38 books
A divorced mother with a son, Kaveri remarries and has a child with her new husband. The son, Kartik, from the previous marriage, remains close with his mother but is distant and unattached to his stepfather. Kaveri feels a sense of guilt for the muddled relationship between stepfather and son. It becomes her life work to keep peace. As Kartik grows into a fine young man with a caring attitude and passionate character, Kaveri wishes for him what she never had... ...
Indian fiction scene is very skewed. At one hand there are book by high profile authors whose works are difficult to comprehend and on the other hand there are books by the new authors whose stories revolve round the usual campus stories with predictable storyline. These books are called the books for the youth as if todays youth do not have any other work except boozing and chasing beautiful girls. A new kind of story which will be liked by all those who have ...
Personal experience of the author, Marine engineer.
Volume Title: A swordtail; Magic of coin; Champa;The recruitment; A family albu; Mercy mating; The blunder of time.
A brides worth -- Mahabharat revisited -- The new bling dynasty -- Two fainting goats -- The silicon based life -- Hypatia's murder -- Cocoa forever -- La carjavalian science -- Dahoneyan : the goddess of love -- An involuntary candidate.
A warm time-travel tale. Three women – a man’s sister, a daughter and a granddaughter – chronicle a story that will touch the hearts of women of all ages. The story begins in 1946 in Shekapura (now in Pakistan) and travels to Amrtisar in India via Canada. Through three different time frames. The women witness and record the loves and struggle of Dhiren Ralhan. In the process, they discover a journey which unravels an intricate search and definition for a ...
The book’s narrative centres round Jack, the curious and creative 10-year-old son of a pleasant and wealthy couple settled in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Set in the backdrop of the Iraq War, this children’s book lends an insight into apprehensions experienced by shielded-from-adult-affairs children, when they discover the dreaded word war. The essence of the story, however, lies in the ten truths, interspersed in seven chapters and which come up as wise phrases ...
Under A Quicksilver Moon is a first collection of verse by 24-year-old Abhilash Warrier. The cover quotes the final lines of his poem 'A Summary': "Will time give a chance/For a summary?" The entire book may be seen as a summary of the young poet's emotions. The book comprising 68 pages and published by Frog Books is divided into five sections: experience, love, life, philosophy and self.
In this slim book of verse, Arun Sharma, a distinguished trilingual poet, offers interesting narratives about nature, society and life to discerning readers. The poet also does a gradual transition to emotional attachments and intense physical relationships. Sharma dithers between the two extremes of the beautiful and the ugly facets of life. The result is that what begins as a whisper of sincere reflections ends as a resentful rendition of protest against the ...
This book is meant for anybody with even a fleeting interest in Bollywood – the way it functions. The voluptuous aesthetic traditions it upholds. Its unique narrative style, the star system, how filmmakers, scriptwriters, actors, technicians and music directors work… Without getting into the technicalities of filmmaking. It takes the reader on a guided tour of the film sets and recording studies to reveal the various devices and means directors employ in ...