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Made of Stardust – A Pursuit of Love, Liberty and Life Pages: 188 Author: Arun Kumar ‘Made of Stardust’ is a story of 4 people Elene, Ramesh, Mithila and Anuj that run parallel but all are interconnected with each other with a common tragedy that takes place in their life. They are not related to each other in any manner and they are all dealing with their own problems and trying to overcome them in their own way. Elene , a successful fashion designer who loves her job and is the apple of eye of her whole family and she is very close to her grandmother Anne and shares each and every details of her life with her grandmother. She spends one weekend every month with her grandmother and fills in with all the details and asks her for advice as well. Her grandmother is always happy to help her and suggests her to stop taking life seriously and enjoy it to the fullest and even suggests her to go on date and meet people and give a chance to them and decide for herself wh...

Dream Big Pages: 233 Authors: Dr. Mukesh Jindal & Arunraj VS “Dream Big” is a self help book for people who are new and for people who are hesitant in investing in mutual funds. The book highlights the importance of financial planning and the advantages of investing early. Its gives us the details of various types of mutual funds and tells us how myths are created by people about mutual funds. The author goes ahead and shows us with examples how the myths created are wrong and that mutual fund is of each and everybody who is willing to make an entry in the mutual funds world can do so with a minimum corpus of Rs. 500. The author has even highlighted the problems with today’s youth how they live in the moment with credit card along their side and how they end up in the vicious circle of credit cards and their billing cycle. The author has not only shown us the problems but also gives us the alternate if the youth is careful with their spending habits and also gives ...

Jukebox Pages: 176 Authors: Various  “Jukebox” by Writersmelon is a short story anthology – a compilation of 15 short stories that was edited by Priyanka Roy Banerjee. I completely believe this collection will appeal to many readers. It is the result of a nationwide writing competition called Melonade and Jukebox is in its 5 th edition. I am thankful to writersmelon for sending me a copy of the book. All the stories were unique in its own way. Some of the stories that I loved the most are: A Deep Fried Love Story by Diptee Raut is a quirky love story of a woman on diet and a man on Alur Chop whose paths cross in the Metro station and how . They see each other every day in the Metro Station without speaking a word, but acknowledging each other’s presence.  Marital Chains by Uttiya Roy is a dark story about marital rape. Usnis and Ankita’s marriage seems ideal but is far from perfect. The story shows how women keep quiet about the torture that is in...