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A Life to Die For Author: Nilay Shah Pages: 272                 ‘A Life to Die For’ by Nilay Shah is a book that revolves around a sixteen year old girl who has been handed over to the police. All are unaware about who this girl is and what exactly she has been through. All of Kashwargh is seeking justice for her and searching for the culprit who has been referred to as ‘Monster’. The Army and Government are together trying to keep the conditions keep the conditions under control while the protest is going on. A new team of people have been appointed by the Government based on their FHMI (Fidelity and Honesty Measure of Individualism) rating to investigate the case. When all the protestors are protesting for this girl to get justice, the team and the government is also working together. There is this ‘Prince’ which the girl has mentioned who is also searching for this monster to get this girl justice. Who is this girl? Who is the monster? Who is this Prince? Will the t

In Love You Fall, In Love You Rise Author: Roopesh Bhole                 ‘In Love You Fall, In Love You Rise’ by Roopesh Bhole is a story of a heartbroken boy named Aakash who is on his way to his hometown Nashik. He is in a very bad mood and to increase his troubles he has an encounter with a guy who is constantly asking him something or the other. There comes a point   where Aakash loses his cool and they both are in a cold war where they are passing sarcastic comments. During this conversation between the two Aakash is taken back to the days when Roopesh was in love with Vidya and the events that took place between. What has happened that led to Aakash’s bad mood? What is this conversation between Aakash and   this stranger? To know more read In Love You Fall, In Love You Rise. My Rating: The plot was interesting and will surely keep the readers eager to know on what is going to happen next. The characters are well developed. At first I found the charact

Few Shades of Love Author: Kamal Panda                 ‘Few Shades of Love’ by Kamal Panda is a collection of stories where we get to see that not all are fortunate enough to have a happy ending in their love story. Each story has a very deep meaning and the struggles that each person faces in his/her life to have this beautiful feeling called love. The stories are as follows: 1.        The Fall of Last Dove 2.        The Plumes of Smoke 3.        The Philophile Clouds Each story is unique and the endings are the best. At times we feel that we know a person, we fall in love with them and just when we feel that we just cannot live without them fate plays their game. Love plays a major factor in everybody’s life and at times it makes people happy and at other times it just leaves people to face the loss, grief, betrayal and revenge. The plot is well written and we get to see varied emotions in all the stories. The language is simple and lucid and the re

Our Love Story Author: Rohit Sharma Pages: 304 Publication: FingerPrint! Publishing                 ‘Our Love Story’ by Rohit Sharma is a story that revolves around a struggling model Veronica Jacob and a superrich guy named Aditya Bakshi. It is a story of how two strangers fall head over heels in love for each other. Both Veronica and Aditya are going through a lot and both are handling it in their own way. We rarely find someone helping a stranger selflessly and Aditya is this guy who has helped Veronica in overcoming all her difficulties and getting her life on track. They both soon admit their love for each other even when they themselves tried to conceal their feelings for each other and even when Aditya’s Dad opposes to their relationship. Everything seemed to be going fine until one fine day life takes a sudden turn and Veronica learns the facts that Aditya has been trying to hide from her right from the beginning.   What is this fact that Aditya is trying

Dangling Gandhi Author: Jayanthi Shankar Pages: 150                 ‘Dangling Gandhi’ by Jayanthi Shankar is a collection of 12 short stories where we get to see a range of human emotions, the various class that we people have designated ourselves with, etc.   Each story has a unique concept and plot set in the colonial era of Singapore and some in Southern parts of India. We get to see the living conditions of people from those times and also learn the different cultures and the struggles of people during those times. Some of my favorite stories are: ·          Punkah Wallah ·          The Peasant Girl ·          Read Singapore! ·          Mother My Thoughts:                 The plot of the story is very unique and each story definitely gives something to the readers. The author has excellently set the plot according to the time period and is very well researched.                 The characters are well-developed and each character conveys