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Open Book By Kubbra Sait – Book Review

I rarely pick up and read books written by celebrities from India. Because you read so much about them in the media.That you feel you know them.

But, the open book was something that I was inclined toward because it’s written by an entertainer who became an overnight success post the release of India’s First global series Sacred Games and played a challenging character for her first performance. Yes! Cuckoo! From Sacred Games has written a book.

It’s about the obstacles she faced growing up as an individual, introvert and a girl who was mostly a misfit until she found herself.

Kubbra Sait is completely unfiltered and honest in this open Book.

The Book has twenty-odd chapters each describing a phase of her growing years.

Thank You! For handing over a signed copy of the open book

Sharing here the book in brief chapter wise.

Chapter 1: A brief introduction to Kubbra Sait.

Chapter 2: The Change in her Personality The self-doubt one goes through during the schooling years

Chapter 3: Being open and comfortable With who you are as an individual by speaking about your inner feeling without being hesitant and shy about being honest about visiting a therapist

Chapter 4: I Don’t have daddy issue.

This is about her relationship with her father. And how she has learnt to let go.

Chapter 5: I called him my Uncle.

A chapter where she shares one of her darkest secrets. Sexual abuse by her uncle when she was in her late teens and why she kept quiet until she thought to escape…

Chapter 6:living Many lives in a lifetime.

Changing colleges, Jobs and accident-prone Sait! Microsoft, RJ and Emcee

Chapter 7: Paid To Talk

An interesting way of positioning herself as an emcee #PaidtoTalk

Chapter 8: It’s cool to not look the same.

The opportunities and making the most of everything that was coming her way!

Chapter 9: Love Actually

Relationships & Breakups and challenges that she fell in love with.

Chapter 10: I have dated Many Many Nice Men

And shares some encounters with men who became lifelong friends.

Chapter 11: City Of Dreams.

Was I even “ready” for it?

Landing the gig of her first Bollywood film and too as an actor in a Salman Khan movie Ready playing the role of a Maid.

And sharing anecdotes of her experience.

Chapter 12: In With the In-Crowd

Conversations and being part of a group and slowly finding an identity

Chapter 13: This is Hard Business

Chances and the game changer

Chapter 14: You gave us Gold

First day on the sets of Scared Games and how Cuckoo was born.

Chapter 15: When Exactly have you truly arrived?

A chapter on the success of Scared Games and how things can shift suddenly in your life.

Chapter 16: Dear Mem, Are you Youself Male, Female or Both?

The Trolling behind Cuckoo!

Chapter 17: Sibling Rivalry

A fun chapter on the relationship between Danish and her brother who is in the same profession.

Chapter 18: Cat Person

How the relationship between her Cat & her we and the celebrations of one of her Cat’s Birthday.

Chapter 19: Not Ready to be Mother Yet!

A chapter on her Diving experience and how and when he realised she was pregnant but not ready.

Chapter 20: Heaven & Hell

A chapter on her mother’s past that set Kubra’s future.

Chapter 21:I Was born to play Phara

The international debut for Apple TV series the Foundation was based on a science fiction novel by writer Isaac Asimov.

Chapter 22: Faith Takes You that Extra Mile

An experience in search of and finding oneself.

Chapter 23: searching for a Rainbow inside my Heart

The pandemic and how things weren’t the same as earlier.

Chapter 24: Why Write a Book?

Share a journey and revisit how far you have come.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa 

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa 
A book that I first wanted to read, When I had visited a bookstore and found the copy on New arrival and since I had a couple of books that I was reading or wanted to read. I hadn’t picked it up and after a month when I was looking to read something new. I thought about reading The Memory Police. Originally written in 1994, but has been adapted to suit 2019-2020. This book is a science dystopian novel like the ones of 1984 George Orwell, But has more similarities with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand as who is the Memory Police?  can easily be compared to Who is John Galt?  
The book was also nominated for shortlisting Booker Prize 2020. And relates to issues like loneliness and being expressive the issues like the lives been controlled by a particular organisation. 
This is the first book, I have read of Yoko Ogawa and it is a book, no matter how many years later you read it. You could relate to quite a few of the issues.
This Book written by yet another Japanese writer that I have read this year Should be on your reading list.

Snow by Orhan Pamuk- personal Book Review

Yes, I was looking to read something different, And Have been wanting to read a book by the Turkish Novelist Orhan Pamuk, But did not know which one to read. His works include the “My name is Red”, ” The Museum of innocence” and a few others. Fortunately, I have been borrowing books from a friend, And They had Snow and I choose to start reading Orhan Pamuk books. Two things that got me interested in this book is the written description and reading the blurb, This sounded exactly like a mirror image of Turkey, It’s culture and Turks. And since I visited turkey about a decade ago. A Lot of the writing and descriptions were accurate. 
The Story of “Snow“is about Ka who is a poet,Intellectual from Istanbul who visits Ka on the context of understanding Why Suicide is on the rise. By representing a Print newspaper. But as the story unfolds you realise it’s more than a suicide… It’s about the politics within. The difference between the open mindset and the Conservative culture. To be vocal about issues that are a cause of concern. 
Snow, Is an intellectual and digging in deep into a writer and poets mind and A Turkish Author while living in turkey he has expressed in his writing about turkey so accurately it is very fascinating. This is surely one of the best books I have read this year already. And having read Orhan Pamuk & Elif Shafak both Turkish authors. You realise how different both of their writing style is, But both have portrayed Turkey Beautifully … 

Reading- Reader!

 

Reading : 

There is so much that goes into breaking down the story, The thought, the idea – Where you can look at a simple story from your point of view and your personal experience, the difference & Similarities you felt before you read the book and travelled to the authors country to reading a book after travelling to the authors country to living the authentic life of the story you read- Behaving like the characters you loved the most and travelling and believing you are living in that city or travelling to the exact locations of where the story takes places to compare how the author has matured over time by comparing his previous works to the most recent works. 

Reading can enrich you in so many ways! It can make you look at the same things through a tunnel vision or through an experts eye and give you clarity by reading similar topics from other authors. 

Reading makes you imagine a certain thing and when you travel to that particular place, the reality is different or the same vision you were shown by the author. 

Reading can give you insights about locals otherwise you would be Oblivious to. 

And when you are part of a reading club – You can associate with so many things through the experiences of others as well as yours. 

Tom Clancy’s-Jack Ryan prime play Premiere’s

Jack Ryan- Tom Clancy’s novel character is now a Series for Amazon Prime Video. The premiere screening at PVR on Thursday was a peek into what you can expect out of the show and from amazon prime play in the next couple of months.

Jack Ryan an CIA analyst-Who uncover’s a pattern in terrorist communication that forces him into challenging situations.

The 1st episode was impressive for a Web series.In terms of the quality of production, sound and editing.

The character is based on Tom Clancy’s Novel’s who was featured in 21 novel’s.Which were Patriot Games,Red Rabbit and Dead or Alice to name a few.

Krasinki’s(Jack Ryan) character is also inspired by Harrison Ford portrayal in patriot games  and, clear and present danger.

The whole screening set up was based on the theme of the show with a feeling  that you have already landed in the battlefield.

At the screening the Goodie bag included (Jack Ryan bottles & T-Shirt and the Badges )was a nice giveaway.

The 1st season will be on air on 31st August 2018 only on Prime play.

And you shouldn’t be surprised to know that the season 2 was already signed by the production house,months before the 1st season’s marketing started.

Jack Ryan might just be the show,that would be the game changer for amazon prime