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Shrey is a normal guy with small plans for his future. Tragedy strikes his life when he fails in his PU (12th) exams, as everything changes. His plans are shelved, a new college, a random course, a weird set of people, heartbreaks and a career to make. ShreyÍs journey begins afresh without any plans...

As the turquoise, jasper, sapphire and amethyst contrive with light to reflect ecletic patterns in a kaleidoscope, so does Kadhambini's family and society. She chronicles three disrupted, yet connected, series of events, occuring at discrete instants of time - all bound by the inner contradictions involved...

Kashmir, God's own land on earth, is the motherland of the Kashmiri Pandits. The year 1990 saw a mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their own soil due to threat to life and mass killings by the Separatists. The Divine And the Destiny is the story of Shereen, a young Kashmiri Pandit girl, and her family....

A timeless journey to self-realisation.. By Sahitya Akademi Award winning author, Dhiruben Patel When a sannyasi turns his back on worldly life, he is said to have transcended the trammels of mundane existence. But what of the sannyasi who turns his back on renuciation itself? Rainbow at Noon describes...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson in Travels with a Donkey Few of us have the panache to put in our papers, free ourselves from our desks, and take off on a half-year-long trip along the coastal necklace...

Whispered the forest & its trees, ‘Little deer, tell us your story again.’Smiled I & asked, ‘What will you gain hearing it time & again?’Replied the forest at once, ‘It is not just a story of a deer,but of we all—forest, earth, sky, trees, wind and river.It is a testimony to trust, love,...

I knew there was nothing poetic about death. I knew not that the most horrific battles are fought off the battlefield. Arjun: The idealist in a non-ideal world; the warrior whose deadliest opponent was his conscience. History forgot his voice, but misquoted his silence.My self-esteem originates from...

The Puyickal family, a reputed Mallu clan based in Mumbai, is going through a huge crisis. One of their younger scions, Neeraja wants to marry her Punjabi boyfriend. Her father wants to hear none of it. Her aunts would rather die than allow it. Her uncles don’t care a damn about it. And her poor cousin,...

Balraj, the male protagonist a voluntarily unmarried man of thirty-five and a son of a rich father has always proved lucky with his casual relationships with women. But, this time things have gone haywire for him. Police arrest him for his concubine's murder, which, though there is enough material...

The woman is tenacious. Her acceptance of any situation in her life is legendary. The short stories in this book present many such situations in various locales where the woman has brought in her positive persona. Right or wrong is not the priority. The situation demands, so this is...

The sale of a painting that depicts her childhood home prompts Naintara to dissect various aspects of her life:The awareness of being, the confusion caused by an inner voice, a necessity to co-exist with people and a desire for love that fills one void but causes a deeper one. The need to earn a livelihood,...

"Introduction Raj has AIDS. His time on earth is short. He lives in a metro – is rich – but has had enough of its hustle and bustle early in life. He wants to die in peace in a beautiful environment. He comes to know of an ideal village set in an idyllic...

The Third Yuga is slowly drawing to a close. Nam the greatest Empire on Janani is going to face some fierce winds of change. Seers foresee omens of death and destruction in the return of the Banished One A God who will claim the ashes of this world as revenge. While out in the streets, rumours abound...

It’s not easy being a teenager...or an almost-teen. Who knows that better than us? Life beckons... we want to be independent....to experiment....and travel different paths. This collection of long and short tales is for all of us who dream of a life less ordinary. So prepare to meet people and animals,...