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Sunday, November 14, 2010
BEST SELLERS 2010
JAB SE YOU HAVE LOVED ME
Atin is a first class IIT graduate. But he sells cheap chinese gadgets
for a living
His love:-
Ujani is a first class Bio-Sciences graduate from Calcutta University. But she gets the job of an airhostess.
His friends:-
Luv prepares to be Chartered Accountant. But ends up working for a stock broker
Iqbal is a graduate in Philosophy. But he is a shopkeeper.
Russel Raj has a PH.D from an American University. But he has no job.
Rumia is an Electrical Engineering graduate. But she has a sad childhood.
In this extraordinarily gripping and hilarious story of love, life,
friendship and adventure do these young people overcome all odds and
finally make it?
About the Author:
S R Saha was born in Calcutta and did his schooling from South Point High School. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Chennain, he had joined Indian Airlines. Presently he is working as Chief Aircraft Engineer with AIR INDIA and based in Kolkata. A number of his short stories and articles have been published in renowned dalies and magazines. this is his debut novel.
for a living
His love:-
Ujani is a first class Bio-Sciences graduate from Calcutta University. But she gets the job of an airhostess.
His friends:-
Luv prepares to be Chartered Accountant. But ends up working for a stock broker
Iqbal is a graduate in Philosophy. But he is a shopkeeper.
Russel Raj has a PH.D from an American University. But he has no job.
Rumia is an Electrical Engineering graduate. But she has a sad childhood.
In this extraordinarily gripping and hilarious story of love, life,
friendship and adventure do these young people overcome all odds and
finally make it?
About the Author:
S R Saha was born in Calcutta and did his schooling from South Point High School. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Chennain, he had joined Indian Airlines. Presently he is working as Chief Aircraft Engineer with AIR INDIA and based in Kolkata. A number of his short stories and articles have been published in renowned dalies and magazines. this is his debut novel.
I Too Had A Love Story..
A CELEBRATED maxim says that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Ravinder Singh’s ‘I Too Had A Love Story’ proves the maxim true and beautifully depicts the beauty and power of true love through the writer’s own heart touching love story. It is the narrative of the journey of meeting of two strangers through a matrimonial site to the point, where their relationship becomes the most precious gift of Almighty. Ravinder and Khushi have never seen each other, but love has made them one. The writer has successfully brought out the depth of their relationship through the lively and graphic delineation of their conversation, feelings and emotions. The readers can feel their warmth and closeness in the lively and picturesque account of how they longed to be with each other in the rain, the coaxing and cajoling after the tiffs and trying to feel each other in imagination. Reading this book is all the more enjoyable as the reader relates and identifies with the writer. Impatiently waiting for the next phone call, little surprises bringing them closer, late night conversations, tears and smiles, all these make it a read-till-finish book. The throbbing curiosity, the irrepressible apprehensions and the overpowering excitement and happiness to meet Khushi in person for the first time takes the story to a crescendo of feelings, emotion and action. Soft and light hearted humor strewn throughout adds an entertainment quotient to the story. The writer tickles a funny bone as he talks about his paranoia when revealing his affair to his parents. Tear will roll down when an accident leave Khushi battling with death and Ravinder shattered. It reminds that a beloved can save his love till where God intervenes. Along with the innate beauty of their love story, the expression of the subtle emotions in the most simple and lucid way makes it special. The fact that the writer does not make any effort to impress the readers with lofty words and articulations point to the honesty of the writer’s feelings. The writer has summed up the essence of his story in the most appealing terms. Not everyone in this world has the fate to cherish the fullest form of love. Some are born, just to experience the abbreviation of it. Those for whom love is the most beautiful feeling above human definitions and parameters the book will make for an ever cherished experience.
‘Simple things make luv’ is the National Best Seller
“Simple things make luv” is a suspense thriller. The novel traces the ordeals of Yogi Shetty, the protagonist who is a successful film director. Yogi finds himself in a very startling circumstance when his wife suddenly disappears and then he retraces her through some old friends to unravel that she has a mysterious past. The novel is about how Yogi then tries to win his wife back getting her out of the difficult predicament that she faces.
SRISHTI BOOKS
Soma Das (2007): Sum thing of a mocktale.. Srishti Publishers & Distributors, Pages: 206, Price: Rs.100
"Sum thing of a mocktale: at JNU where Kurta fell in love with Jeans" is the first creative work of a fiction by the writer Soma Das. The Novelist is a research scholar pursuing her doctorate in JNU under the UGC fellowship. She is also a graded Odissi dance artist.
As the title itself explains that the book is set in JNU campus. It is really a mocktale. It is the story of adventures of some youngsters, who entered the JNU campus for pursuing their master's degree and after completing the course, it is difficult for them to leave the JNU campus.
The main character in the novel is Kaya Pattnaik, who is the mouthpiece of the novelist. All the events are described by her. We can say, it is the point of view of the writer in which Kaya Pattnaik describes all the things because the author of the book also has completed her master's degree from JNU and most probably it is the experiences of the author as a student that are explained in this book by the student characters.
The novel has been divided in to fourteen different chapters and every chapter has its own title. The titles themselves explain the content of the chapters and what the writer wants to describe or present before the readers.
The novel starts with the admission process of Kaya and ends with the final exams of her master's degree meanwhile she has cleared IAS exam. In the beginning of the story the main character Kaya is carefree and all her friends are also of the same category. After that they have many different experiences at the campus that chang their way of thinking and their style of living. In this period of joy they spend nights at Ganga Dhaba and try to discover the secret of drinkers, dopers and lovers in Parthasarathy Rocks. In the end they become very serious for the preparations of the IAS exam. After having many difficulties and depression Kaya is successful and gets into IAS after being ranked 223. It is a big thing for Kaya.
It is a fabulous novel about the student life in an University. This book explains how the students are carefree about their future when they take admission for Master's Degree but in the end when they are nearing completion their master degree course, they transforms into very mature and responsible persons. In the last chapter of the novel three of them Rag, Shubra and Kaya express their views and feelings about the JNU Campus.
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