Your Love Makes Me Complete


Ratnadip Acharya - 2020
    We feel safe in that tiny nest where other people cannot enter and hurt us easily. But little do we know that in this process we also stop love and beatitude of life from overwhelming our beings.Heartbroken Sugandha had taken a vow not to respond to love if it ever knocked at the door to her heart again.Christopher was haunted by a disturbing childhood and boyhood and had devised his own means to derive joy from life all alone. They both met in the sleepy and quaint town of Panaji. From a small nod of acknowledgement to long idyllic talks... love cast its own magic spell.But a difficult battle was looming overhead, determined to destroy their dream of remaining together. All they possessed to win the battle was the courage, trust and determination that they drew from love.Based on a true story 'Your Love Makes Me Complete' is an inspiring novel on love, trust & destiny to read and reread.

The Web of Karma


Anurag Shrivastava - 2019
    Control over law and order has long since passed from the hands of the administration to caste-based gangs and organized crime syndicates enjoying political patronage. Kidnapping has become one of the flourishing businesses of the state, while every other industry has dwindled down and the development plank has gone on a pause mode, on account of Rangdari, which is yet another booming business apart from contract killing, smuggling, illegal tree cutting, and vehicle snatching. Migration to other states is at peak: not only of big businessmen, but also of lowly laborers. And those who can’t leave the state are either sucked into the crime world or are forced to live under fear. Albeit the local newspapers everyday sketch the sordid saga of the state, the execrable condition is not likely to improve by any means in the near future. Digambar Babu, a middle-aged man of a small town Motihari (the place of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagrah), is dejected and dismayed for his family falling apart, and so sets himself on a mission to make amends for the mistakes he has done in the past. Shakuntala Devi, his wife, infuriated at herself for having devoted her whole life selflessly and arduously for her ungrateful family, wants to make up for the injustice she has done to herself, by living the rest of her life selfishly. Sarvesh, their asthmatic son, whose first marriage perished about a decade ago, is still struggling with both his career and his married life, and Nisha, their daughter, is married to someone whom she thinks she will never be able to love. The biggest threat to the already troubled family is Nisha’s ex-lover Kanhaiya Tiwari, who is the youngest corporator of the town, and has sworn to ruin the family. Shyam, Nisha’s husband, who is ‘the absorber of the emotions’, in keeping with his fluidity, writhes in pain but transforms time and again, in order to win his wife’s heart, while Savita, Sarvesh’s current wife, colludes with Kanhaiya Tiwari in his evil intent, in order to have all the strings of the family in her hands. Benighted in Sodom, they weave their web of Karma, and fabricate their fates, but the biggest sufferer in the ruthless game of dominance and survival are the innocent children of the family.The story tries to draw parallels between Digambar Babu’s disarrayed family and the disordered town. The novel is inspired from the real events happened in the town during 90’s era of jungle-raaj.

Circle of Three


Rohit Gore - 2011
    One day, their paths cross and their destinies are forever changed.Thirteen year old Aryan Khosla has no friends, rarely meets his busy and quarrelling parents, and is tormented by a gang of school bullies. He feels his birth was a mistake and thinks no one would notice if he disappeared from this world.Thirty-three year old Ria Marathe, a successful scriptwriter, lost her husband and only son in a terrible accident, and later came to know her childhood sweetheart husband was cheating on her for a long time. Faced with a lifetime of misery, she has decided to commit suicide.Sixty-three year old Rana Rathod, a long forgotten author, has carelessly lived off the trust created by his wealthy family and feels betrayed by his two children who sided with his wife during their brutal divorce thirty years back. He fears he is going to die a bitter man.Will Aryan lose his childhood to his loneliness? Will Ria lose her life to her tragedy? Will Rana lose his dignity to his past sins?Circle of Three is about finding a new beginning in life, of forgiving and ultimately, finding hope.

Rhythm of Remembrance


Samir Satam - 2020
    – Shubhangi Swarup (Latitudes of Longing)

Hope You Don't Get Famous: Poetry and Prose


Vernajh E Pinder - 2019
    In desperation, your heart continuously screams out for comfort. The comfort you repeatedly deny it. You refuse to see things for what they are. On the easel of your heart, you continue to paint a delusion. Eventually, becoming unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. Love is Painless. And when you lack the inspiration or the courage to paint a new picture, let these words paint a vivid one for you. Let these words help you stand in truth.

MIЯЯЯO : at THƎ WƎIЯⱭ WAYWAЯⱭ


Manoj Kumar Sharma - 2019
    But at the same time many perennial social problems also grew manifolds, remained inattentive and giving birth to exponential intensification to grievances. The volcanoes of grievances led to Genesis of MIЯЯЯO … MIЯЯЯO’s unpredictable fearless Modus-Operandi breaks all the Laws and leads to the out-of-the-box solutions as Weird Way Ward, to rejuvenate the Eco-Systems of today’s hypocritical SYSTEMS…it’s up to the discretion of the PEOPLE, to allow or not! The Story indicates India’s perennial problems through the eyes of the Protagonist, who always dreamt for the solutions as his own personal aspirations, but, couldn’t succeed meeting even single one, out of his own personal flaws. Time compels him taking help of someone, whom he never believed cordially. Out of gist of many, only 3 problems are selfishly picked-up by the Protagonist, which hurt him most personally. MIЯЯЯO weirdly solves those 3 problems with the essence of absolute cleansing as permanent solutions… Will INDIA wish to have such weird, but, permanent solutions to all other problems? Let TIME tell…

Murder Before Carnival: A Tale Of The Floating Body


Sameer Kumar - 2020
    The stakes soared rooftop when a lifeless corpse was found inside an idol during the celebration of Durga Puja. The sizzle and chill was observed by all. Aahana, an independent psychologist, was assigned the case in isolation by higher authorities when it was ascertained that the murder was being covered-up internally. How deep she can go to exhume the purpose of enormity is for her to decide.

Operation Jai Mata Di


Pratik Shah - 2015
    The hostage-takers threaten to shoot pilgrims every day, unless the incumbent Government accedes to their demands. With the popular Hindu festival of Diwali just around the corner and elections less than six months away, the Government at the center is under immense pressure to act. What will the Government do? The army? The intelligence agencies? The common man? No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Who are these men? Is there a larger plot? Faced with such unprecedented events, will the country descend into unimaginable anarchy or will it rise above the issues of collective apathy and greed that have plagued it since Independence?

Saviour - An Uncommon Tale


Sunny Sinha - 2020
    He meets with an accident that changes the course of his life. It also changes him physically. He is now able to see the broken dreams, the pain and the time of death of any person with a mere physical touch. When he touches Simi, he learns that destiny has something bad in store for her. But destiny takes a sharp turn. In saving Simi, he becomes the cause of Raghu and Ishita’s accident. It is painful but it is a lesson that opens many doors for Arya.

Tied Hearts: Lust, Love, Longing, and Rajveer


Vikram Singh - 2018
    Moments after the clock strikes midnight, Veer calls his phone and is relieved when the driver answers. After they agree to meet the next day, neither has any idea that fate has just intervened in both of their lives. Veer is a graduate student pursuing his MBA. Raj is a native of Amritsar. Although the two men are vastly different in terms of their family backgrounds, values, thought processes, and beliefs, it is not long before they fall in love. Still, no matter how hard he tries, Veer cannot shrug the apprehension that haunts him from within. No one has a simple love story and neither do they. But when one of the men takes the other for granted, their bond is jeopardized. Will anything or anyone be able to save it before it is too late? In this romance, two Indians intertwined in a web of forbidden love must attempt to overcome several obstacles in order to move forward in their relationship.

Jazeera: Legend of the Fort Island


Yash Pawaskar - 2019
    Bharatvarsh’s political landscape is in turmoil. The Northern Sultanate has moved its capital back to Delhi from Daulatabad and is bleeding from economic losses. The southern states, coming together as the Sujaynagar Empire, have pushed back the Northern Sultanate. Amidst this chaos, Jazeera, a fort island on Bharatvasrh’s west coast and a vassal state under the Sultanate, is tormented by a mysterious Shadow, who is kidnapping Jazeera’s children. Whispers suggest that there’s black magic at play to invoke the mighty Timingila. Jazeera’s ambitious Sultan and the pragmatic Wazir summon an Officer from the Sultanate to solve this mystery. Meanwhile, tribes in the dense forest near the fort island are feeling the ripple effects of Jazeera’s troubles, and are seeking alliances and formulating secret plans. The island has a haunting past, a turbulent present, and a prophetic future. Jazeera: Legend of the Fort Island unravels it all in a thrilling manner.

Oasis In The Desert And Other Stories


Arushi Vats - 2020
    It is not meaning that the individual searches for in their life, but at the ground level, what the person is seeking is hope, life-lessons, the truth and a dash of motivation every now and then. All this search makes one feel a sense of fulfilment in their life. Learning is a part of life and man’s quest for life-lessons will never cease until death. Presenting you a collection of short stories, which is an attempt to make you see life and its subtle messages through a different lens.

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer: A feel-good 'never too late to find love' comedy


Mark Daydy - 2019
    reviewer In a novel full of hope, laughter and romance, overworked Laura Cass is too busy to look for love. And anyway, at fifty-two, she has recently become a grandmother, so it’s probably best that she focuses on being a sensible senior.As part of four generations, from baby to great-grandparents, setting out for ten days of relaxation by the sea, Laura is looking forward to the kind of summer break her family has enjoyed seemingly forever.However, this year, just when her wisdom and guidance is needed most, her desire to find out what happened to her ‘first love’ – a local boy – gets out of control, leading to a potential holiday romance with a man on vacation a thousand miles away.Is love in the air? Or will this proud, new gran, despite her years of experience, make a complete and utter fool of herself in front of her family – assuming they discover what she’s up to?

How I Failed in Love


samar deep singh - 2020
    It’s an elixir that rules the world !Aryan, a whizz-kid from New Delhi has topped the reputed Engineering entrance exam with Rank no. 1 and he joins a top-notch engineering college.He met with Ananya at the college fashion show. She aspires to become a successful model.Aryan got bowled over by Ananya’s hot drop gorgeous looks and nice as pie attitude. His seniors,batch-mates,friends and elder brother tried hard to advise and instruct him to have a successful ‘love affair’ with Ananya.Still, he failed miserably fifteen times and he was unable to express the three magic words to her. In the meantime,Aryan helps Ananya to achieve the success. Also, he unravels the troubled past of her. It makes him unravel the true meaning of love.What it means to be in a love affair.Could he find it?Would he be able to solve the chinese arithmetic called love?How did Uncle David as his Godfather help him in his endeavour?Could he find the real meaning of love?Which circumstances make him a rebel in Ananya’s love?Quotes from the book -“Two people can’t love each other , only their soul does!”“Love empowers you... if not so, you are really not in love!”"loneliness tastes like wine, and it intoxicates the human mind in a similar fashion!""Rejection never means denial. It means that one needs improvement.""He gave me new gifts every month that helped my heart buy his dreams so easily!""Heartbreaks and break-ups show the inner side of a person. Embrace them happily"." A day after a breakup teaches a lot more than a year of love. It's like a time travel machine. It needs life to understand love until you have a breakup""Love yourself first before getting lost in love!""The soul doesn't have a voice of its own, but it speaks a lot when you are sad or heart-broken"."Love that makes you forget, even yourself is just an attraction. It's not love. I thought at that time. Since then, I ignored the signals of the heart and followed my mind.""Aryan, Love becomes pure when it empowers both of you and that only makes true love"."A wounded girl with scars and wounds at her heart and soul will never appreciate the roses of valentine’s day by an amateur lover like me. She needs a character of a man strong enough to connect with her soul and let her heal".Bromance is the perfect anti-dote of a break-up.List of Chapters1. Love Infection2. An Imperfect Date3. Love Vs. Bromance4. Connecting the Dots5. A Girl with Scars6. Paris fashion show7. Two Birds in a cage8. A Fish in a Pond9. Stronger than Ever10.My Uncle’s Wisdom11.Fear of Fall12.Breaking the Cage13.Now a Celebrity14.A Friend indeed-- The Beginning --The shabby, worn-out door has a unique nameplate engraved on it - 'Sherlock Holmes at work: Do not disturb'. When you knock at it, you will be disappointed exactly like us, who get disappointed on proposing to any girl of this college on a Valentine's Day.Neither do the bell at the extreme left side of the door will do any favour to you as it has the ghost of a shy one-sided lover and it will not entertain you nor the hard-pressed knocks at the door would have any considerable effect.But, just step five or six steps backwards from the door, summon the aggression......From the Memory LaneIt is said- Honesty is the best policy. But, I would like to add something to it...Friendship and honesty are the best policy. It helps us in getting success in any relation without remorse and guilt. Life is short, don't waste time in ruining a relationship, instead of it; try to build rock-solid relationships on the ethos of friendship.True love always keeps us empowered and blessed. There can't be true love without the essence of friendship into it.Good Luck & thanks..

The Promises We Made


Rohan Jain - 2020