See the image. This gift-pack is then protected by two layers of bubble-wrap so as to prevent the paper from tearing. The address label is then put on the bubble-wrap and finally sealed in a transparent plastic bag. Phew!

A gift, nicely wrapped, can really make a person smile!!

How many of us tear through the wrapping paper whenever we receive a gift because we cannot bear to wait any longer? Or we un-layer it slowly and methodically, all the time heightening our anticipation of what the gift might be and who it might be that sent it to us?

Did we tell you that the recipient is given no clues whatsoever to indicate who has sent the gift until the packet is opened and out pops a personal note from within the book?

Here’s how ‘you’ go about sending the gift:

Select the book you want to gift and add it to your cart. In the cart, check box the Gift-Wrap option and proceed to complete the order. Once you have received the order confirmation email just reply back with the text for the note that you wish to be included. Or you may send a mail to orders@lebooks.in quoting your order number.

The note can be as small as a few lines or a complete letter, which can fit onto a double-sided white-A4 sheet with normal margins.

We realize that mailing the note back to us is not the smoothest way of doing it, and ideally a text-box for the note or an option to upload a text file should be implemented, which we soon will.

Ohh, did we mention that there is a small charge for this? Yep, there is. We have kept it reasonably low at Rs 30 per packet while still offering our discounts and free shipping.

We do hope that you like our offering. If you have any ideas that can help us improve your experience and make this service more valuable to you then do share them and leave your comments below.

You know that man? The one who wakes up, doesn’t want to go to work, but has to go to work because of the paycheck. Wandering about doing daily, mundane tasks, cheerful but meaningless. But at the back of his head, there is always one question: “What is the score?”

Rain Men is a very funny book about such men. A few men who start their own cricket team (the Captain Scott Invitation XI), under hopes of being very good, and are in reality very bad. Men who are more interested in touring other village cricket teams for the lunch and high tea than playing. A team that has a “Tom Cairns Award” for the worst bowler of the year, named after Tom Cairns who had a bowling average of 102 in the first year of the club!

You might find it to not be a book about cricket, but rather a book about human nature. About a bunch of guys getting together but not getting along. However, at the end, it is a book about cricket. See, for example, the types of bowlers:
1) The perennially angry fast bowler – Remember Andre Nel?
2) The short-arse – The short, but really really quick bowler.
3) The colonial cousin – The general feeling that any tall West Indian bowler will be fast… dangerously fast.
4) The ex-fast bowler – They just refuse to retire.
5) The loose popgun – Could be a hatrick, could be 3 wides.
6) The sensitive flower – Can bowl well only if not being attacked
7) Mr Corridor of Uncertainty.
The donkey-dipper – Full tosses, over pitched deliveries. As described, “the arc is magnificent, so is the violence with which the batsman customarily greets it.”
9) The unlucky bowler
10) The useless stranger – Remember Noel David?
11) Mr. Try Everything Once
12) The Enigma

As the Times Literary Supplement says
“If you have ever gone in number eight on a hatrick and doubled your team’s score with a streaky boundary first ball… then there is only one cricket book for you, and Marcus Berkmann has written it.”

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I just came across this article “In India, Anxiety Over the Slow Pace of Innovation” in New York Times and could not help but agree with most of the points mentioned there. Many articles have been written before on this subject, where they compare our investor environment with that of the Silicon Valley. However, most of them miss out on one crucial aspect. It is not just the change of the environment with more incubators for startups that is required or the need for the Government to make bureaucracy less tiresome but it is our mindset that has to change.

We, Indians, are highly risk-averse people. Right from our childhood our upbringing is such that parents encourage us to dream of becoming doctors and engineers so that our life is set. You may eventually branch out to some other field but it is so. Further, our educational system is oriented more towards rote-learning, and testing us on facts rather than on concepts, and forget the whole  personality development part of it.

Even in IITs and IIMs exams are such that if you do not study the whole semester but on the last day, you can get through. Very few professors actually test you on your clarity of concepts, who encourage you to apply yourself. Further, so much importance is paid to hard-core numerical subjects that softer skill-based courses are so often ignored. Just go to any IIM and you can see for yourself – students toiling under the burden of 8-9 finance electives in their second year just to get that “one” course, which will be instrumental in making or breaking their future in an I-bank.

And what do they miss out on? Courses like Strategic Business Negotiation, Advanced Oral Communication, and Entrepreneurship, etc. I would say these were probably the best courses I had taken during my MBA. It is these HR courses that eventually help you in your professional and personal life.

As a community, we Indians generally get married latest by 28-29 years of age. And with marriage comes responsibility and pressure to be earning well enough to support our family. This trend is something totally missing in the West.

In Israel, which is a great hub for entrepreneurship – the second-largest after the US in LifeSciences, people are drafted into the army and when they are released they have a whole world of opportunity lying out there in open. In the US, it is not uncommon for people to do MBBS after their engineering just because they had a change of heart.

In India, is it even imaginable? We are urged to finish off our education in one go. School –> College —> MBA —> Job. Why not an year or two of job before MBA? If I enroll myself in an MBA school in the US now, I  probably would belong to the youngest bracket of my class. Why is it that if someone fails CAT, his life is ruined because his friend has made through and will be earning his 24 lacs for one extra year?

Take our own example, when we, Rajat and I, had wanted to chuck our calls, we were under pressure to reconsider and do our MBA first. The reasoning was that a diploma from IIMs is a safety net in case we failed. Only one or two thought about mentioning the fact that it might help us better understand business nuances. It just reflects the mindset of people around us.

So all I am saying is that it is not just the investor and regulatory environment, which is to be blamed here. We ourselves are a part of the problem. India once had a flourishing trade and was one of the richest countries in the world. Over 150 years of foreign rule has culled our spirit of entrepreneurship, which was followed by the so-called “Hindu” rate of growth. It is the 21st century now, and we have come a long way. We are roaring to go forward.

Let us not replace the Civil Services and Government jobs of erstwhile India with private high-paying safety nets. Let us instead shape our destiny with our own hands and bring a change from within before we lament the lack of innovation in India.

So the next time if someone compares you to Amazon and says – “You are the Amazon of India”, then your answer should better be “Patience my friend, you have seen nothing yet!”

Chandler: Hey, I just came across this really cool site LeBooks.in, which offers great discounts on books and also free shipping!

Ross: I also know of this other site, some Indie… Wait did you say FREE shipping??

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Consumers love free shipping, we all do. In fact who doesn’t?

Consider this:- Site A offers free shipping on all orders worth more than Rs. 150 while site B charges Rs. 10 per book and yet another site C charges a flat Rs. 30 per order. Which of the three sites do you think would be more popular?

My bet is site A. Simply because despite different discount structures, there is one thing constant, which Ross will always remember and that is site A ships for free. Site A has created a great marketing tool. Besides, by offering free shipping, site A is telling Ross upfront how much a book will cost even before he adds it to the cart and this enriches his customer experience. He need not undergo the hassle of adding a book to the cart and checking out till the end to know the final amount!! So even if Site A is at times not matching the discount by Site B or site C, the former is still expected to fare better, ceteris paribus.

In the Indian context, there is another factor. For some reason, as much as we Indians love free shipping we also hate paying for it. Better give us lower discounts but don’t ask us to pay for shipping. Why is it so?

Maybe it’s because we have been conditioned to think so from the early heydeys of e-commerce in India when ebay.in was still Baazee.

I remember sellers luring buyers by offering outrageous discounts and then in turn outraging them by levying ludicrous shipping charges to cover their costs.

In the West it is a well-established practice to pay for shipping. Even Amazon, which any Indian swears e-commerce by, charges for shipping unless the order amount is more than $25. In our case it would have translated to orders worth more than Rs. 750. Free shipping over there is used to incentivize the customers to buy in bulk; in fact there is a free shipping day. So why do we not also follow their practice rather than make a habit out of it here?

I would someday really like to explore this psychology of ours because when we were contemplating our own shipping policy for LeBooks.in, I myself was vociferous that we not charge anything!

The White Tiger is a book which I picked up with no particular but solely for the author sharing his name ( the exact spelling) with my brother. (So that shows how I pick books now!) Anyhow, on starting the book you also start seeing the poverty from those who sweep our roads, clean the cars, and drive us around in taxis and auto rickshaws. It would be only too common to say that ‘ we do not see what happens in their homes’! This is anyhow true, but what would be more true is that we do not know what they dream to have and what they are willing to do to achieve this. The times described when innocent drivers are asked to take blame for their employers fault seems something which we might read in the news papers and here we have someone whose whole life is changed by this single event which was a very instantaneous suggestion from his employers. I bet they didn’t know the repercussions that this tweaking of justice would have.

It is certainly an interesting read with insights into what the world of politics and luxury look like to many in India. Though this is not something which would leave a lasting impact of sorts.

You can check out the original review at my blog – Vector Gaming

We are pleased to introduce Neeraj Chhibba on our blog, who recently launched his debut novel – Zero Percentile: Missed IIT Kissed Russia. The book has been published by Rupa Publications and has already gone into reprint within 3 weeks of its publication.

To give a brief background about Neeraj – he was born and brought up in New Delhi. After doing his schooling in Delhi, he went on to study engineering at Volgograd, Russia, and is now currently employed with a software company in Gurgaon, India.

Now on to Neeraj & Vikas:-

Vikas: Hi Neeraj, it’s great to have you on our blog. I have read Zero Percentile and found it pretty interesting. I could feel the difference in the style of writing as the story progressed. The beginning was a bit slow but the book picked up a lot of pace after the initial few chapters.

Neeraj: I deliberately kept the start slow and funny as I tried to build the story. I wanted people to savor the initial laziness before they were hit by Phase II of the story. I have kept the language very simple so that reading my book doesn’t become a taxing exercise. Even where I have conveyed a message I have done it through very simple sentences such as “Ordinary people have that additional burden of doing something extraordinary to get noticed”, simple but powerful.

Vikas: This is your first piece of work to get published. How do you feel regarding this lucky break? Can you tell us how you approached Rupa Publications and if any other publisher, and the process that followed? A lot of aspiring authors struggle to get noticed and your answers will definitely help them.

Neeraj: Well, this is a long story. Nobody wanted to touch Zero Percentile as it was the work of a first-time author. I had finished the manuscript about three years ago and approached many publishers but none responded. Finally, I went to Rupa where I sought and got an appointment with the Publisher and rest is my small piece of history.

Vikas: So how do you suggest Indian authors to go about it?

Neeraj: My message to all aspiring writers is to keep on trying new things. What worked for me may not work for you but you may stumble upon something which could be even more fruitful.

However, if you are a debut novelist your best bet is Rupa. They have a very strong distribution network and can take your book to the interiors of the country. Rest depends on how good your book actually is. So, first and foremost make sure you have put your best foot forward by giving the publisher your work in the neatest possible form.

Vikas: Coming to the story, you have narrated it as a first-person account of Pankaj, the protagonist. Third-person narrative is generally more preferred as it gives much more flexibility but on the other hand first-person narrative helps bring out deep internal thoughts and feelings of the narrator. Is that why you have chosen the latter so as to better describe your experiences in Russia, which had a great impression on you?

Neeraj: Yes, you are right. While using the first person narrative you begin to believe as if you are talking about yourself and I personally feel that you connect to the story much better as a writer then.

Initially, I wanted to create that illusion so that people could find the story believable. But later it was too much of work trying to redraft the whole story (as everyone took it to be completely autobiographical) so I left it at that.

Vikas: So the story is not really an autobiography but rather a work of fiction inspired by various real-life incidents.

Neeraj: I would say any writer’s first book is inspired from real-life incidents. But, reality if told without amplification will never be as good to read as when told with some fictional elements added to it. This is what I have done too. Took a few real-life incidents, twisted them, mixed them with some fictional elements and we have the story called Zero Percentile.

Vikas: Such as Inside Education, which I believe refer to Vidyamandir Classes?

Neeraj: VMC and the Bhaiyas at VMC are unique in a lot of ways. They teach because teaching is a passion for them. You can very easily take them to be your role model as each one of them has something inspirational in his personality. So, I wanted to introduce the world to them through my writing and let people know that there still are places, which are pure and people who are simple, not easily swayed by the power that money usually exercises over many of us.

Vikas: Yes, I totally agree with you on that front. Any of us who has attended VMC classes will vouch so!

How did you come to choose the title “Zero Percentile: Missed IIT Kissed Russia” for the book? Any other names that were considered?

Neeraj: Zero Percentile signifies that the protagonist loses out at the most important moments of his life. We played around with many names (at least twenty five) and the Editor (appointed by the Publisher) rejected all of them till I chanced upon Zero Percentile. This was accepted immediately for I guess, people relate to numbers better than words and such a title tends to stick longer in your memory than normal.

Vikas: With the book aimed at the younger audience, you have subtly raised the issue of AIDS and how young people need to be careful with their sex lives without being preachy. Not many authors care to leave a message in their book.

Neeraj: I very strongly believe that apart from giving people a bang for their buck a writer should also try to leave a message subtly so that it sticks in the reader’s mind and he recalls it at the right time. Through my book if I am able to stop even one person from committing an indiscretion and help save a life, it’s worth all the effort.

Vikas: Completely off the topic, what do you think about the repeal of Section 377 by the Delhi High Court?

Neeraj: I think, a suppressed society can never be a mature society. Individual decisions are always for an individual to make. I would not want to comment on the biological aspect of it, but in simple words, we should respect each person’s right to privacy and leave him alone as long as he does not create problems for others.

Vikas: When did you first get inspired to write a book, and why this topic?

Neeraj: Never before has IIT been written about from the perspective of someone who did not study there. Zero Percentile delves into this aspect and tells readers that there is life beyond IIT, beyond failure and you just need the courage to get on with it.

Also, Russia has always been portrayed as the enemy by the west. Zero Percentile takes a look at the humane side of the Russian society, a far cry from the evil people they are always shown as. The time explored in the book is the tumultuous 90s when Russia was converting from a communist to a capitalist state, one of the more turbulent times for their huge population trying to cope with the extreme changes brought about by the rapid transformation.

I, like millions of science students in India had that ambition of getting into IIT but due to various factors could not (and not having the capability to get there not one of them). The ensuing period was tough for me as I am sure it is for millions of other aspirants. So, the novel idea of writing something unique – which was a mix of trying to look beyond the IITs and the life of an Indian student in Russia, gave me the impetus to write.

Vikas: How long did you take to write Zero Percentile?

Neeraj: Well, finishing the first draft took about six months. But the painful part of reading, re-reading and re-writing took almost an equal amount of time.

Vikas: How do you juggle writing with job? Do you plan to pursue this as a full time career?

Neeraj: I dedicate my weekends to writing. I set a target for myself for a month and then try to stick to it. I don’t know yet for sure about pursuing writing as a career. I would love to but how well am I accepted by the people is a key parameter for helping me decide. By the initial reactions it seems that things definitely are on the right track.

Vikas: What kind of works do you plan to publish in the near future?

Neeraj: I want to write things which are simple, accepted by a large audience and still retain a certain freshness and convey a message that gets across to the people easily. In short, I want to write stories which are uncomplicated and are universally embraced such as a Lagaan, a Chak De, a Jo Jeeta Wahee Sikander. They are all very simple stories but make people connect to them wholeheartedly.

Vikas: This concludes our interview. Thanks Neeraj for agreeing to come on our blog. We hope that you do reach your goal of being the first Indian author to sell over a million copies of his debut novel. We wish you luck.

Neeraj: Thanks Vikas. It was a pleasure to be here and answer your questions. And also to conclude, for anyone who wants to follow his dream, “Just go ahead and do it. Knocking doors opens them and you don’t know which door leads you to the success of your dream. So keep trying and don’t give up.”

Zero Percentile is the story of a survivor who continuously finds solutions to his problems, braving destiny along the way. Life in Russia is harsh, the climate is not conducive, you have to study as well as fend for yourself. Add to that the unstable political climate in the 90s and you are ready for a roller-coaster experience. This is a story of hope, a story never told and never read before!!

Get your author-signed copy now at LeBooks.in for just Rs. 71 at 25% discount. Enter the coupon: NEERAJ-LEBOOKS when you checkout in the shopping cart. Thanks for stopping by!

Recently I read the ‘Kite Runner’. I had planned on reading it so long back, when it had caused the rave in the literary circles and when I had read so many awe struck reviews in its favour, but that never did happen and now, finally almost a year late I finally got down to reading it, and I must admit that one of the books after a very long time which has made me finish the book in the least number of sittings. The story and the characters somehow do that to you I believe when you are reading a fiction. Some books have it in them, and all due respect to the author alone. The last book of the same character which I read was ‘Untouchables’ by Mulk Raj Anand. The depth of the characters and their thoughts seem to always keep them on your mind, till the stories completely unveils before you, and that is what seemingly pulls you back to the pages of the book, to know what beholds for them.

Another aspect which I realized as I was reading this book was how I did know Taliban but not the fact that Russians attacked Afghanistan which along with the US support for Russia resulted in the rise of the Taliban. How can you blame a country’s men in coming up to save their country when many just fled their country with whatever that could fit into a sack! Then, what led them to their present ways of terror and hatred such that in a few years time, the natives who stayed on in Afghanistan and who looked upon the Taliban as a saviour now looked upon them as equals to the Russians a few years back.

The various instances sited where so many try to leave the country only to be fooled by their own country men just for the few dollars to feed the hungry mouths at home. Who do you blame? Cheats or fathers?

Something similar to what you see in Untouchable where those fathers, mothers, brothers, wives are also in such a situation where their voice is not heard and rather there they are not even allowed to voice! A country at war looks savage and looks uncivilized, in fact looks like those times when we were also not where we are now. We move back in time with each step we take closer to war, as I truly doubt whether we will ever be able to prosper with war on our doorstep. War will only deter the growth and slow the process, but everything will eventually happen if not today, the day after!

You can check out the original review at my blog – Vector Gaming