Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book written by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads , his real father and the father of his best friend, his "rich dad", and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

It advocates the importance of financial literacy, financial independence and building wealth through investing in assets, real estate investing, starting and owning businesses, as well as increasing one's financial intelligence to improve one's business and financial aptitude. Rich Dad Poor Dad is written in the style of a set of parables, ostensibly based on Kiyosaki's life.

Framed around six main teachings and lessons, the book is mostly a self-reflection. Apart from the financial benefits, the book also describes and highlights the teachings he got from his poor dad, i.e., empathy and responsibility towards society.

The Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi

"And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet." 

The Shiva Trilogy is a series of 3 fantasy myth novels where in the base of the story is that all gods were once humans beings, and it was their deeds in the human life that made them famous as gods.

Teenagers today feel out of touch with their roots and while mythology and Gods and the various rituals make up a huge part of our parent's life, it is sadly lacking in ours. The writer here has done an amazing job by giving a modern out look to the story. Though the book had some negative points like language or the slang used for dialogues but then the positive does overcome the little bits of negative here.

For instance to begin with the backdrop of the series which included intricate details of the society, culture and even the architecture of the Indus Valley Civilization, thus giving the readers a proper virtual image of the whole scenario in their mind. 

Next, the concept of the books though fictional, the scientific reasoning provided to explain certain mythical ideas is mind blowing. The rational approach to the story made the mythologies more sensible and acceptable.

And of course the balanced view by the author on the age old concept of good versus evil is like the icing on the cake. In the end all that matters is perspective, be it asura's or the god's each side has it's own perspective. Though there were a few manipulative characters, the story did not have a evil villain as such.

Last but not the least, the portrayal of the lead characters Shiva and Sati, both intelligent, strong and fabulous in their own ways. 

The 3 Mistakes of My Life - Chetan Bhagat

      
        The 3 Mistakes of My Life is written by Chetan Bhagat. The novel follows the story of three friends and is based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India. Novel based on Cricket,business and religion, the novel is set against the backdrop of beautiful city Ahmedabad. Revolving around three young Indian boys Omi, Ishaan and Govind.      
        Based on the real events, the book starts with a dramatic twists, where Bhagat is reading an e-mail sent by young person Govind, who has consumed sleeping pills for some reason and is writing to Bhagat, while waiting for his life to end. This book revolves around the three major mistakes committed by Govind in his life; he also happens to be the central character of the novel.
       Govind dreams to be a successful businessperson, while his friend Ishaan loves cricket and with the help of Omi and his priest parents, they set up their First venture - A sports accessories shop in rented place outside the temple premises.
       Mostly revolving around these three young fellows, the novel has almost everything that youngsters in India can relate to; from budding love story and betrayal to death,riots and suicide, the book touches upon a wide range of emotions and common perceptions in India.

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl is the real diary of a teenage girl Anne Frank, which she starts writing on her 13th birthday(12 June 1942). It tells the story of her family who lived in Germany and the major part of the book covers the survival of her family during the Second World War as they go into hiding from Hitler and Nazi's treatment to the Jews in Europe. The diary ends suddenly on 1 August 1944.

She name her diary "Kitty" and she recorded all the difficulties she and her family faced as they shared same house with other families.In her diary she write about her beliefs, her friends, her school and her boyfriend Peter. Anne was a really happy and cheerful person even though she and her family were in an awful situation.

The most important message being conveyed in this book is that all people have the right to live in freedom. Anne's story shows us that just because people may be from different religion or race, doesn't mean that they should be treated differently. The terrible treatment of Jewish people during the war has shown this. As Nazis killed six million Jews

around two-third of Europe's population.

Anne and her family eventually were captured by the Nazis and taken to a concentration camp where young Anne, unfortunately passed away. The diary was later recovered by Anne's father who was the only survivor of the family. Since in her diary she mentions her desire of publishing a book based on her diary. Anne's Father took it upon himself as his duty to make his daughter's dream come true.

One Indian girl

One Indian Girl is written by chetan bhagat it says about an Indian girl who is intelligent and successful, because of which she finds it difficult to get love. Book is basically based on feminism which highlight issues in society that affect a lot of people.And this book shows how Feminism affects all of us. 

'The Book Thief' - Markus Zusak

“When death tells you a story you really have to listen.”

This is the very apt tagline of “The Book Thief” which is a historical fiction set in Nazi Germany that was blood-stained by holocaust. It is narrated by death which describes itself as “not cruel, just not-nice”. It describes how many young Germans, even after witnessing and loathing the cruelty of Hitler had to silence their conscience and support him in public to save their family and fulfil responsibilities, but at the same time risked their lives into secretively protecting many Jews.

A little girl Liesel Meminger whose brother died at a very young age is abandoned by her father. Her mother, devastated, is not in a condition to take care of her, so the family of a German World War veteran Hans Hubermann adopts her. Initially it is difficult for her to adjust but gradually she becomes close to her foster father- Hans Hubermann who, despite his struggles to make their ends meet, burns the midnight oil teaching her to read and write.

She had committed her first book theft at her brother's funeral where she swiped the funeral manual since it was the only thing that would have been reminiscent of that day. Now being able to read, she began to stealth out of the Hubermann house at night to steal books. Not good or bad, old or new, German or Jewish- just books. She was totally obsessed with stealing them all, not even sparing the half-burnt books from Nazi Book Burnings.

The book thief gets a companion when Max Vandenburg, a Jewish fist fighter in his mid-20s is given shelter in the basement of the house by Hans who channels his guilt of not being able to save his Jew friend during WW by fostering his son.

The story is brimming with emotional drama- Liesel is perplexed seeing people, including her foster father worshipping the cruel Hitler, even slapping her for telling him once that she “hates Hitler” and telling her to “hail Hitler” no matter what. The agony of Max, a boxer of aggressive disposition, who now had to live as a recluse, is also a subplot. The account of Max’s birthday present for Liesel- a storyboard of their lives made using bits of thumbed paper, tugs at the reader’s heartstrings.

Liesel embodies hope as she grows up to be a mature and kind woman despite the sufferings and the forbidding milieu of her childhood. Death, the narrator, seems to resist her and empathise with her throughout the novel.

The author’s poetic style perfectly captures the emotional whirlpool of courage, angst, fear, love, guilt, trust and conscience of the characters whose lives represent beauty and hope in the wake of Brutality of Nazi Germany.

- Shaelja Mishra

Ajaya: Roll of Dice is written by Anand Neelkantan, the book is about the great epic- Mahabharata.

This is not the regular story that we all have heard and read about Mahabharat. We have always comprehended these stories in black and white but here, it shows the grey side of the stories and the characters. This book talks from Dhuryodana's point of view and also talked about the characters who have been shadowed in the epic war, like Eklavya. The book doesn't describe Duryodhana as a mainstream villain like in other stories but here his rationality of the decision and the formation of the character is shown.

The author is not trying to justify his character but trying to humanise not only Duryodhana but all the characters and understand their voice that has been lowered all time. This story also showed the brutal reality of society and social class and injustice towards people during the war. 

heaven and Pandavas to hell, which made me think,  then why was he portrayed as a villain 

Here, he makes you question the stories and also make you think of what is actually DHARMA.