The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout, translated from Arabic by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp: Book Review

Passed university with distinction? Good, you are well enough a bride material now.

Thirty and unmarried? Bad, you've almost reached your expiry date.

Did your father take your virginity? It's okay. Keep quiet.

Do you love someone of another religion?  Beware,you might be soon ostracized from your society.

Are you attracted towards the same sex as your's? Worse, control yourself, get married and have children. 

Author Fadi Zaghmout shares such social taboos that have confined young Arab men and women to the deepest corners of their beings. The Bride of Amman is a tale of five young dwellers of Amman, the capital city of Jordan where gender inequality and gender discrimination, make them struggle through their everyday lives. 

Published originally in Arabic, the book is translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp.

The Prism of Life by Ansh Das: Book Review

The Prism of Life is a self-help book intended to address many of man’s eternal quests. The author claims to have channeled these messages directly from the Akashic Records.

Tap a little of your school Physics.

Remember what happens when white light passes through a prism?

Yes, it disperses into a spectrum of colours. When all these colours, merge together, they form white light again.

The author has introduced a brilliant metaphor with these terms:

Prism = Life

White Light = Spirituality

Constituent Colours = Constituents that make up spirituality

In short, this book throws light on the smaller constituents of spirituality that can help one to decipher his/her purpose of life.