Teja Lele's LIVE SMART:100 HACKS FOR A HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER LIFE

Title: LIVE SMART:100 HACKS FOR A HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER LIFE
Author: Teja Lele
Publisher: Harpercollins India
Cover: Sayan and Amit Malhotra
Genre: Non-fiction
Paperback: 245 Pages
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Live Smart: 100 hacks for a healthier and happier life by Teja Lele, is a great resource of lot of techniques I already aware of it, still It assisted me to gain refreshing theories about self-sufficiency.  It stimulated the memory, the old practices of organizing things I have seen at my maternal home. This book lends you a hand to adapt a better philosophy about art of living.

Why did I select this book to read? Because I have curiosity about DIY-art, for instance: Reuse citrus piles, home composting, Grow an herb garden, and Homemade pesticide. The author managed to finish this task brilliantly. She put her wisdom in a concise and straightforward way.

After setting the basic objective of writing this book, author categorized these millions of ideas into five sections: Home - Food and Kitchen – Beauty - Health and Well-being - Reuse and Recycle. These methods rejuvenated the urge to get things back in order. You can simply integrate these hacks into your daily routine.

The best thing about this book is everything is in details and that too systematic. One can actually enjoy while applying the practical tips in their daily life. Adding to that, I really liked how the book is designed especially its cover, that is done by Amit Malhotra and Sayan. Live Smart by Teja Lele is a quick read and you can keep it as your go-to-book. Informative!  

Here, I compiled a list of ideas I liked the most.

Bird Feeder from a plastic bottle.
Reduce Nausea
Deal with Insomnia
Screen cleaner
Revamp leftovers
Pasta from scratch
Reuse spare rotis
Miracle hair oil
Redo old furniture
Unsponge

Blurb

Are you trying to fix a leaky faucet? Wondering how to treat a bee sting? Looking to purify water without a fancy purifier? Making a chemical-free lotion bar? Wondering what to do with the pile of cardboard boxes left after online retail therapy?

If yes, then Live Smart: 100 Hacks for a Healthier and Happier Life is your go-to guide! Here you will find user-friendly DIY solutions for everyday problems and interesting tips accompanied by illustrations that will help you navigate the how-to-do-its in a step-by-step manner.

Live Smart is an invaluable manual for those looking for practical ways to organize and improve their daily life—and having a little fun while they’re at it!

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Life and Political Realities: Two Novellas by Shahidul Zahir | Translated by V. Ramaswamy, Shahroza Nahrin

 

Title: Life and Political Realities: Two Novellas
Author: Shahidul Zahir
Translated by: V. Ramaswamy, Shahroza Nahrin
Publisher: Harper Perennial India
Genre: Literature, Translated Fiction
Pages: 204

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Life and Political Reality, is a collection of two gripping tales. These novellas are originally written into Bangla by Shahidul Zahir, and the collective efforts of our translators ¬ V. Ramaswamy & Shahroza Nahrin bring them up to the wide range of readers. Basically, the book unfolds the monstrosity of war and its consequences. It sets into Bangladesh, and covers the brutality of Liberation War of 1971. 

Long paragraphs, fascinating prose style, and pacy narration, can make you feel restless ¬ all in a right manner. There are multitudes of characters, yet the detailing of scenes, is another aspect which intrigued me the most. It is heartbreaking at places and one needs strength to experience the atrocities dealt by masses.

The original title of the first novella is ‘Jibon o Rajnoitik Bastobota’ – Life and Political Reality. It begins with the haunting visuals, how an abandoned sandal leads to the past memories, where resides the barbarity of war, brutalized – victimized kids, social injustice, religious hatred and dark side of politics. The story revolves around the journey of two pivotal characters, Moulana Bodu and Abdul Mojid. Meanwhile, I encountered to ‘Razakars’, the term I was totally unaware about. Basically, Razakars were an auxiliary force of the Pakistan army during the 1971 Bangladesh War. It is an Arabic word which literally means volunteer. On the other hand, in Bangladesh, they take it as a traitor. That’s what my bit of research says. Whereas, the first part was gut-wrenching, the second half of the book felt light-hearted read.  Abu Ibrahim’s Death reminisces the meaning of relocation. It explores many facets of human-psyche.    

If you would like to explore history of Bangladesh and their literature, it can definitely be your pick. Recommended!  

What Blurb Says

 Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir died young and published only six works in his lifetime — but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism, a searing understanding of social and political reality, and rare clarity of vision, he forged a truly extraordinary voice.

Life and Political Reality is the work that established his reputation and granted him cult status in Bangladesh. It examines the 1971 war and its aftermath — a treatise on liberation, and the destruction of the idealism and spirit of post-war Bangladesh, told in a single corrosive, stream-of-consciousness paragraph. Abu Ibrahim’s Death is a quieter companion novella, and one that is equally concerned with idealism and compromise, as it studies with deep empathy and nuance the fall of its titular protagonist.

 

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