Monsoon is here and as the rain starts to pour in a cup of coffee and a book to read while sitting in the balcony watching the rain sets the mood.
1. Love You Forever by Abbyshek Chandra
Abbyshek Chandra is an author, a serial entrepreneur and an educationist. He holds an MBA from ISB Hyderabad and a B. Tech. from IIT Roorkee. At both the institutions, he was among the toppers. Featured in India Today as the education sector’s One-man army, he has founded four educational companies. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, he worked as a Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman, Dubai solving client issues in the aerospace sector, and as a Project Leader at Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai conceptualizing and designing innovative products for the Indian Army and Navy. ‘Love You Forever’ is his debut novel. It is based on his life and is a motivational love story about love-betrayal, success-failure, fun-struggle and marriage-separation. It debuted in Top 3 of Amazon’s Hot New Releases in the pre-order stage itself. It is one of the top-rated books on Amazon globally. As per The Times of India, “Love You Forever is a soulful story of love and its adventures with a heart-touching tale at its core that inspires as much as it entertains.”
2. About A Marriage, an Affair, and a Friendship by Sabarna Roy
A Marriage, an Affair, and a Friendship is a crisp, fast paced cocktail of different perspectives of an open marriage told from the point of view of Rahul, Paromita, his wife, Suroma, the ‘other’ woman, and Samaresh, the ‘silent’ eager paramour. The narration weaves in and out of their points of view as they are confronted with different challenges, including the moral judgement of their sons, Proloy and Ratul.
Sabarna Roy is Senior Vice President [Business Development] at Electrosteel Castings Limited, an author of eight Literary and three Technical critically-acclaimed bestselling books, TEDx Speaker, Champions of Change Award 2020 Winner, Times Excellence Award 2021 Winner in Indian Literature, and Golden Glory Award Winner for Critically Acclaimed Bestselling Author of the Year 2021. Sabarna Roy has been awarded the Right Choice Awards for Author of Eminence 2022. Sabarna Roy has been selected among the India Today Group: Icons of India. He has completed his ninth literary work: an epistolary novel, which will be published in the winter of 2022/23.
3. 355 Days by Deeba Salim Irfan
A Murder. An accused. Three lives. What is the truth? It narrates the intertwined lives of a British - Indian business Tycoon, Aadesh Dixit; his wife, Maya and his lawyer, Nasha Singh. How will 355 days impact their lives? 355 Days by Deeba Salim Irfan, a crime fiction would take you on the emotional and spiritual journey of the protagonist, Aadesh Dixit in Asia’s largest jail and the subsequent transformation of his perspective and life goals. At your lowest moments, you will find something worth holding onto. '355 Days', is a story of love, faith, hardships and greater lessons behind all the adversities of life. 355 Days is not your prototypical ‘Crime Fiction’, it is a rare blend of ‘crime and spirituality’. While spirituality isn't the epicenter, the ‘purpose of the soul’ finds a significant place in the novel. Deeba Salim Irfan is an award winning author & poet based in Dubai. Her first novel was URMA, a Historical fiction with a backdrop of Iranian Revolution. CHARCOAL BLUSH was a finalist at the Book Excellence Awards in Canada.
4. Ashwatthama vs Parashuram – The Immortal Force’ by Gunjan Porwal
Gunjan Porwal, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, is the author of three books, including the bestselling ‘Ashwatthama’s Redemption’ duology. His new book – ‘Ashwatthama vs Parashuram – ‘The Immortal Force’ is a contemporary take on the mythology-superhero genre. The story takes the reader on a wild chase through the lens of Parashuram, who has to solve a mind-bending puzzle involving the disappearance of one of his fellow immortals, only to come face-to-face with an old nemesis - Ashwatthama. Replete with interesting concepts of quantum physics, time travel and immortality, ‘Ashwatthama vs Parashuram’ is an unputdownable techno-thriller that will take the reader on an action-packed journey, building towards a mind-blowing climax. For the first time in Indian fiction, we have our own legion of immortal superheroes, à la Avengers, rooted in Hindu mythology - The Immortal Force.
5. Right Under Your Nose by R. Giridharan
R. Giridharan, based in Mumbai, is a multifaceted personality. He is currently a General Manager with Reserve Bank of India.He is an international sports commentator on all India Radio ,an expert panelist on Doordarshan, a prolific writer of articles, a behaviourial trainer and a life coach. He is fluent in 6 languages and is learning Mandarin. He sets his eyes on those locales where others do not venture into. He has met and interviewed snake charmers, morgue doctors magicians, circus artistes, trainers of predatory birds and weaves these experiences into his murder mysteries. The story opens up with the sleepy Indian town of Nagpur makes global headlines when five scientists from Amrit Laboratories, the leading research institution in the town are awarded a billion dollar contract for inventing a formula that cures diabetes permanently. One of the scientists, Dr. Anirudh, is shot dead in the middle of a busy street and the killer is apprehended by the police then and there. Two other scientists, Dr. Mashalkar and Dr. Bharat Rao, host a celebration party. They toast each other by pouring a herbal drink from the same bottle into a glass. Dr. Bharat Rao gulps half the glass. Within seconds Dr Mashalkar also drinks the same drink from the same glass and dies on the spot in front of a hundred guests, but nothing happens to Dr. Bharat Rao.Read the book to know more.
6. Kefi: 25 Things I do Everyday to keep Myself Happy by Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta is a multifaceted person. Besides being a computer engineer and a criminal side lawyer, he follows his passions of photography, astrology, alternate healing therapies, and writing. Vishal Gupta’s zeal to revolutionize his life and that of others, with his Newtonian ideas, has always motivated him to create change with every endeavour he has chosen to be a part of. The author is sharing those formulae in this book.Even though happiness cannot be reduced to a straight jacket formula, the author is convinced that whoever practices the 25 activities given in this book, will achieve a lot of happiness and joy in day to day living. This book will help you to learn to change your perception about problems, to face your challenges with the right attitude, to count your blessings, to develop a healthy philosophy towards life and all that it has to offer, to feel happy, content, and calm under all situations and circumstances.
7. ‘Love was a lie’ by Aditi Singh
Aditi Singh has been working as a freelance commercial and advertising photographer for more than eight years. She’s a psychologist by qualification who chose to follow her passion for visual arts. She’s also a self taught zentangle artist who started writing poetry during the COVID times. Few of her poems have appeared in two anthologies ‘The Walk of Life’ and ‘The Whistling Words’. ‘Love was a lie’ is her first book (a collection of seventy three poems) that talks about the distresses of a girl living in a typical narcissistic relationship struggling hard while still holding on to her dreams…. ‘A tale of a mending and healing yet bleeding heart’ as she calls it. Close connection with a case of a psychologically abusive relationship is what inspired her to write these poems. Psychological abuse, she says, is the most underrated, unnoticed and knocked back form of abuse as there’s no physical evidence to support it. But, if remained unresolved, is also the most damaging one . People prefer staying silent and the abuser finds it easy to get away with all the damages he/she has created.
8. Prodigal Love? Based on true events by Preeti Narang
Preeti Narang is an author, blogger and poet. She also has eighteen years of IT industry experience. Through her writing, her vision is to awake people about the importance of happiness, peace of mind and human kindness. ‘Prodigal Love?’ written by her is a fiction novel based on true events. The protagonist, Samira, is a beautiful and talented young girl who works for an IT firm in the UK. Because of societal pressure, she leaves behind her well-established life in the UK and returns to India to get married and a huge twist awaits here. The story is a mix of thriller, family quotient where one could vividly picture the happenings in life. Kudos to the author for bringing such a wonderful book and enlightening us on many aspects. The story is incredibly heartfelt, and totally unpredictable.
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