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Hold On!!! Hari

Truly, Madly, Deeply!

A fascinating, roller-coaster tale of teenage love, Kazi's book depicts the emotion in its raw, confusing form – just the way you'd have experienced it the first time you fell in love with someone. Kazi's penchant for detail is impressive and makes the book an alluring journey for all die-hard romantics. — Tuhin Sinha, best-selling author of 'That thing called Love' and 'Of Love and Politics'.

To Catch a Butterfly

Life could seem like a jungle. Or a garden. Depends on whether you know your way around it. Same was the case with Nirmal, a young, fun loving, peppy guy. Living in Paris, MNC job and a foreign girl-friend, he had it all. His cup was full but was so brittle. It cracked one day and he felt empty. He felt lost in that beautiful jungle. In comes Sara. A professor, a guide, an alter ego. Her now loving, now rebuffing gestures brought him to his knees and made him learn the lessons he already had but dared not look for. May be you are also looking for some of them

Entrapped

What would you do when you start hearing mysterious voices in your dreams saying “We are trapped… free us?" What if these voices keep coming back to haunt you? There is something unusual about the seventeen-year-old Myra Bose. Born to human parents, she is a fairy, who soon starts her new journey at Fae High – a high school for faes and fairies all over the world. This strange new life was not enough to add to Myra’s troubles, she also starts getting strange dreams with mysterious voices, which she is unable to comprehend. They keep her entrapped perpetually. The recurring dreams will unfold many dark secrets. Myra has lots of things to handle – her attention seeking first love Ryan Swift, her trustworthy new friends and the never-ending haunting dreams. Will her life get any better at Fae High? Will Myra ever find out the voices behind the dreams? When her love, Ryan demands her attention, what would be her first priority? About The Author Sneha Kedar was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharastra. She is a graduate in Information Technology. Right now, she is pursuing her Masters in Computer Application from Mumbai University. She is an avid reader and active blogger. She always enjoyed reading paranormal novels, which inspired her to pen down her debut novel, which is also a paranormal fiction. Few of her articles were published in India's leading newspaper, DNA. Know more about her at – http://snehakedar.blogspot.com or contact her at sneha.kedar13@gmail.com

Chandragupta

His life and events have been a subject of controversy creating debates among historians for years Chandragupta Maurya came from humble beginnings plagued by poverty. However, this man's journey through life was going to be anything but ordinary. From being a farmer boy in an unknown village to being a palace attendant in the capital city of Patliputra. The narrative moves on to the untold story of what happened after Chandragupta became the king. From the battlefields of Kalinga to the wars fought in the plains east of River Indus. The book traces the life of a man whose life took sharp ups and downturns till he ventured into the path of spirituality. Spanning 36 years and events in 6 countries of today, this book seeks to tell the story which exists in bit-n-pieces in annals of history. About the Author Rajat did his MBA from IMI (New Delhi) and Ecole-Superieure-de-Commerce (France).He is currently working as Chief Manager in the Technology division of one of India's largest financial institutions. Previously, he had worked on five amateur movie projects. Also, he was part of a theater group, performed in stage shows and street plays for cancer awareness. His other interests include reading books on India history and martial arts. (Email id rajatpillai@sfs.com, Twitter- rajatpillai1980)

God Moved Your Cheese

Ever given a thought as to: Why do most people, even though despising what they do, religiously wake up every morning to welcome the same mundane routine for another frustrating day? Why does the motivation to achieve something in life automatically dissappear after a few days? What stops us from achieving what we really want to achieve? Why do we mostly choose a 'safer' option (eg. a Job), rather than following what our heart really wants us to do? God Moved Your Cheese throws up practical insights into these queries, in a rather innovative and simplistic manner, logically building up to that one attribute which will grant you the right to be successful in any sphere of life. Forever.

The Bachelors Theorem

Love @ Facebook

In today’s world, everyone wants to be a Star! Having a normal, comfortable and content life simply isn’t enough anymore. With Facebook on a roll, the Stars get a superb platform to feel like Stars. What with all the fans going crazy for them at the social networking website! Vatsala Rathore, a nineteen-year-old, falls in “love” with Ronit Oberoi – who is a VJ and an upcoming actor – at Facebook. The crush, innocent at first, soon develops into love and promptly gets converted into obsession. How can it not, when the drop- dead-gorgeous Star reciprocates with equal interest? Ankit Rai, who masters the art of selflessness, has been besotted by Vatsala for four years now. But will Vatsala finally notice? Girls wait for their Prince Charmings all their life. Vatsala has two. Will she ever be able to decide who “the one” for her is?

Did You See The Joker?

The girl whispered, “I love you.” It took a while for the words to sink in his consciousness. When they did, he broke into a brief silent smile. The trace of dismissive scorn did not miss the girl. She repeated, “I loved you . . . from the moment I saw you there at the corner table.” He watched her with an amused mocking glint and said in a slurred voice, “It's okay. I paid you already.” “You know, he looked exactly like you, calm, serene, simple, sitting at that corner hidden in the darkness watching me. He was the one who took my virginity.” He stopped for a moment and listened. In a stupor of inebriation, it sounded like a true account. “He said he loved me. He used to come every night. He bought me this gold chain you see.” The girl pointed at her neck. There was a scar at her neck and there was also a thin gold chain resting on her bare chest. Ceaseless flow of life swirls around the bends of tears and laughter, vengeance and passion, hatred and love. Yet it flows . . . nothing can stop it. Nothing can block it. The eternal flow holds the wavering reflection of the joker . . .

Friendship@facebook.com

What is life all about? Each one of us wants an answer to this eternal question. After completing their engineering, Ballu and his friends, Chetan and Aman, realise the difference between 'college life' and 'life'. Facebook, guitar and beer bind the friends reminding them of the good old days. Chetan and Aman are working in the same firm, where the latter is desperate to move to the next level in spite of the office politics. Cricket and chatting ruin Chetan's marriage, but he still seems mesmerised by his wife. Ballu's failing career in music is aggravated by his failure at the MTV Roadies auditions. Things change drastically when the friends get an unknown friend request on Facebook and a game starts. Everything goes as per the plan when one of the friends disappears. . .

Somewhere @ Nowhere

What would it be like taking a few weeks break and planning an unplanned travel across length and breadth of the country and explore the vastness and diversity of India? Aditya Khanna is a confused jobless ex-investment banker with an IIT - IIM lineage who does the same - except that nothing goes as he had expected. There were different kinds of people, each having a different tale to tell. From encounters ranging from meeting a know-it-all sadhu in the Himalayas to getting kidnapped by naxals to meeting a girl on the run whose only aim in life was to die. There were experiences of varied hues and shades in this roller coaster of a journey - experiences that could have made the trip a memorable one; and the experiences that had the power to break and change a person and in the process probably discover oneself. Will he take it all in his stride and move ahead and laugh at it when he looks back? Or will it leave him broken and shattered? Or will he discover his non confused self? Or will he be left stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere? Or ...

Far From Normal

Far From Normal A book by a teen for teenagers Jessica Baker is only sixteen years old when her older sister, Kim dies in a car accident. Two years later, she moves to the quiet town of Greengrass, New Jersey, USA and is shocked when she discovers that she can talk to the dead. She soon befriends Stella, another mediator who also can talk to the dead. The two are on a secret mission, to persuade a particular spirit to leave the world. But that’s not the only problem Jessica has! A dead sister, a freaky friend, a crazy sister, a mentally disturbed (as Jessica thinks) set of parents, a snobbish foe (at school), a girl who she thinks is her friend, a girl who is unable to make a decision and a gym teacher who has no sympathy aren’t making anything easy either. A very creative plot woven into an interesting storyline with captivating elements of paranormality, mystery, suspense, deception, friendship, betrayal, teen rivalry and lots more. An accomplishment that is Far From Normal indeed from a prodigious 13 yr old author.

Lincoln The Unknown

Riddle Plays

Innocent laughter is rarely seen these days. From very early age, children today are made to carry heavily loaded bags to school. At times, those bags weigh more than their own body weights. Their lives principally rotate round the many C's, Career, Computer, and Competition, to name a few. The number of hours and minutes available to them are strictly divided for each pursuit, lest even a second is wasted! There is just no time for them to read a book, unless it is a textbook. Just no time to look out of the window, just like that, doing nothing! Being non-critical about the existing system, where is the scope, space or time, for that matter, for moulding the young intellect with the care it deserves? That is a critical question. We may face it, or may ignore it. The choice is ours. Tagore (1861-1941) always believed in development of superior intellect in complete harmony with time, system and context. Hasya Kautuk (1907), particularly written with this objective, is one of the masterpieces among his numerous brilliant creations. Comprised of short plays, this book is a discovery of adolescent intellect through humour.

Illusions Of Love

Like a phoenix Sheena rises from the ruins of her fate to build a remarkable career and lay the foundation of a beautiful life that promises to last 'happily ever after'. Then all of a sudden dark clouds threaten to obscure the sunshine in her life. But she chooses to shut her eyes to the storm, blissfully ignoring its threat! Like the peacock thrilled by the first drops of rain after a long scorching summer, she mistakes the gathering clouds as harbinger of excitement in her life that she makes herself believe to have become monotonous for her. As she lets her passions soar high in the sky, it does not take much time for her to fall miserably on the hard ground, very much like the peacock that loses all its fervour in the midst of its rain-dance, when faced with the reality of its ugly feet. This saga of the beautiful and gifted woman Sheena takes one on a journey of human feelings and emotions that range from the beautiful to the grotesque, the amazing to the gross. One moment the romance and thrill leave one wondering if life could truly be so beautiful and pleasant, while the next one reflects how suddenly fate can turn the tables for us unsuspecting mortals.

The Journey Of Om

The naked flames danced gracefully around me as the pain flowed, through my veins. The grief and sorrow enveloped me and I descended into it without resistance. Coldplay strummed their beat as their melancholic lyrics rang so very true. The candles began to die one by one. They had served their purpose for that brief moment in time and finally reached their destiny. The sands of time continued to slip on by. The merlot mixed with my blood and the bitterness ran through me. Devastated by his beloved's betrayal, Om collapses both physically as well as emotionally and with that, begins his arduous battle for peace. Torn between love and anger, Om inadvertently starts to lose his grip on life as he knew it causing his world to spiral out of control. Hoping to recover, Om turns to his closest friends, Arun and Mona. However, instead of gaining support, he bears witness to the trials which have beseiged their lives. Like life, the three tales entwine sprinkled with humour, tragedy, perseverance and karmic retribution, and through Om, they bind together into a climactic conclusion.

Knots and no crosses

The woman he had no intentions of loving, but who he did love, hopelessly. The woman he had no intentions of dating, but had ended up committing himself to. The woman who had always been four years elder to him, but realised it only when she was about to hit London for a PG course. The woman who had gotten into the car, without looking back once as he stood there on the empty streets outside the institute, nursing a broken heart. Akkie’s relationships have followed a trial and error pattern. He finally meets the one woman who completes him. They both plan their ‘dream wedding’, only the wedding turns out to be anything but a dream! As Akkie tries to placate his agitated bride three days before their wedding, his past catches up with him, spelling disaster after disaster. The crunching blow comes, when the son of his first ever girlfriend calls him ‘Papa’ in the room filled to capacity with the bride’s family. The wedding gets called off. But Akkie knows, there is no one else for him, but her…

Haunting Silhouettes

What happens when a wife wakes up one morning to find that she was not sleeping with her husband all this while, but a stranger whom she had known for more than seven years. An emotional turmoil gets unearthed from the charred ashes of memories when this lady starts digging into the past of her husband’s life. The fact that every current action can be correlated to the past buried somewhere in the recesses of one’s brain makes this book, which looks like a collection of short stories at the first glance, a finely crafted and woven work of fiction.

Men, as they are!

Did you know that a man's obsession with his bike subtly shows the affection he demands from his woman? Did you know that pink may not be a woman's favourite colour after all? Did you know that men are not polygamous by nature? Most importantly, did you know that each zodiac sign carries its own style of making love? The book answers all of these and more, including how I balk at the pressure to get married only to realise that there are many more women like me who love their independence, space and regular infiltration of office workload. It also reveals how men are not a confusing lot to understand. You just need to switch your brains on to understand prerogatives better. It unleashes the power hidden in the zodiac sign of your man to know if he is the answer to your prayers or you need to wait a little longer continuing the ritual of fasting on specific religious days for a perfect partner.

A River On Fire

This bouquet of short stories presents a true-to-life picture of the society before us. Instead of an imagined world, the storyteller through these stories offers a slice of life, a down-to-earth scenario in which the reader finds himself involved unknowingly.The writer having a good understanding of basic human feelings brings them out dexterously in these tales on divergent issues. These fine, tumultuous, powerful and heartfelt sagas are not just stories; these are experiences. Reading them, the reader does not remain solely an observer; he becomes a part of them. The stories open a world of fallacy, malice and maladjustment, and take him directly to it. This is the world that is already known to him, but he very often chooses to close his eyes to it. Brimming with unlikely and colourful characters, the tales offer a fine blend of irony and humanity, with some of them replete with heart-warming humour. The world of the storyteller has the fullness of human psyche, with its dreams, passions, awe and wonder. Despite the ambience of fantasy, hardcore realism, quandaries and predicament underline his stories.About the Authors: Jasvinder Sharma was born on December 16, 1958. He is a seasoned writer, who as written a number of books. His first book was Jasvinder Sharma ke Muntkhib Afsane, a collection of short stories in Urdu. After that a number of books of short stories, satire and poetry flowed from his pen. Main hi Makhan Khayo won him the first prize from Sahitya Akademi, Haryana in 2005. In 2006, the author was honoured with the Shara Katha Prize by Mr Shekhawat, the then Vice President of India. He also won the second prize in a short story competition organised in 2007 by North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, which included over 400 entries from five states. Many of his works have been published in various leading national dailies and magazines, such as The Pioneer, Hindustan, Navbharat Times, The Tribune, The Telegraph, Sahara Times, Jansatta, Indian Horizons, Outlook, The Sunday Indian, Kadambini, and many more. This is his first book in English.