The moment I turned the last page of this book, the first thought that struck my mind was- How did I actually read it? Being more of a romance reader, I was expecting to see more love emergence between the two main protagonists, Vivek and Keya, however it didn't come across as strongly as I had wished.
Not taking it as a negative point though, it clearly even surprised myself that I found cricket and corporate writing this thrilling for the very first time. And even more surprising, it is an ...

In these days of romance brews, Parinda Joshi's novel 'Powerplay' comes as a fresh change into the world of business, glamour and cricket and of course a bit of love and much high intensity drama!
Pretty impressed by Parinda's writing- taut humor and a breezy style that flows through pages make this story a pretty comfortable read. I finished it within five hours. My favorite character from the book is Keya, the level-minded lead female from the story. I could pretty much identify the new age...

I was expecting this to be a cricket thriller, something I had read from Geeta Sundaram on the IPL titled 'Killer League.' However, 'Power Play' proved to be a mishmash of corporate politics, subdued love affairs, bonds of friendship and tale of betrayals.
What impressed me was the way the writer has handled her characters, the writing is okayish but the characterization is simply brilliant. No character is perfect and that's as real as real can get. Each one of them has shades of grey includ...

My first impression about this was that another writer is trying to piggyback on all the IPL drama- fixing, sex, drugs, etc. but I was mistaken. The cricket part is not the story but the story actually lies in the corporate environment surrounding it. And that's what makes it all the more exciting!
So you have Vivek Grewal, a young and powerful senior manager of a corporate house who sees potential in an underperforming IGL team and decides to bring it over. Here he meets Keya, a suave lady w...

Powerplay is a relatively simple read even though it plays on complicated notions of corruption, backstabbing and all the things that have been done before but aren't easy to do. Parinda Joshi has written a very realistic story and has not tried to do anything out of the extraordinary. Sometimes this works for a writer, sometimes it doesn't. In her case, fortunately for her, it has!
PP has two main characters, Vivek and Keya, both young professionals in the prime of their respective careers u...

The thing I liked about Powerplay is that it doesn't attempt to be something that it is not. It isn't a larger than life book, it is a simple tale that happens/has happened in India before. So what makes it unique still?
The answer is Parinda Joshi's writing that adds that extra zingggg to the story of corruption, conniving characters and a little bit of romance. Vivek is a tough, macho, egoistic guy who cares only about his ambitions until he falls for Keya, a marketing manager of the IGL te...

I wasn't impressed by Parinda Joshi's first book but somehow Parinda managed to change my perception of her writing through her second one. 'Powerplay: The Game is On' sees a big honcho, Vivek Grewal, a typical snobby industrialist kind of guy work his way around the money and politics to acquire an IGL (IPL?) team, Ahmedabad Rangers. He faces some trouble from Keya Singhal, an employee in the management of the same faltering IGL team.
Keya is a no-nonsense woman and wants to acquire what is...

I was pleasantly surprised to come across this corporate thriller titled 'Powerplay.' It came across as a fresh change from the book I have read recently. Being a modern working girl, I could so relate to Keya Singhal, a like minded go getter woman who works under the Marketing department of an IGL team, Ahmedabad Rangers. It is the same team her nemesis and potential boyfriend material, Vivek Grewal will come to handle the acquisition of for one of his friends.
The primary characters are rea...

Some books come as a surprise (pleasant one, I mean!) and Powerplay was definitely one of them! Originally themed as a cricket meets business tips love story, Powerplay also has a lot of other ingredients added in copious amounts to keep the reader engrossed till the very end.
The novel talks about IGL, a cricket tournament taken up from the IPL obviously, where emotions run high and a team named Ahmedabad Rangers is about to be kicked out as the owners can't fund it anymore. The reigns of th...

I'm not much of a cricket fan, so I wasn't sure I was going to like this book when I laid my hands on it but I was in for a surprise. The book actually doesn't revolve around cricket for the major part. It's rather an intriguing journey of office politics and a corporate saga that also bundles a bypassing love story between the two major characters, Vivek and Keya.
The former is the sulky corporate guy who doesn't have a life except numbers and money is the only thing he plays with. The latte...