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Fables from India: A Collection of Short Stories by Uday Mane A King’s negligence costs the Prince his eyes. A farmer is torn between resurrecting his wife and upholding his duties. A jester lives two lives – Masked for others. Unmasked for himself. A magnificent tree bears fruits of different kinds, but the King wants it to be cut down to serve justice. An orphan boy is in search of the world’s bestselling book. A dog struggles to uncurl his tail. Many other stories apart from the above. Set in ancient times 22 short stories by Uday Mane keeps you guessing and takes you back to the young age. It reminds you of your childhood, your imagination is uplifted and refreshed all over again while reading the book. You are swept away in Kingdoms and Kings with all the Castles and Prince's, all these are lively and eccentric yet very close to your heart. Uday Mane keeps you held in every story plot which is simple and straight-forward and with a twist that either makes you happy or s...

What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera Publisher - Pan Macmillan India Publication Year - 2016 ISBN-13 - 9789382616948 ISBN-10 - 9382616942 Language - English Binding - Paperback Number of Pages - 304 Pages What Lies Between Us is that novel which captures trauma with fiery intensity. The opening pages show a shadow and evoke an dark tale about a mother whose name is not revealed until the last page. A shocking climax and firing on all cylinders is what Nayomi Munaweera has done. The narrator of the story is a wealthy girl from village with a alcoholic father and depressive mother. The girl's childhood is spent with Sita and Samson in the hill town of Kandy and she spends much of her time reading British children's books. The calm and simpleton life is destroyed after the girl is raped and her father dies even her childhood friend Samson dies. Along-with her mother the girl moves to Bay Area in Fremont. At this juncture the book deals with the falsehood of sec...

Faster, Smarter, Higher: Managing your Career by Utkarsh Rai Book Details Publisher                  Rupa Publications India ISBN-10                   812913750X Number of Pages      199 Pages Publication Year        2016 Language                 English ISBN-13                   9788129137500 Binding                    Paperback  Faster, Smarter, Higher is yet another masterpiece from the author, Utkarsh Rai and a perfect guide to fast-track the career. The book gives out the clear picture of modern day work-place culture an...

The Sialkot Saga by Ashwin Sanghi BOOK DETAILS Publisher    Westland ISBN-10    9385724061 Number of Pages    588 Pages Publication Year    2016 April Language    English ISBN-13    9789385724060 Ashwin Sanghi and his own genre of Indian Thriller (Historic) is out again with The Sialkot Saga, having read The Krishna Key and Chanakya’s Chant you do get attracted as the what the writer would give you in the new book. The Sialkot Saga is a book that spreads over a period of time and it comes to present day India, both being and historic and also full of twists and turns it keeps you gripped and wanting for more. The book is about Arvind and Arbaaz who have grown up during partition of India and their struggle for power. It intertwines, collides, races and also keeps you attached to the 2 characters as they merge and demerge personally as well as profesionally to gain power. The characters of Arvind and Ar...

The Thirteenth Day by  Aditya Iyengar BOOK DETAILS Publisher                 Rupa Publications India ISBN-10                 8129134756 Number of Pages         260 Pages Publication Year         2015 June Language                 English ISBN-13                 9788129134752 It is about the 18 day Mahabharat war and told as POV of the characters. The book is about war and mind games spanning on a period of 3 nights and 3 days and starting on the 13th day of the Kurukshetra war. It starts with Yudhisthira and his claim for the throne, his POV is introspective and how history has betrayed him. How he has never got the hero status and how he has been in the shadows of Bhima and Arjun. The second POV is that of Radheya better known and also ...

Hedon by Priyanka Mookerjee Book Details Publisher            Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-10            0143425951 Number of Pages            312 Pages Publication Year            2016 Language            English ISBN-13            9780143425953 Let me start by saying Hedon is a book with freshness and a different perspective with added romantic fiction. It gives perspective about age and culture and how 2 people come together based on mails, small talks and meets. Based in Kolkata and US about 2 socially privileged people Tara Mullick and Jay Dhillon, Hedon gives an account how they become friends and then lovers despite the age difference and the cultural boundaries. Hedon also shows different facets of friendship between Tara, Cookie and Button. The friendship is shown with chemistry a...

It is natural. All homebuyers would have felt it. Why not? It is one of the most important and biggest financial decisions of anybody's life. When the stakes are so high, it is bound to affect us, we do get nervous, but also excited at the same time because buying a home is a big achievement too. So, we at CreditVidya.com decided to pen down a few tips to help you tide over the jitters. When Archana Menon, a Bangalore-based techie bought a plot near Yelahanka, an upcoming suburb near the new airport, she was ecstatic. But when she finalized on her lender to construct a home on this 2000 square feet plot, she started feeling the butterflies in her stomach. Oh, it was but natural. Archana had saved about Rs 20,00,000 over seven years of her career. This, she spent on buying the plot. She somehow managed to garner the margin money to build a 3600 square feet house. "When I applied for a loan and it came through I was not worried so much. When I had to sign on the dotted li...