I Hate You Swati


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Rahul is an eligible Bachelor as per middle class thoughts. He is 27 years old (right age to get married), highly educated and well settled high paying job (MBA and earning seven figure salary) and plus point that he had foreign visit last year and has high prospects to go foreign in future also. All these are achievements for any middle class boy to pop as premium Bachelor for matrimony world. So one fine Sunday morning, his parents fixed his arranged marriage 'get to know each other' Kind of meeting with prospective bride at mgf mall, Gurgaon. He liked girl at first sight but refused to marry her just because her name was "br>Swati". Why do Rahul hate this particular "name"? What are his heartbroken stories? It is journey of Rahul on path of friendship, love and some other funny things. If you ever felt being in love, cheated and chaos then, one of the stories of this book could be yours also.




I Wish I Could Hate You


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When Sumana witnesses the horrible ending of her friends' relationships, she loses faith and respect on the word love and decides not to fall for any man in her life. Being a highly self-esteemed woman, she is not able to find the man of her dreams in arranged-marriage system and hence remains single even after crossing average marriage age of an Indian girl. However her life turns upside down when she finds her dream hero in her colleague. He does not reciprocate her feelings and rejects her proposal as their union will be an unconventional one that is not digested by Indian Society. She loses her self-respect and degrades herself as low as possible to win the heart of her beloved despite facing several humiliations from him.




In Search of God


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Who is God? Does God really exist? These questions are very hard to understand; every generation strives to figure them out, yet these questions still remain controversial. I am here to break the chain. I don't explain God, and I don't even tell you to do any mental or physical actions to experience God. Yes, without doing any actions, I can make you experience God, an enlightened being, and this is not based on my own perceptions. This is the existing knowledge to reach God in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna’s words are blessings; if you understand even one word from the Gita, you will experience God, which is Absolute Reality.




Naati Charami the Game of Love


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Naati Charami is a fine cultural and traditional blend alongside a contemporary and modern India, spanning from the days of new independence to the turn of the millennium. The story follows its 3 protagonists through conflicts between love and duty; idealism and reality; and values and individuality. Swati is an epitome of love and adherence to dharma fortifies her path. Her internal struggle in line with social situations and unwanted surprises that resulted as the byproduct of womens education and emancipation are beautifully observed. Staunch traditions and destiny plunge Lakshmi Prasanna into the center-court of life. Her determination and strength hold her stead through trials and triumphs and her brilliance is dazzled with unparalleled success. Charmi becomes a pawn in the balance of the old and the new. While she is the center of her parents' universe and her every desire is lovingly catered to, her life takes on an unexpected turn when she is denied freedom in her most important decision yet.




When the Time Is Right


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Buddhadeva Bose’s greatest novel When the Time Is Right is a grand family saga set in Calcutta during the last two decades of British rule. Of Rajen Mitra’s five lovely daughters; it is the youngest—the beautiful; intelligent Swati—who is the apple of her father’s eye. As she grows from an impetuous; spirited child to a lonely young woman; Swati is witness to the upheavals and joys of the Mitra family even as the country slides towards the promise of independence and the inevitability of war. Anxious to ensure that his daughters find suitable husbands; Rajen-babu realizes it is only a matter of time before his favourite child too must leave home. While the boorish entrepreneur Prabir Majumdar decides that she will make him a fitting wife; Swati finds herself increasingly drawn to Satyen; the young professor who introduces her to a world of books and the heady poetry of Tagore and Coleridge. First published in Bengali as Tithidore in 1949; When the Time Is Right is a moving tale of a family and a nation.




Bridges and Crossings


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Life, they say, is like a journey that takes us through different phases. But sometimes, a journey by itself can translate into experiences that remain with us for life. Each one of us can remember at least one experience from a train journey.We run into people–faces—from the past whom we may want to avoid, new faces, strangers that seem attractive, unknown hands reaching out to help and unbelievable relationships that start to unfold. This book carries eleven such stories about people like you and me. Lives that are brought together on rails by the Indian Railways; the past, present and future converging like the tracks that intersect and diverge, moving towards different destinations, keeping that journey called life unbroken.




Love In Crazy Times


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Love in Crazy Times is a gripping tale of search for love and freedom, braving heart-breaks, evil bosses and family pressure. The protagonist Amit is a daring middle class guy who chases both love and dream of starting his own business. He is faced with the hypocritical Indian society and the corrupt business class on his path. His victory is not easy and comes after a long trail of personal and professional setbacks. The story also shows how India, after the economic liberalization, is offering immense opportunities as well as challenges to young people. It's also about the cultural gap between a small town and a metro, and how parents find it difficult to adjust in a fast changing nation. The story, narrated in the first person by Amit, is set in Delhi from the period of 2005 to 2011. The story follows life of Amit, a small town boy armed with optimism and confidence, who comes to Delhi in search of a job. The story also narrates personal and professional struggles of his friends, Suraj and Shantanu, who came to Delhi from Lucknow and Kolkata respectively. It's a racy and pacey story that has elements of romance, humour, emotions, drama and a bit of social message.




Snapshots


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As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface - some happy, others bitter-sweet and a few that are downright poisonous . . . Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another and the mood of the party turns nightmarish . . . Death, infidelity, incest, rape, lies and the evil that lurks beneath the everyday lives of people form the substance of Snapshots, Shobhaa Di s explosive novel.




Cords of Concealed Heart


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“If it had been a quiet, gentle love, I could have accepted it easily. Maybe I could forget about him after being rejected. But there was nothing quite in the storm churning inside me.” Ira’s life drastically changed as she moved in with her aunt's family after her only family member, her grandfather’s death. Naturally cheerful, she had been trying hard to overcome her problems when the cynic, infuriating and ruggedly attractive Adhijay, entered her life. But as time passed, she concluded that he was not as bad as he was trying to be. Later she discovered it was not only Adhijay who had been hiding so many secrets but her aunt and her family too were hiding something from her. As she began to unravel what was hidden in Adijay's heart, Ira was forced to face her greatest heartbreak in exchange for his secrets.




It Will Always Be You


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You don’t intend to find love. You’re not even looking for that ‘one’ special person. But sometimes it’s not ‘you’ who is taking the call. Life is. He is a gorgeous-looking rock star, a college stud who has girls falling all over him. He has everything one could possibly ask for. She is in his house because of a troubled past. Hurt and confused, she is a wild, rebellious girl. She is least bothered about his superstar image and can’t stand his arrogance. And she won’t let his good looks affect her. He can’t take how she ignores him. And even though her coal-black eyes attract him, he wants to teach her a lesson. That's how their story begins—with hate. Will it end the same way? Find out.