False Ceiling by Amit Sharma

FALSE CEILINGS 

by

AMIT SHARMA

Blurb

Born in the lush mountains of Dalhousie in 1930, Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her wedding night she is gifted a secret to use wisely when the time comes. 

From the green valleys of Dalhousie to a village in Punjab reeling under the communal violence of 1947; from the Delhi of 1950s with its intoxicating smell of freedom to the Delhi of 1970s soaked in the hippie culture; from the Delhi of 1984 smelling of burnt tyres to the Delhi of 90s raising its Frankenstein of urbanization, the cancerous secret breathes with her, infects her. It is accidentally passed down, hidden under insecurities and jealousies, locked in its meaninglessness and leaving a trail of ruin. 

When her great- grandson accidentally discovers the secret in 2065, he is perplexed by the malice that flowed in his family's blood. Was it just the secret or his family would have destroyed itself even in its absence? Why was their love never greater than their unsaid expectations from each other? 

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Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma's first fiction book titled False Ceilings has been published by Lifi Publications. The book launch happened on 12 Jan 2016 in the World Book Fair in Delhi. 

Amit has been working in a Software Firm since the last ten years. He lives with his family in NCR. His wife is a teacher and they are blessed with a daughter who is in her terrible twos. 

Amit always keeps a book and a portable reading light in his bag (much to the amusement of his fellow travelers). His other hobbies include watching world cinema, travelling, digging into various cuisines, cooking, listening to music, painting, blogging, making his daughter laugh and helping his wife with her unnecessary and prolonged shopping.

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Encounters Someone's Always Waiting by Sumana Khan - Book Review

Encounters
Someone's Always Waiting

by 

Sumana Khan

Blurb 

ENCOUNTERS is a potpourri of five sumptuous stories involving a motley crew of protagonists. Skating along the borders of fantasy and paranormal themes, the stories track incredible and poignant journeys of self-discovery, tracing the cathartic aftermath of fleeting encounters.

Book Review

Having read her first book The Revenge of Kaivalya and become a fan of Sumana Khan's writing and the way she deals with the paranormal and fantasy elements with ease, I had high hopes from Encounters too. I am sure anyone who has read Kaivalya, irrespective of whether they like the genre or not, will have the same opinion. Encounters is a collection of 5 stories that are at the same time very normal yet so very abnormal.

The first story is the one that I liked the most. Ratna falls in love with the mighty Vrka who would do anything to keep her safe. As time goes on she feels he is merely an illusion. But again, some of the incidents that happen to people around her makes it difficult for Ratna to accept that Vrka is merely an illusion. 

The next tale, The Storyteller, talks of something very sad and relatable to most of us. We have seen the pain and the trauma, but all of us may not have gone through it. While reading the story, the ending is almost guessable, but then Sumana's descriptions have a way of their own - you want to lap up every word she writes. 

Reminiscence is all about love and closure, seeing things from different angles and evaluating your relationship based on that. Reminiscing over a marriage of 35 years makes for an interesting read.

Happiness Clinic is one where we all will stand at some point or the other. After all the duties of an employed man, he wants to spend the rest of his time in peace with his wife. Fate makes him meet Dr. Sheshadri with whom he has an immediate connection. It is then that Sheshadri sees what he has been doing all this while to his loved ones. 

Best Friends Forever is a creepy story about a girl who is possessed and her best friend. The only question that remains is, is her friend for real or is she too a figment of someone's imagination or a spirit? 

The fact that she knows psychology is crystal clear in her writing, for she knows how exactly to appeal to our psyche. There is a very human touch to every story, because each one of it talks about the relationships we all have. I loved the book and read it from cover to cover and very soon will read it again. I really hope Sumana decides to write some more. 

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Sumana was born and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where she went on to graduate with a BSc in Electronics, much to the surprise of her teachers, and relief of her parents. In what can only be described as a quirk of fate, she ended up as an IT consultant - a role she essayed for more than a decade. She then moved to the UK where she quit her job and pursued academic and literary interests. The result of this pursuit has been two Masters, one published book, quite a few manuscript drafts, and above all, being stone-broke perpetually.

She currently lives in the UK with her husband and several books.  

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Wrong Means Right End by Varsha Dixit - Reviewed!

Wrong Means Right End  

by 

Varsha Dixit 

Blurb 

Readers fell in love with Sneha and Nandini, two best friends who stuck to each other through heartbreak and joy in the bestselling novel, Right Fit Wrong Shoe. Now they are back in a delightful sequel that follows the two women as they begin the next phase of their lives in Mumbai.

After a failed marriage, Sneha, a single working mom, has no time, or inclination, for love. She resists every matchmaking attempt made by the overzealous Nandini, married to industrialist Aditya. But then the past intrudes in the form of the gorgeous and rich, Nikhil, who brings along Gayatri to break-up her ex-fiance, Aditya's marriage. Sneha enlists Nikhil's help to salvage the situation. But how does she even talk to a man who clearly loathes her? As Nikhil and Sneha try to grapple with their egos and combustible chemistry, love blossoms.

Wrong Means Right End, an exuberant story about love and friendship, is filled with surprises and a wicked twist at every turn.

                                                                    Reviewed! 

Wrong Means Right End is the first book that I am reading by Varsha. This can essentially be classified into a romance novel in an Indian context. 

The story revolves around the life of Sneha, a recently divroced young mother who moves into a new city and tries to make a life for herself. Sneha works for the Sarin family and hence cannot run away from the lavish parties she is invited to and that is where Nikhil walks into her life. They are at constant loggerheads and may never have come together but to save the Sarins' marriage that was on the brink of falling apart. 

Mona the vamp is slightly Bollywood-ish but the story in itself is not too much. 

The book is a fun light read and is all about two people who have incredible chemistry but will always end up fighting with each other. There is no time to get bored even if you know the pace of the story as it is not a very long/slow read. 

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Varsha Dixit, the best selling author of four successful contemporary romance books. Her debut book, Right Fit Wrong Shoe was a national bestseller for the year 2010. Varsha was a part of the Indian Television Industry and worked as an assistant director and online editor. She considers herself a dreamer who thinks deep but writes light. Even though creativity is gender free, Varsha feels blessed and enriched to be a woman. Currently, with her family, Varsha resides in CA, USA.

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Encounters by Sumana Khan | Spotlight

Encounters
Someone's Always Waiting

by 

Sumana Khan

Blurb 

ENCOUNTERS is a potpourri of five sumptuous stories involving a motley crew of protagonists. Skating along the borders of fantasy and paranormal themes, the stories track incredible and poignant journeys of self-discovery, tracing the cathartic aftermath of fleeting encounters.

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Sumana was born and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where she went on to graduate with a BSc in Electronics, much to the surprise of her teachers, and relief of her parents. In what can only be described as a quirk of fate, she ended up as an IT consultant - a role she essayed for more than a decade. She then moved to the UK where she quit her job and pursued academic and literary interests. The result of this pursuit has been two Masters, one published book, quite a few manuscript drafts, and above all, being stone-broke perpetually.

She currently lives in the UK with her husband and several books.  

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Wrong Means Right End by Varsha Dixit

Wrong Means Right End  

by 

Varsha Dixit 

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Readers fell in love with Sneha and Nandini, two best friends who stuck to each other through heartbreak and joy in the bestselling novel, Right Fit Wrong Shoe. Now they are back in a delightful sequel that follows the two women as they begin the next phase of their lives in Mumbai.

After a failed marriage, Sneha, a single working mom, has no time, or inclination, for love. She resists every matchmaking attempt made by the overzealous Nandini, married to industrialist Aditya. But then the past intrudes in the form of the gorgeous and rich, Nikhil, who brings along Gayatri to break-up her ex-fiance, Aditya's marriage. Sneha enlists Nikhil's help to salvage the situation. But how does she even talk to a man who clearly loathes her? As Nikhil and Sneha try to grapple with their egos and combustible chemistry, love blossoms.

Wrong Means Right End, an exuberant story about love and friendship, is filled with surprises and a wicked twist at every turn.

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Varsha Dixit, the best selling author of four successful contemporary romance books. Her debut book, Right Fit Wrong Shoe was a national bestseller for the year 2010. Varsha was a part of the Indian Television Industry and worked as an assistant director and online editor. She considers herself a dreamer who thinks deep but writes light. Even though creativity is gender free, Varsha feels blessed and enriched to be a woman. Currently, with her family, Varsha resides in CA, USA.

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Aasha The Inspiration || Book Review

I was intrigued by the title of the book and looked forward to reading it. Aasha is all about the story of a village belle who swam against the tide and tried to make a mark for herself. It is the story of a girl Jyoti born in a non-descript village in Maharashtra into a joint family who could not stress less over the fact that girls are one day to be sent away to their husbands' homes. Jyoti describes her life in her own words and lays bare things that she went through during the course of her life...how a daughter of a farmer, grew up to be the woman everyone in her village looked up to.

Her life was a struggle initially and she mentions the things she doesn't like in the society she grew up. She is against punishing the children and also against gender based discrimination. Jyoti's life is more or less similar to every Indian girl's. Yet the story is all about how she discovered herself while trying to help out hapless people.

While working with an NGO, she was pressed down by the fact that funds were not sufficient to keep them going for a long stretch and that is when Jyoti took things into her own hands and took a bold step which resulted in not only her NGO making money, but it also helped create a niche for herself and become famous.


What I Liked

Crisp narration
Reader can easily connect to the story, especially an Indian reader
Emphasis on the idea that there should be no discrimination between a girl and a boy.

I Wish

The chapters were more detailed
The editing was better
A glossary of terms was provided for non English words



Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author, however that in no way affects my review and this is an honest, unbiased review. 

An Autograph For Anjali by Sundari Venkatraman - Review

AN AUTOGRAPH FOR ANJALI

by

Sundari Venkatraman

Published by Flaming Sun

Blurb

Jayant Mathur is found murdered in his bed, shot at point-blank range with his own revolver. Though she’s extremely disturbed by his death, Jayant’s wife Anjali is way more upset about something else. Who stands to gain by killing the multi-millionaire businessman?

Parth Bhardwaj is a friend and neighbour of the Mathurs. Parth is an author who goes by a pseudonym. He appears more than a friend to Anjali; while he’s also on good terms with her son Arjun who lives and studies in the UK. What role does he play in Anjali’s life? Jayant’s relatives are curious to know.

Jayant’s brother-in-law Rana is convinced that Parth and Anjali are the murderers. But Inspector Phadke has his own doubts about this theory. In comes Samrat, the private detective who appears as quiet as a mouse. Will he be able to find the murderer?

Will Anjali find happiness and peace?

Review

The book starts with a dead body and a stoic woman who is seemingly unaffected by the death of her husband. As we come to know of who the murdered man - Jayant was, how selfish and unloving a husband he was, we feel for Anjali. The only respite in her life comes from her son Arjun, who is almost the exact opposite of his father. Loving, caring and concernced, Arjun is the perfect son every mother would want. 

Anjali is who she is because of what Jayant has made of her - merely a wife with no rights or voice of her own. It is when she sees Jayant with his mistress that the sky falls down for Anjali and she falls into depression. With treatment and love, Anjali gets better and becomes confident of who she is. Parth seems to have a very positive effect on Anjali. Jayant finds out everything about the romance of Anjali and Parth and in a few days, he is found murdered in his own bedroom. 

Who killed Jayant? What would happen to Anjali and Parth? How would Arjun react to all this? Answers to all these form the story.

Though the book has some elements of mystery in it, it is mostly about love and second chances in life. In the second part of the book, the issue of depression is addressed and that too very gently, deftly woven into the story. 

As always, the pages describing love and romance shine best and the author has yet again proven that she can churn out romances at the snap of her fingers. 

The writing is clear and simple, all the characters are very well developed, be it Anjali, Jayant, Arjun or even Parth. The book makes for a relaxed reading session that can be spent on your favorite couch nursing a cup of coffee. 

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In 2014, Sundari self-published The Malhotra Bride (2nd Edition); Meghna; The Runaway Bridegroom; Flaming Sun Collection 1: Happily Ever Afters From India (Box Set) and Matches Made In Heaven (a collection of romantic short stories).

2015 brought yet another opportunity. Readomania came forward to traditionally publish this book - The Madras Affair - a mature romance set in Madras.

An Autograph for Anjali, a romance with a touch of suspense, is also a self-published novel. Going a step further, the author has published the paperback version through Notion Press.

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