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Destroyed by 'Ishq' : When Love Defies Your Very B
Its not just a cold February morning that freezes all activity at IIT. The topper of the Computer Science batch is found hanging inside his room locked from the outside. A day later, in a fit of anxiety, his best friend erases his suicide note from his laptop, thereby obliterating the only way that could have led to understanding the reason behind such a catastrophe. The smartest among the group of software experts asked to retrieve it finally gets hold of it, but silently gives up on finding it and withdraws with the stolen suicide letter. What is it about the letter that makes him hide it from the world? Why does he lose himself in the amaranthine ocean of agony and forgets all else on reading it? Love is life giving, but Destroyed by Ishq explores the other side of love. Are you ready to turn the page?
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An Unequal Harmony : The Discordant Melodies of Lo
02 April 2011: While the Indian cricket team fights on the Wankhede grounds to create history, two men engage in a game of words to determine the future of their lives. Reva a celebrated socialite journalist and Anshuman Mehra creative director of Indias most popular advertising agency are a happily married couple till a car accident relegates Reva to the ICU and reveals to Anshuman the biggest secret of their lives Siddharth Kashyap. A reputed fashion photographer, Siddharth had met Reva a year and a half after the Mehras got married. But what started off as a formal professional association soon morphed into a friendship that transformed into love. As Revas health swings between crisis and recovery, Anshuman and Siddharth retrospect their lives and associations with the woman who bound them together. It is through their reminiscence of the relationships and interaction with each other that we traverse through their meetings, their feelings, their heartbreaks, their dilemmas and their insecurities. However, what looms large is one pertinent question can Reva love two people at the same time?
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Where The Rainbow Ends
Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow in the face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lies hidden might just be the stark, naked face of reality. Rahul had everything going his way a soaring career, a happy family and all else a man his age could yearn for. And then suddenly his life began to crumble all around him, disintegrating element after precious element, leaving him to watch in helpless horror. Where had he gone wrong? Was there still hope for redemption, even a solitary ray that he could cling on to? Avantika, a pretty, vivacious girl who had come into Rahuls life by pure accident, literally, has suddenly gone missing. Just like that, without as much as a trace. Where is Avantika? Will Rahul be able to find her? Is it her own past that has come back to consume her or is it something even more vicious and sinister? Shalini, Rahuls first love and a girl accustomed to leading life on her own terms. Hailing from a family that exerts considerable influence in the galleries of politics and power, she certainly has the wherewithal to impact a lot of things. Even lives. Is Shalini fostering a grudge that could displace not one but many lives? Could she be the one behind Avantikas mysterious disappearance? Where The Rainbow Ends is a racy page - turner that promises to take you on a tempestuous and soul - stirring journey which shall remain with you long after you have put the book down.
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Ohh! Gods Are Online..
Ohh! Gods are Online is a surreal novel co-authored by two writers who have never met. The story was neither contrived nor planned, it was allowed to flow. What if the Gods were living in the midst of mankind? What if the Gods were as confused about life's meaning as humans? What if the Gods were addicted to social media? Ohh! Gods are Online, probes life's questions as Christ, Krishna, Nick, Buddy Roy and all the bigger and smaller Gods get chatting online.
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Complete Convenient: There is More to Men than B
Have you ever heard of any NRI who: Hasnt washed dishes and vacuumed carpets Hasnt missed any of his friends/ family members wedding in India Doesnt watch Indian movies, no matter how long he has been outside India Hasnt been to a striptease Doesnt indulge in Indian food whenever he visits India on a vacation Do you know any Indian who: Hasnt thought of moving out of India for a better, safer life Isnt fed up of the scams, traffic jams, filth, noise, crowd and crime that are part of everyday life Isnt tired of attending endless weddings, festivals, birthdays, farewells, parties, lunches and dinners that happen almost every second day in India Has never envied (secretly or openly) his friend / family member living outside India Hasnt wondered what makes NRIs return to India Welcome to the world of Kabir newly married and newly arrived in Sydney, hoping to live the glamorous and sophisticated life he has always dreamt of. After all, a life without frantic competition, traffic jams, queues, dirt, corruption and social obligations (read evils) can be refreshingly convenient. Professional success, new friends, a sincere boss... everything seems to be going just fine. But doesnt this sound too good to be true? Coming straight from the horses mouth, Complete/ Convenient is a roller coaster ride through emotions and experiences as they really are and as you imagine them to be
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When Strangers Meet..
What happens when Jai is stranded at the metro station with an irritating stranger called Iyer & a mysterious Pathan? How will the tale from Iyers past affect Jais future? And why does the mysterious Pathan keep staring at Jai? What happens inside that small room of the metro station? Nobody believes Jai when he claims that He was there!. People think he is crazy, but is he? The story revolves around Pathan, Jai & Iyer, and their tryst with each others destiny. A light-hearted drama with a heavy tint of suspense that captures father-son relationships from the viewpoints of three different strata of society. Action,Comedy, Romance, Drama, Suspense... A typical Bollywood fiction... A touching tale about choosing between the paths of our dreams and their expectations.
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The Homing Pigeons...: Not All Love Stories are Pe
n the middle of the catastrophic 2008 recession, Aditya, a jobless, penniless man meets an attractive stranger in a bar. Little does he know that his life will change forever. When Radhika, a young, rich widow, marries off her stepdaughter, little does she know that the freedom she has yearned for is not exactly how she had envisioned it. They say homing pigeons always come back to their mate, no matter where you leave them on the face of this earth. The Homing Pigeons is the story of love between these two unsuspecting characters as it is of lust, greed, separations, prejudices and crumbling spines.
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The Secrets of the Dark: The Debt of Blood is Neve
s one born with his destiny or does he forge it? In the mystical land of Gaya, two prophecies bind the fate of men and empires alike. The Destroyer born from the royal seed on the Land of the Setting Sun shall bring the empires down, or so has been foretold. In between the Destroyer and the world stand the Seven Guardians of Gaya, guarding the realm of man. A king, a father, defies the Seven and fate itself to save the last drop of his blood and prince Agni grows in the Land of the Rising Sun, exiled from his own people, unaware of his past. Losing the woman he loved most to the shadows in the dark, Agni is thrown into a whirlpool of events that he neither knows, nor understands. His quest for vengeance brings him to the doorstep of a secret that will shatter the very foundation of beliefs of a world. Can Agni avert his destiny? Can he uncover the truth about the Seven and the prophecies, now hidden behind a veil of ignorance? The secrets of the dark are sometimes so terrible that they are better left unsaid.
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Stumbled Upon Destiny: A Star Crossed Knot
Surprisingly the modernday arranged marriage institutions still in vogue. Girls and boys continue to give up their dreams for their parents happiness, yield to their familys demands and end up snuffing all joy out of their lives. Some of these couples have the luck of the draw and a happy story to tell, finally. Others seek comfort in compromise. Yet others fall apart and eventually go their separate ways. Why do they part ways? Who is to blame? Vineet Hariharan and Meera Madhav, a couple trapped in a mismatched relationship, have decided to call it quits. The story begins with their relationship coming to an end. The story in narrated from both Vineets and Meeras perspectives, with some scenes described from the point of view of both. Stumbled Upon Destiny is about their lovelessmarriage which gives rise to many issue lack of communication, complacency, unresolved agruments
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I know what woman want!
Anuj and his three friends have no skill and ability of getting women interested in them. Moreover their hearts are filled with vengeance due to women who have inflicted deep wounds to their hearts. What happens when they meet the number one pickup artist in the world, who himself has a secret agenda? A hilarious journey ensues, where they fall and fumble to achieve their objectives in lifewomen and revenge!
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Spicy Bites of Biryani: Because Life Needs a Littl
Studied hard? Got the perfect job? Found the perfect mate? And Still Screwed up your life? Is it possible to do everything right in your life and still not be happy? Meet Sanjay, Aditi, Mayank and Jayshree. Sanjay is US-returned software millionaire determined to have an arranged marriage aftr slling his company and braking up with his two-timing girlfriends. Aditi is a commitment-phobic writer who cant figure out what her next book is about but has perfected the art of break-ups Manyank and Jayshree are the perfect couple. If only they werent dealing with rude relatives, killing deadlines, procreation pressures and those ultimate romance-killers... monotoy and boredom! This light-hearted story traces the lives of these four successful, thirty-something friends who all come to the same conclusion... The hardest thing about having the perfect life is keeping it that way!
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Your Place or Mine?
His girlfriends wedding invitation is languishing in his mailbox and the house he lives in is stacked with empty beer bottles and cigarette butts. Meet Ali, a young executive with a fortune 500 company, who drives a big car, leaves a big tip at the restaurant and has a big bank account. Even though his life seems fancy and perfect to the world outside, he is suffocated, closed and struggling with loneliness. From the author of the bestselling novel To Whom It May Concern:, comes another dark, mystified and gripping story about a young man whose choices and circum- stances lead him into an unknown territory. As he gives in to the dark and consuming world of drugs, rave parties and one night stands, will he be able to decipher love from lust? Moreover, will the morals, values and relationships he has lost on the way ever come back to him?
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Never Say Goodbye
Meet Aakash - a doctor - single, contended, happy in his world of patients. And then, all of a sudden ... "Have I fallen in love? he asked himself . He knew the answer And he knew that he was walking into a maze. It wasn't as if she was unattached. She was married - and she was 'committed', as she had said. The maze would be endless, and the logical thing was to get out. But when you get into a maze, how do you get out? Which path takes you out and which path takes you deeper in? And meet Anjali - also a doctor, always looking for more from life, driven by an urge to do much more than just medicine, always reaching for the stars. And then, she meets Aakash... "Let me tell you one thing, ihou haven't already understood" she said "This is my house — this is where I stay Home is whetr I live —whew my heart and soul live. And! do hope you know where that is!" Very quickly they move from being just friends, to becoming soul-mates, and then to being lovers. Will their relationship remain as entwined as the DNA in human cells? Or will it explode into nothing-ness?
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It Wasn't Love At First Shalini And I
It seemed as if it was just me, and just her, just like the way we had first talked, just like I had always imagined, just like how I wanted it to be.” Was it love at first, or was it love every time after that? A love story spread across twenty years. This is the story of, Shalini and I.
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And Then It Rained: Coz Life Ain't Always a Fairyt
“It’s better to let go of someone who loves you... than keeping him in... love with you when you know you cannot be with him forever...” This is what Aarti had told Aman a night before she left him forever...with nothing but those memories of the rains. Rains have always been a part of Aman's happiness..! His first bike ride...his first gold medal...his first kiss... it has rained on every occasion! Rains have always been SPECIAL! And he believes that all bad things in his life will come to an end with the rains. Nagpur...That is where Aman Sarin has lived all his life. That is where he dreamt that someday he would be the next big thing in Bollywood. After moving to Mumbai to pursue his education his life is nothing short of a fairytale...he has what most teenagers want...a great group of friends...the charm and the popularity...and to top it all a hot girlfriend. They say life is a vicious circle of sorrow and happiness. So what happens when Aman’s fairytale goes wrong? What makes him the guy whom everyone hates...when once he was the guy everyone adored? Will Aman put back the pieces of his life and rise above all else? Will his dream of filling SRK’s shoes ever come true? But most importantly for Aman...after a rough summer... Will it Rain Again?
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Love Life and Lust
Have you ever seen a guy who gives over everything just not to let relation of friendship be blamed? Then meet Abhi. Have you ever seen a guy who tolerated every blame to make friends happy? Then meet Maitrya. Have you ever seen a girl who stood alone quitely in the storms of life but never blamed a person who destroyed her life? Then meet Priya. Have you ever seen a guy who couldn't forgive himself and destroyed his life in alcohol? Then meet Dhanu. Welcome to the world of Maitreya, Dhananjay, Abhi and Priya - four friends having different thinking. Different family background but having one common thing amid them-Love. Love. Love for life and love for each others, how their love becomes Lust is the story of their life. Love, Life and Lust...is a story of their friendship their trust on each other, their Love and their lust.
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The Off-Site Tamasha
In THE OFF-SITE TAMASHA, a team of financial advisors are headed to Kyari for a relaxing three day company off-site. The team includes a dominating boss, his docile subordinate and a rich colleague. The colleague argues with the boss during the various team building games resulting in hilarious outcomes. The predictably planned off-site changes rather dramatically, with the arrival of two mysterious women. They get the attention of the three men. Each of them is sex obsessed and lusts after the women in the hope of a sexual encounter. What follows is a series of interactions- part comical, part sexual, part revelry and part debauchery with telling consequences. What the men don't know is that, the femme fatales have an agenda of their own. They have a job to finish.... Who are these women? What do they want? Who will finally come out on 'top' in this carnal pursuit with the women? Will it be the married boss? ...The unmarried subordinate? ...Or the rich but rather ugly looking colleague? About The Author ABHAY NAGARAJAN'S bestselling debut novel Corporate Atyaachaar- the comical journey of an office doormat was published in November 2010. It was long-listed (in the fiction category) for the Crossword-Vodofone Book Award 2010. It also featured on India Today's fiction best sellers list (in March and Apri12011). Born in 1983, Abhay did his schooling in Mumbai and Bangalore. He studied commerce at SRCC and followed that up with a Masters degree in Finance (MFC) at Delhi University. After having worked as a financial advisor for a few years, he took time off to pursue his interest in fiction writing. Apart from writing, he also enjoys reading up on cricket statistics, his first love since class five. He currently lives in Bangalore.
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Dancing With Maharaja
Set in the late 90's and the millennium year, Dancing with Maharaja is about how Satish - the only son of Rajaraman, a rich liquor - shop owner in Madurai and rated "beyond repair" by all his school and college teachers - much against his will finds himself in the streets of Old Rajinder Nagar teeming with tea shops, moms on rent, book stalls and IAS coaching institutes; and what is in store for him in the demanding and eventful journey of IAS exams. Woven around the rigorous IAS exams schedule of prelims-mains-interview, the story captures the lift style of the civil service aspirants and explores the myriad hues and shades of all that go into making the steel frame of the country. About The Author Sundar (S. Sundar Rajan) is an Indian Revenue Service officer, hailing from one of the southernmost districts of our country, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. Before joining the civil services in the year 2007, Sundar had a brief stint with Tata Chemicals Ltd. An engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani, the author completed his MBA from SIBM, Pune (2004). A person with no specific interest, Sundar is fond of many things in life like - movies, writing, a bit of reading, traveling, photography, some cricket, music, etc. Married to one of his IRS batch-mates, Jayanthi, the author is currently serving as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in Goa. This is the author's first work of fiction. Earlier he had co-authored along with this elder brother, S. Nagarajan IAS, a preparation guide for the civil services exam - "Topper's Tips". Sundar can be reached at sundarsajan@gmail.com and www.pilanipictures.blogspot.com
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The Legend Of Amrapali
Aryavart (around 500 B.C.) was a land of many prosperous kingdoms and among the most prominent of them was the vajji confederacy one of the first democratic republics known to mankind. Vaishali, the capital of the confederacy and that of the illustrious Lichchavis was not only a center of commerce and political activity but also the blessed motherland of Amrapali. The Legend of Amrapali is the story of mayhem and turmoil brought about by the obstinate desires of one man blinded by the intoxication of Power. It is a story of sinister plots and political wizardry, of chaste love and unbridled passion, of naked ambitions and dogged loyalties that lead to the transformation of an innocent young girl into one of the most revered, even worshipped, and occasionally feared personalities of her times. A Gripping cocktail of fantasy, Fiction, fable and histry that retains its charismatic appeal through the centuries gone by!
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Life..Love..Kumbh..
Like the Kumbh Fair, this book promises to open the doors of its readers' thinking, coaxing them to tarry for a few moments and re-examine their priorities in life. Togetherness is the greatest stoning... Relations, the best snuff... 'It is good to live a life of an instinct, you have nothing to fear, no failures, no successes, just a gut and the beatings of the tiny heart. Let it see the world, it said in its beat, like the haloed Damru of Shiva; come out and enjoy the Maya of so called God; now this was one mystery I coudn't fathom; wait, there was one more; destiny. To these I added a third; Faith, not in these two, but in my Self.... the Atma.' Aditi's take on Life...Love...Kumbh... On 13th of January 2010, a day before the first of the Eleven great baths of the Maha Kumbh at Haridwar, the largest human congregation in the Universe; Agastaya, Annant and Aditi, journey along in their lives; crossing each other's path; reminiscing of the past gone by and being wary of the future. But as the day nears its end, destiny would throw them in a situation from which there would be no running away. Will they face up to the challenges of living, loving, longing, leaving, learning and come out unscathed from the play of destiny and the cycle of Karma? What of their identity; their Philosophies and the quest for Yogic excellence? About the Author Aporva Kala is an explorer of Yogic knowledge. Writing for him is an exercise in creativity, which, he says, is a soul song. Since last Fifteen years he has been actively involved in mentoring students in particular and guiding humanity in general to lead a holistic and a rewarding life-style. He can be contacted at: aporvakala@yahoo.in aporvakala.blogspot.com
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In Course Of True Love!
All love stories are same. Or is it? A Boy and a girl meet and fall in love. Stroy ends, Is it? If so, then what about its journey. Its meaning, its feelings? What could love mean to anyone? Just a time pass or a reason to live? What if he who remained untouched from love so far in his life, will love be a time pass for him? What if he loves someone truly and deeply, who completes him, will he be able to see other side of love? In Course Of True Love! Destined to be a true yet unusual emotional love saga of Aarush, a reticent boy, falls in love amid unfavorable situations, crunch moments, will make reader to think and leave them pondering Does love happen at an age of sweet sixteen? Or is it mere a passing infatuation? Sanjeev Ranjan's debut novel stirs to unfold the reality of puppy love, and plumbs its depth, its warmth, and its meaning. About the Author Sanjeev Ranjan (21 years) is a final year Engineering student at Sastra University. He had spent most of his life in a small town of Bihar, Siwan. He did his schooling from DAV Public School but quest for quality education took him to Bokaro where he completed his 12th education from Chinmaya Vidyalaya. A Non conformist and voracious reader of novels, He spends the rest of his time in either thinking news ideas or listening music. Apart from this, what he loves is to analyze human behavior and mentor people in solving their problems because he, himself, is still trying to adjust in this fickle world. He is crazy about cars, novels. He plans to write more in near futures. "In Course Of True Love! In his debut novel. Reach him at : sanjeev.ranjan91@gmail.com You can also catch him at : facebook and twitter.