BHOOTA GAPPA
NAME: BHOOTA GAPPA AUTHOR: PRATIKSHA MISRA RATING: 8.5/10 Exploring different genres after a long reading slump, as mentioned earlier, I came across a magnificent short read named Bhoota Gappa, written by Pratiksha Misra (author and owner of JustUtter). You must be wondering what Bhoota Gappa means; it refers to Ghost Stories in the Odiya language. I have always admired horror stories set in Indian background, and this was a perfect short read. The book is basically an anthology of 7 short horror stories that explore rich yet intriguing folklore of Odisha (India), which is the native state of the author and her grandparents. Despite visiting Odisha once, I was completely unknown to the folklore of Odisha, and this book intrigued me to explore more about the same. The author has written all the stories in such a form that they are a well-blended combination of human emotions and, of course, supernatural elements, along with the cultural depth, which was definitely the cherry on th...
