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Wednesday, 26 August 2015

A Brush of Life

Published on: 8/26/2015 12:38:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - 2 comments


She lent me her brush
A canvas of quaint splatter
Such is life, I said 


Source

Linking to Haiku Horizons where this week's prompt is 'Brush'.

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Tornado Giveaway 2: Book 48 - The Activist and The Capitalist by Vibha Batra

Published on: 8/25/2015 09:00:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

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Name of the Book: THE ACTIVIST AND THE CAPITALIST
Author: Vibha Batra

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1. Inderpreet Kaur Uppal 
2. Book and Ink 
3. Priyanka Batra Harjai 

The Story:

“I’m not drunk – just a litt-le high.”

On a magical moonlit night, Jai and Anusha meet and fall in love. When they meet again however, they discover that Jai is the crass capitalist developing Rasa Vihar, the heritage building that Anusha and her NGO are fighting to protect. Inevitably they clash, with neither willing to concede to the other. The problem is that although publicly they are enemies, in private, they are wildly attracted to each other. – but when secrets and betrayals enter the equation – things really begin to get out of control.

Will the Activist and the Capitalist ever be able to find common ground?

An exciting love story, set in Chennai from the best-selling author of Sweet Sixteen.

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Vibha Batra 

Vibha Batra is a copywriter by profession and fiction writer by passion. Her literary pursuits took off when she translated her grandfather Late Shri Vishnu Kant Shastri’s book on the Ishaavaasya Upanishad. Among her recent titles are Sweet Sixteen (Yeah, Right!) and Seventeen And Done (You Bet!), published by Penguin, Tongue in Cheek, a collection of poetry, and A Twist of Lime, a collection of short stories.

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Tornado Giveaway 2: Book 47 - Chronicles of Urban Nomads

Published on: 8/25/2015 06:07:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

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Name of the Book: CHRONICLES OF URBAN NOMADS
Editor: Sutapa Basu
Publisher: Readomania

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1. Sundari Venkatraman 
2. Srinivasan Venkatachari 
3. Purnendu Chatterjee

The Anthology:

The Chronicles of Urban Nomads, is a collection of fast-paced stories, exciting enough to compel you to read them all at one go! Romance, drama, action, thrill, and mystery abound, meticulously crafted by twenty emerging stars of the literary world, and edited by a seasoned hand from the industry.

These stories were chosen through a nationwide hunt by Readomania, combined with the opinions of emerging authors, seasoned editors and established authors. The result is a potpourri that will force you to think beyond the ordinary.

Even as a bewitchingly beautiful saree narrates her story, a girl tries to deal with a dilemma in her arranged marriage. While riot-struck children walk alongside conscience-driven saviours, characters play hide and seek through a book, even as lovers ‘book’ a date with destiny. There is a flicker of hope, of a mother who has lost her child, as well as the agony of a friend who cannot forget her past life. Fear nudges your soul, even as aspirations drive you up the tallest wall; on one occasion, a game of heart and mind will tempt you to choose, while in another, an engagement ring will engage with its tale of choosing duty over desire. Here, even as a child’s innocence creates a strong relation in a new life, a man builds a bond with death’s absolute finality; we see hopes of revival in a worn out relationship, even as someone embarks on a quest to find a lost identity.

This melange of characters, situations, attitudes and emotions brings to life an exciting realm of fiction that you definitely wouldn’t want to miss. Readomania welcomes you to be a part of a literary journey to a realm of the superlative where pages turn, hearts beat, and the mind gleefully wanders to places you might have never been before.

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Readomania 

India has traditionally been the land of storytellers and a lot of us have an inherent skill of creating good plots, good stories and good narrations. With a little encouragement and support, many more authors will be widely read and attain a place in the sun.

This is the essence of Readomania—an initiative that nurtures emerging stars of the literary world. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Readomania is the talent hunt in fiction. It goes a step beyond by not just identifying the talent but also nurturing it and showcasing it to the world. In the process, we have created a powerhouse of content online.

Readomania is a publishing platform, with online and offline presence, for good writing; a place to share stories and poems; a place to explore your creative talent. The web platform is a unique place for people who love reading and writing. As authors, one can register, or login through social media sites and upload their work, which then gets reviewed. The review process includes copy and developmental editing, improving the plot, narration or word choices. If authors are promising but need aids in language enhancement or storytelling capabilities, we work with them to improve their work. This hand-holding and personalised attention is what makes us unique. We stand out in the crowd because we will walk the talk to make an author’s work readable. Finally the work is published on the site. Once published, people can read it for free, share it on social media, email it, rate it, vote for it and even leave their feedback.

This helps the author get critical feedback to improve their writing as well as encouragement to write more. We publish the best of the authors in our anthologies, projects and finally graduate them to the status of solo authors.

The site also has a lot in store for the reader. Since the content is edited and curated, readers get quality reads on a platter. The variety on Readomania is impressively vast; we have romance, emotions, thrills, travel, humour and drama. You will find stories that touch your heart, stories that inspire you, stories that make you laugh and stories that make you cry.

Accessing Readomania makes for a perfect break of fifteen minutes from your daily grind. Read a story and unwind. Take a break, read something nice, write something beautiful.

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Tornado Giveaway 2: Book 46 - Aftermath by Nithin Jacob

Published on: 8/25/2015 03:04:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

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Name of the Book: AFTERMATH
Author: Nithin Jacob

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 Aden Jay Christian 

The Book:

The book 'Aftermath' is a collection of selected poems. It deals with human emotions in order to sustain his (or her) dreams to reach the final destination. Everybody has gone through difficult situations in life. The poems in the book are a mere reflection of an individual's life.



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NithinJacob 

About the author in his own words: I am not a writer… I am a mere mortal who writes straight from my heart… The poems that you read are not really poems… They are the songs from my soul… The rhyme of roman hymns or ancient tales are not known to me… I grew up listening to fairy tales narrated by my grandfather… I had a strange childhood… But I am thankful to it… It gives me strength… And it made me only stronger…

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Saturday, 22 August 2015

My Sizzling Colgate #MaxFreshMove

Published on: 8/22/2015 11:30:00 pm by Unknown - 2 comments

We all love to dance. Dancing is one such art form where a person breaks away from all the worries and expresses himself or herself by dancing. For me, dancing not only liberates me from all my worries, but also ensures that I lighten up my mood, my forgetting all the stressful events that might have occurred during the day. So when I got an opportunity to dance, I lapped it happily and moreover, I, as a person always needs a reason to dance.

When I herd the Max Fresh Song, I realized that the beat is peppy and the dance moves by Alla Arjun were so pumping and quick. So I decided that my dance moves must be according to the beat and the lyrics and not just the way we all dance in a casual manner during fun times and at parties and marriages.

I planned my dance moves in advance, practiced time and again, as it is for the first that I was supposed to show my dance skills to the entire world. I laughed plenty of times while practicing my moves, sometimes I ran ahead of the beat, while sometimes I lacked behind. I realized that dancing after quite some time can lead to lots of laughter, embarrassment and fun as well all at the same time.

The song pumped me up to show some of my best moves which I had kept hidden deep within my heart, but didn’t muster much courage to show to the world. The song helped me in keeping up with my energy levels all the while I danced as my toddler kept on enjoying while I showed some of my #MaxFreshMove.

The first video is the practice video where I danced to the entire beat.



The second video is my all decked up and ready to burn the floor video for around a minute.


I hope you like my #MaxFreshMove or rather moves.

“I am dancing for #MaxFreshMove activity at BlogAdda."


Tornado Giveaway 2: Book 42 - Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of Ramayana

Published on: 8/22/2015 01:30:00 pm by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

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Name of the Book: SITA: AN ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF THE RAMAYANA
Author: Devdutt Pattanaik

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1. Manu Prasad 
2. Priya
3. Avanthika 

The Story:

It is significant that the only character in Hindu mythology, a king at that, to be given the title of ekam-patni-vrata, devoted to a single wife, is associated with the most unjust act of abandoning her in the forest to protect family reputation. This seems a deliberate souring of an uplifting narrative. Rams refusal to remarry to produce a royal heir adds to the complexity. The intention seems to be to provoke thought on notions of fidelity, property and self-image.

And so the mythologist and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik retells the Ramayana, drawing attention to the many oral, visual and written retellings composed in different times, in different places, by different poets, each one trying to solve the puzzle in its own unique way.

This book approaches Ram by speculating on Sita: her childhood with her father, Janaka, who hosted sages mentioned in the Upanishads; her stay in the forest with her husband, who had to be a celibate ascetic while she was in the prime of her youth; her interactions with the women of Lanka, recipes she exchanged, emotions they shared; her connection with the earth, her mother, and with the trees, her sisters; her role as the Goddess, the untamed Kali as well as the demure Gauri, in transforming the stoic prince of Ayodhya into God.

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Devdutt Pattanaik 

Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik (born December 11, 1970) is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management. He has written a number of books related to Hindu mythology, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, a novel, The Pregnant King, and Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata (2010).

He is the Chief Belief Officer of Future Group, one of India’s largest retailers, bringing the wisdom of Indian mythology into Indian business, especifically in human resource management. He also writes a column for the newspaper MID DAY.

He has also written a novel based on a tale from the Mahabharata titled 'The Pregnant King' published by Penguin Books India.

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Tornado Giveaway 2: Book 44 - She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal

Published on: 8/22/2015 10:58:00 am by Rohan Kachalia - No comments

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Name of the Book: SHE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT
Author: Zeenat Mahal

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1. Rubina Ramesh 
2. Nikita Jhanglani
3. Ruchi Singh 

The Story:

Zoella has been in love with Fardeen Malik, her best friend’s gorgeous older brother, since she was ten, but he’s always seen her as a ‘good girl’—not his type—and he can barely remember her name. Besides, he’s engaged to a gorgeous leggy socialite, someone from the same rarefied social strata as the imposing Malik family. In short, Zoella has no chance with him.

Until a brutal accident leaves Fardeen scarred and disfigured, that is. Suddenly bereft of a fiancée, Fardeen is bitterly caustic, a shell of the man he used to be, a beast that has broken out of the fairy tale world he once lived in. And a twist of fate lands him his very own beauty—Zoella.

This man, however, is a far cry from the Fardeen of her dreams. Stripped of her illusions, Zoella creates her own twist in the fairy tale, beating him at his own game.

Zeenat Mahal explores themes of love, longing and arranged marriages in this modern, unusual interpretation of the old-age fairy tale.

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Zeenat Mahal 

Zeenat Mahal is a TOP 10 bestselling romance author. She has an MPhil in English literature and an MFA in creative writing from Kingston University, London. She loves travelling, art, musicals, classics and all sorts of museums.

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