Title-
Tell Me a Story: An Anthology
Author-
Ravinder Singh (Editor)
Genre-
Fiction, Short Stories
Pages-
240
Publisher:
Penguin Metro Reads
Rating: 5/5
Ravinder
Singh, No matter what people say but here is a little confession, His First
Book made me weep, I wept like a child, now I laugh my stupidity but maybe there
was some teenage element then. I reread it many times and still felt
refreshing. Some books just born to mesmerize us, I Too Had a Love Story was
one of them, I hardly know a girl who had read this book and could resist
herself to fall in love with the author. That’s the beauty of books. Either you
love the characters or the one who created them.
Past
day I picked “Tell Me a Story”, heard a lot about it and It took me less than
one day to savour it. Basically it is a compilation of 21 stories, written by
magnificent storytellers and Ravinder Singh has done an insightful job to convert
them into a lovely book. The First thing book cover was aesthetically pleasing.
And the name on the cover ‘Ravinder Singh’, he left no choice to us. And yes
each and every story touched my heart, some left me teary-eyed, some enveloped
me with calm smile, some ended with hidden messages.
It
was hard to pick just one I liked the most, Still..
The
book starts with Krishnashish Jana’s story ‘The End of the Tunnel” Full of
emotions, hit the heart strings gently, If anybody has gone through the death of
dear ones, could feel the connections.
“He
would be ashes by evening. And yet I can hear his voice, fresh and alive, still
ringing in my ears . . . calling out my name, with one hand behind him, hiding
a story book, for me . .”
Another
one is Kamalika Ray’s ‘The Smile That Said it All’ beautifully woven and ends
with a sensitive message. If I could tell more than It seemed like some Bengali
literature, loved it to the core.
A
Daughter First Flight by Vinay kumar, And Then the Planes Comes by Sanghamitra
Bose, Clean Slate by Sukanya M. The Pages from the Writer’s Life by Shamita
harsh, Bigger Than A Bee-Sting by Biswas Timsinha.
I
wish I could explore each story with little bit details but there is a chance
that would kill the charm. Must Read, If you love reading short and heartwarming
stories. In one word ‘Time-Worthy!
About
The Author
Ravinder
Singh is the bestselling author of I Too Had a Love Story, Can Love Happen
Twice? and many more. After working with a few Indian and multinational IT
companies for more than eight years, Ravinder has finally taken up writing
full-time. He has also started a publishing venture called Blank Ink www.BlackInkBooks.in, to publish debut authors.
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him on Facebook: RavinderSingh.official
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him on Twitter: @_RavinderSingh_
On
Web : www.ravindersinghonline.com