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BOOK REVIEW: AN INDIAN LOSER by UZMA HAMEED

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A SARCASTIC TAKE ON INDIAN SOCIETY AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. DECENT DEBUT! BOOK: AN INDIAN LOSER AUTHOR: UZMA HAMEED GENRE: FICTION/INSPIRATIONAL RELEASE DATE: 11/12/2018 PUBLISHER: Self Published BLURB: In the other parts of the world when people fail, they gather themselves and try again; people around them encourage, motivate and inspire. However, in India if a person fails, he is considered incompetent, inadequate and unworthy. People around him disregard him as a loser and he is finished even before he could start. However, there are some ‘Indian Losers’ who refuse to give up. ‘An Indian Loser’ is the story of one such boy. Peeyush was the poster boy of the great Indian dream for his average middle class neighbourhood. His life was almost set - crack the IIT JEE, run away to a better city, find a great job and marry the girl of his dreams. However, by a strange stroke of bad luck he encounters an unexpected failure that turns his life upside down. As a result, for

MOVIE REVIEW: THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)

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SCARY, IRONICAL & DEEP - ONE OF THE FINEST HORROR FILMS! A MUST WATCH!                 FILM: THE HOLE IN THE GROUND DIRECTOR: LEE CRONIN WRITER: LEE CRONIN & STEPHEN SHIELDS  CINEMATOGRAPHY: TOM COMERFIELD MUSIC: STEPHEN McKeon RELEASE DATE: 1/3/2019 COUNTRY: Belgium,  Finland,  Ireland,  United Kingdom LANGUAGE: ENGLISH RUN TIME: 90 MINUTES GENRE: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW: A single mother, living in a countryside rural town, noticed radical change in her son after some mysterious & disturbing events. The premise is really promising. If you are bored after seeing a lot of logic less horror comedies, then this piece of art is for you. I can't call Cronin's debut as most original & completely unique but I have to call it one of best horror films ever made. Still it's unusual, not like the typical horror films available. It's dark, slow burning and artistic. The film has two layers. If you just want to enjoy a horror thriller