tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80030644618611397942024-03-04T20:27:42.665-08:00ChocalatelovinggalLife is a miracle. Enjoy it Ashwini Gopalkrishnan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01453443240536539407noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003064461861139794.post-76471447032339035222015-12-01T03:51:00.000-08:002015-12-01T03:51:04.630-08:00Book Review of Michael's Mystery by Linze Brandon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: lime; font-size: 11.0pt;">Synopsis</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It was time for the Lords of the High Council to step
in when the Grandmaster of Kryane is accused of murdering his own people. They
had little choice but to prevent the collapse of the whole magicians order, so
they sent Michael to investigate the allegations.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The people of the desert planet were an enigma, but
none more than Andesine, the healer assigned to assist Michael. Why did she
report the Grandmaster? Was she involved, or was there something more sinister
going on?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The more people they interrogated the more they
suspected that nothing was as it seemed. Not the murders, nor the Grandmasters'
motive as everyone thought.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Unable to resist the growing attraction between them,
Michael and Andesine learn that they had to trust each other with their own
secrets, and risking any future they might have.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Time and again the High Lords had to step in to
prevent chaos on Kryane, but time was running out for Michael and Andesine.
They had to get a new Grandmaster in place before the Kryane Order collapsed completely.
And they had to find the who the true culprit was.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Fortunate to escape an attack from this monster once,
they were risking the lives of many others in the process. Before the High
Lords could formulate a plan, Michael and Andesine were captured, leaving the
High Lords helpless to prevent it.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Kidnapped and imprisoned, Andesine was confronted with
the realisation that if they were to survive their ordeal, it was up to her and
her long suppressed powers. But as a healer she saved lives, would she be able
to destroy the monster before he forces her to unleash her power to destroy the
future of mankind?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><i>Michael went to investigate the serial
murders allegedly committed by the Grandmaster of Kryane. Andesine knew she was
different and had a lot more to hide than her abilities. As their attraction
grew, so did their suspicions that the real reason for the murders were not as
simple as people believed. They soon learned that there was a plan in place
that did not only endanger their lives, but the lives of every living being in
the four dimensions.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><i><b>Book Review</b> </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><i>Michael's Mystery is completely a different book which I got to read this time around because of the blog tours hosted by book reviews team .Michael's Mystery by Linze Brandon is all about super powers, dragons , magic , murder and investigation done to save the human beings from being killed .</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><i>The book is all about Michael investigation with Anadesine a pretty lady who has the healing powers and their love story .But before their love story begins , Michael starts interviewing the victims only to find things go dicey with him.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-fareast-font-family: HelveticaNeue; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><i>All in all , I could feel the pinch of heavenly war-fare in this book .Michael's Mystery is fun book to read . As the author has pictured the characters , their emotions and situations very well .</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: lime; font-size: 11.0pt;">Author Profile:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 11pt;">Teaching herself to read
before she went to school, it was the start of her life long love affair with
books. Trained as an engineer, Linzé has worked as an export consultant and is
presently a project manager. Although she still loves to read, she also enjoys
counted stitch embroidery, archery, tai chi, fly fishing, painting, her
husband's medal winning photographs and watching Manchester United play.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She counts both
novels and short stories to her publishing credit. Her fourth novel, Waiting
for Adrian, is planned for publication early in 2016. Her story, The
Vernal Equinox, was a finalist in a sci-fi flash-fiction competition in
2015.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 11pt;">Linzé Brandon lives in
Pretoria, South Africa, with her engineer husband and German Shepherds who are
convinced that the world revolves only around them.</span><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It was time for the Lords of the High Council to step in when the Grandmaster of Kryane is accused of murdering his own people. They had little choice but to prevent the collapse of the whole magicians order, so they sent Michael to investigate the allegations.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The people of the desert planet were an enigma, but none more than Andesine, the healer assigned to assist Michael. Why did she report the Grandmaster? Was she involved, or was there something more sinister going on?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The more people they interrogated the more they suspected that nothing was as it seemed. Not the murders, nor the Grandmasters' motive as everyone thought.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Unable to resist the growing attraction between them, Michael and Andesine learn that they had to trust each other with their own secrets, and risking any future they might have.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Time and again the High Lords had to step in to prevent chaos on Kryane, but time was running out for Michael and Andesine. They had to get a new Grandmaster in place before the Kryane Order collapsed completely. And they had to find the who the true culprit was.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Fortunate to escape an attack from this monster once, they were risking the lives of many others in the process. Before the High Lords could formulate a plan, Michael and Andesine were captured, leaving the High Lords helpless to prevent it.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Kidnapped and imprisoned, Andesine was confronted with the realisation that if they were to survive their ordeal, it was up to her and her long suppressed powers. But as a healer she saved lives, would she be able to destroy the monster before he forces her to unleash her power to destroy the future of mankind?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Teaching herself to read before she went to school, it was the start of her life long love affair with books. Trained as an engineer, Linzé has worked as an export consultant and is presently a project manager. Although she still loves to read, she also enjoys counted stitch embroidery, archery, tai chi, fly fishing, painting, her husband's medal winning photographs and watching Manchester United play.</i></span><br />
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Ashwini Gopalkrishnan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01453443240536539407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003064461861139794.post-16162362539711427232015-12-01T02:19:00.000-08:002015-12-01T02:19:23.316-08:00Guest Post by Linze Brandon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Please put you hands for sweet and pretty Women 'Linze Brandon' who has written a different book called 'Michaels Mystery ' .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Welcome Linze to Chocalatelovinggal's chamber .I am happy and pleased to host you on my blog .</i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: lime;">What kind of girl Michael loves to be with</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Without giving away the details of the story: Michael is
not human. Or not only human. As the lead investigator of the Lord of the High
Council, he travels throughout the universe. He sees the dark side of all
sentient beings and has become a little jaded over the course of his long life.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Women are drawn to his charismatic personality, not
realising that it is a skill that he employs to interrogate people and get them
to reveal information. The fact that he works for the High Lords, the highest
authority in the universe for all sentient magic users and supernatural beings,
makes him even more attractive to the opposite sex. A handsome man, with such
powerful connections, is as irresistible as Ri’atian Gold whiskey. No one ever
says no to him.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Of course he enjoys women, but his relationships (if you
could call them that) are fleeting and physical. Focused on the moment, rather
than the future. He never stays long in one place. Certainly not long enough
for him get attached. But like all of his kind, he wants a mate but his chances
of finding her are almost zero.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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exceptional. He can only be mated to a true innocent—it is the only way to
satisfy both sides of his nature. Since it will be a life commitment, his
expected life span is counted in millennia, he does not want to make a mistake
that cannot be undone.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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have either exceptional intelligence or other abilities that makes them
treasures to their societies. True innocents change people’s lives just by
being there, by interacting with them, by being themselves. But history have
shown them to be rare, only a few are born in each millennium, and the universe
was a big place. So where does one go to find the treasure of his heart? Certainly
not on a desert planet where the leader is responsible for the deaths his own
people?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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something inside of him sit up and take notice. A healer who risked her life to
protect her people. A woman whose eyes whispered secrets he was itching to
uncover. A women whose kisses turned his blood to lava, and his other half to
roar in frustration at his human counterpart’s blindness. Yet here she was.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">I hope all others also must have enjoyed </span><span style="line-height: 15.3333px;">reading</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> your answer.</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Look young man I have a lot of pending work to do and do not have all the time in the world to play with you , got it sonny" Vikram looking at Abhi painfully said and left for office .The door behind his father back slowly closes in front of his eyes .Sighing to himself , he satisfies himself by playing with his football all alone and by himself but off suddenly he over hears Preeti's voice outside the main door and immediately opens the door making Preeti look stunned . Hey Preeti , what's up ? he queered .Err..... I am fine what about you ?she asked him trying to sound a little chirpy and cheerful .But Abhi found something wrong midst when he sees two little legs move behind her .</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A hero, a person who displays great courage for the greater good, can also fall. But what happens to a fallen hero? A Thousand Unspoken Words is the unique journey of a hero who falls. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The champion of the underdogs, the writer who uses the nom de plume Musafir is famous in Kolkata. His incisive criticism of the injustices around him earn him many enemies but he holds his ideals above all else. Scathing attacks at his books and a night of hide and seek from political goons leads Musafir unto a path he never liked, faraway from his ideals. He runs away and chooses the comforts of money over the travails of following one’s ideals. The hero falls. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>But Tilottama, passionate fan’s hopes don’t. When he comes back after many years, emotions, love and lust take charge and an affair brews. Will she bring back her hero? Will he rise again? Or will the thousand untold words, the many stories of the ideal writer be lost forever?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Wahan kaun hai tera, Musafir jaayega kaha’, the retro radio show played the SD Burman classic. Tilottama looked at her radio once and tears blurred her vision.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Tilotamma quickly wiped her eyes and turned the radio off. The day had been taxing enough. She needed to unwind, get Musafir out of her mind. How crazy could some people get? He had just written a fictional piece. How could fiction humiliate a government in power with an absolute majority? Wasn’t this a democracy? How could the supporters of a faith or political party get all insecure and burn his books?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The object of Tilottama’s despair, Musafir, was a writer supposedly based out of Kolkata. He wrote books at irregular intervals, and hid behind the veil of anonymity. His pieces were mostly social commentaries and satires on the state of Bengal. They were all fictional but had come under severe criticism in the past few months. Little paperbacks in funny covers, his books were available in old, rambling, bookstores across the city. Some were also available with the book vendors on the footpaths of the city.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>When the news of the pulping of Musafir’s books had reached her a couple of days ago, Tilottama hadn’t thought things would go beyond a protest or two. The people of the city wouldn’t let go of things without a sign of protest. They got agitated at trivial things like who was included in a cricket team, and burned effigies and tyres in protest. They took out processions for Vietnam and Gaza. They could protest against him; but there would also be scores who would come out for her Musafir. They did when Firaz was hounded for his paintings of Goddesses.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>‘And when they come out in large numbers, these goons will realize what it feels like standing before a civil society. They just can’t stifle Musafir’, she had confidently told her friends. What she did not realize was Musafir wasn’t exactly popular with the masses. His works were mostly literary and catered to niche readers. Her admiration for him had made her assume he was more popular than he really was.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>‘They would kill us if they could’, Tilottama angrily spat out. ‘We were just so outnumbered. These were organized cadres. Yes, they were. Their bosses just can’t pretend to be innocent.’</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A handful of policemen stood by pretending as if nothing was happening. The printing press was in one of the dingier parts of North Kolkata. It mainly did odd jobs like printing leaflets and bills, a few little magazines etc. and would print Musafir’s books on the sly. That is where he gave shape to his voice. The place was reportedly registered in the name of a man long dead, and people were left guessing who Musafir was. Some said the owner was a refugee who was avenging years of discontent. Some said his son was murdered by members of the ruling party. Some said he was just a frustrated man using the medium to lend himself a voice. To some other the entire idea was amusing and fascinating.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Tilottama grimaced and wiped her face clean. She was cutting a very sorry picture indeed, covered in grime andtears. All she could think of was her Musafir. She fought back her tears wondering what could have happened to her hero. For the past couple of years a strong wind of incumbency was blowing and Musafir’s voice had become stronger. Everything came under Musafir’s attack; from Dhaniajhapi to the burning of monks, the ban on English in government run schools, the apathy in the use of computers and much more. However, recently he had become vocal against all forms of religious appeasement and challenged the special religious laws. He had also set the stage against land acquisition bills, mismanaged industrialization plans and pre-election harangues. Musafir wrote as many books as possible bringing the discrepancies to light. And that is what brought about his downfall.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>He was a photographer! How dispassionate could he be?He had watched the carnage, merrily taken snaps and asked her to throw away her placard. If even the press did not come out in support of Musafir, then who would? Weren’t both of them fighting to make the pen immortal? Why was the media silent now; because Musafir didn’t have international backing, or corporate sponsors? She was upset that Poltu had shamelessly praised the man. Riddhimaan and the likes of him would give importance to writers only if they had a South Block or Writers’ Building backing.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Ruby Iyer Diaries by Lakshmi Hariharan is excellent book to read .It is a book where every teenager can connect with Ruby's character .Her anxiousness to save her city Bombay from the demons and the frustrations to recognize who she really is that once had forced her to run away from her own sweet paradise (home ) is written in an beautiful way by the author .</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She had an awesome time launching TV channels for MTV and NBCUniveral (Syfy) around the world, when a near death experience convinced Laxmi Hariharan that she had to get writing. A one-time journalist with The Independent, she has since published fast paced action thrillers with a dash of romance and a touch of the fantastical such as the multi award winning The Ruby Iyer Series. Featured among the top five women in media in India Today, she also blogs for the Huffington Post, has written for The Guardian and has been featured in many publications including The Times of India, The Economic Times, The Telegraph and Verve. Married to a filmmaker and fellow author, her life often resembles a dramedy of errors film script. A Bombayite by birth, she lives in London, where she writes while listening to electronica and is an avid street art photographer. She is also the proud owner of a mononym Twitter handle @laxmi</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Move aside Tiger Mom and forget Helicopter Parenting, Karmickids is the view from the other side of the fence – of laid back parenting, of giving in to food jags, of making unstructured play time mandatory and of not bursting a blood vessel when your child’s grades are not something you might want to discuss in public.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A roller coaster ride of love, laughter, and a few tears, Manral takes you through the beautiful chaos of the early years of parenthood. Written in a gently humorous style, this home grown, hit-the-ground-running account of the chaos of day-to-day parenting is peppered with anecdotes, reminiscences, a little practical advice and is a non-preachy, hilarious take on raising a spirited child while retaining one’s good spirits through it all.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999;">“I enjoy reading Kiran’s books. The genre of easy reading and happy reading with inevitable style, she keeps you hooked on the book from the first page to the last.”</span><span style="color: cyan;">-- <b>Tisca Chopra, actor</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999;">“Kiran Manral's sparkling sense of humour leaps off the page, every page. Her blog posts, books and columns have given me great joy over the years. She has a distinct original voice that brought a breath of fresh air in the world of Indian Writing in English.” – </span><b><span style="color: cyan;">Devapriya Roy, Bestselling author </span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Kiran Manral worked as a journalist with The Asian Age and The Times of India before she quit full time work to be a full time mommy. One of the leading bloggers in India, her blogs were listed in Labnol's list of <b>India's top blogs</b>, and her parenting blog, Karmickids, was ranked among the top five parenting blogs in India by Blogadda. She was also a Tehelka blogger columnist on gender issues.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She was listed among the <b>10 non-celebrity 'social media stars' on twitter</b> by the TOI and IBN Live named her as among the <b>30 most interesting Indian women</b> to follow on twitter and among the top <b>10 Indian moms to follow on twitter</b> in 2013. Fashion <a href="http://101.in/" target="_blank">101.in </a>named her as amongst the <b>most stylish authors in India</b>. Womensweb.in listed her as <b>one of the 20 women authors from India</b> to be followed on twitter.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Post the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai, </span><span style="color: cyan;"><b>she founded India Helps, a volunteer network to help disaster victims post 26/11 and has worked on long term rehabilitation of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack victims and 13/7 Mumbai bomb blast victims</b>, amongst others. She was part of core founding team behind <b>Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month</b> (<a href="http://www.csaawarenessmonth.com/">www.csaawarenessmonth.com</a>) and <b>Violence Against Women Awareness Month</b> (<a href="http://www.vawawareness.wordpress.com/">www.vawawareness.wordpress.com</a>)</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">, two very well received social media awareness initiatives.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Her debut novel, <b>The Reluctant Detective</b>, was published by Westland and her second novel <b>Once Upon A Crush</b>, was published by Leadstart a couple of years later. Her third book <b>All Aboard</b>! was published by Penguin Random House in August 2015. <b>Karmic Kids</b> is her fourth book and first nonfiction book. She has one more book due for release in 2015.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She is on the planning board of the Kumaon Literary Festival, an advisor on the Board of Literature Studio, Delhi, an Author Mentor at<a href="http://sheroes.in/" target="_blank"> sheroes.in</a> and a columnist at iDiva.com. She was awarded the Women Achievers award by Young Environmentalists Group in 2013.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She currently blogs at <a href="http://www.kiranmanral.wordpress.com/">www.kiranmanral.wordpress.com</a> and is on twitter @kiranmanral.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ha ha ha .... Vikram laughed aloud .What is so funny ! she queered as she started to wash the oil pan with Vim gel .Vikram turns her around to face him and says "Madame I had to lived with her for 35 years in fear off what next she is going to demand/ask me to give up ".Vikram pulls Namarata closer to her and kisses her passionately and Namarata too returns it with same vigour .Uncle V and Aunty N , Happy Children day ! .Turning towards the voices from the entrance of door , they ran quickly and opened the door and Shushed them with their mocking stare. "Happy Children day Mr.V "a girl from the group of perky children said. N laughed aloud and hugged the little girl who is filled with a lot of fear .Hmm V says curtly and leaves to their bedroom where his little boy Abhi is playing with his toys .Seeing his son , his eyes gets filled up .But when he was about to lift him up , the children who have come to his place said "Ah! a new baby has come to Aunty N's place "Wow and other adjectives are used by them to describe him i.e. Abhi .Abhi too smiles at t them and says "Happy Diwali cum Children day to all " in his soft baby voice .</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>In the dark Age of Kali, the Soul Warrior alone stands guard over the Human Realm, protecting its denizens from evil-willed asuras or demons. When a trick of fate appoints him guru to a motley crew of godlings, he agrees to train them as demon hunters against his better judgment. Suddenly, Lord Karna is not only battling the usual asuras with sinister agendas, but also rebellious students and a fault-ridden past.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Spanning the cosmic realms of mythic India, here is a tale of a band of supernatural warriors who come together over a singular purpose: the salvation of Karna’s secret child.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thrum. Thrum. Thrum. My lifeblood ebbs to the rhythm. My head ripped from its torso by Anjalika, the arrow of death that burns even now with the energy of the sun. Struck from behind like some novice. Felled in battle by that lily-livered usurper the Heavens smile upon—Prince Arjun. Brother Arjun.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I harness the thought. Cease all reflection and wrench free of my mortal body. I soar up, up into the gloaming, snapping the ties that tether me to life. Dead, I have no use for ties.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“A matter of perspective, Karna, O son of my godsire.” The unearthly words strum through the air, and I quiver like a plucked bowstring, overcome as much by the voice as its blasphemous claim. “Bonds of devotion nourish the soul, brother.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>There is that word again. Brother. Unpleasant laughter wells up in me. Alive, I am abandoned, denied my birthright—Celestial or royal. Death, it seems, changes everything.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A bright, nebulous light brings forth Lord Yama, the God of Death, atop his divine mount. His elephantine thighs ripple beneath a silken dhoti, ochre and crimson of color, as he guides the mammoth water buffalo to a halt. An iron medallion sways against the God’s powerful cerulean torso, its center stone an ethereal blood orange.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I trace the trajectory of his gaze and behold the battered remains of my army drenched in the evidence of its mortality. Is it true? Have we died in vain?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Ha! Impatient to be judged, are you? Anxious to have your fate revealed?” asks the Judge of the Hell Realm. His red-black eyes burn with intelligence and compassion in a blue-tinged face that is long and lean and hard. “Rest easy, brother-warrior. You are not bound for the Great Courtroom.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“My lord, I have done bad deeds…terrible deeds in my life. I have waged wars, this horrendous bloodshed, and all because my pride could not—would not abide rejection. I have sinned. I must atone for my actions.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I’d rather burn in Hell for eternity. I say so. “I won’t live amongst the Celestials.” Coexisting with the very souls who’ve spurned me is unthinkable. Watching her—for she would surely reside in Heaven soon—will be eternal torture.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Am I to be reborn then? Am I to begin a new life, and forget the past?” Pain, sharp as a blade, lances through me at the thought. Forget my past? My family? Even her? Was that my punishment? To forget all that made me human?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Human rebirth is not your destiny, either. You are chosen, brother. Your war skills are needed for a higher purpose.” The God slips off his mount, his garments rustling in agitation. “This unjust war has pushed the Cosmos to the vortex of a cataclysm. Tomorrow, the Kuru War will end. Fearing its outcome, the Celestials rolled the Die of Fate and have unwittingly bestowed on Demon Kali untold powers.” Lord Yama bares his fangs in disgust at the foolish gamble. “Imagine the havoc that asura and his minions will wreak on the weak if left unchecked. The Human Realm must be safeguarded during Kali’s dark reign.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I can imagine the horror only too well as I have battled with evil all my life. But I am done with wars. I am done with defeat. I won’t waste another lifetime fighting.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“You are not a man at all,” Yama thunders, fists shaking. “You are the son of Surya, the Sun God. Accept that you are no ordinary soul.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Lord Yama’s thick black brows draw together. “Demon Kali will try to pervade every particle of good that exists in the Cosmos, beginning with the corruptible Human Realm. Once he obliterates all of humanity, he’ll set his sights on the Celestials. Kali will not stop until he’s destroyed our way of life. But you can stop him. You are light to his darkness. Do you understand now why you had to betray him? Your beloved humans need you, Karna. I need you. Our father believes in you. Claim your rightful place in the Cosmos.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I am strong, full-bodied and lethal once more. Then I roar as light bursts forth from my very core and I throb with glorious, blinding power. When I come to myself, my world has changed again. Bubbles of color shimmer all around me: cobalt and saffron, azure and rose. By karma! They are souls. Infinite floating souls.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Behold the spectrum of life: the worthy, the notorious, the righteous and the sinners.” The God of Death’s soul was a worthy sapphire blue with a tinge of silver. “Your duty, should you choose to accept the office of the Soul Warrior, is to hunt down the red-souled asuras and crush them. Whatever you decide, I wish you a long and successful Celestial existence, Karna,” Yama booms out and vanishes into the purpling sky.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">Namarata dear , get ready quickly as we are getting late for movie ."Vikram said in a rush Arre Pa chill-ax "Preeti said .What do you mean chillax dear Preeti ?.OH FO you are incorrigible she said and hugged him by conveying its meaning .He laughed aloud at her innocence .And goes to his bedroom where N was getting ready . As he enters his bedroom he looks at Namarata like a drooling dog while she dresses up for the movie .Vikram feeling his throat go dry , he turns her around and kisses her tummy and then .. he inserts the seven pleats insides her petticoat with smile IE. satisfying on his face .Preeti too smiled and hugged him from behind by saying ' Pa looks so beautiful and sexy hai naa'.Hmm she looks and she is that too baby .</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Pa what do mean by that, Preeti queered .Beta....I will about this after watching the movie which I have selected .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>'Hmm...which movie have you selected ' Preeti queered exasperatedly.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e06666;">'</span><span style="color: lime;">Smurfs 2' V said while driving his Honda zest .</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vik.... what is this , are we kids to watch this movie ?N asked him .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>"It's light entertainer"He said looking at Preeti sternly through his rear view mirror .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Grrh...Pa yaar this is not done on your part !.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ha ha ...Pa don't laugh like a devil , Preeti said by twitching her nose .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Have I told you that I will be leaving for Scotland tomorrow , she asked her father by watching the beautiful rainy day scene .Hmm to play the remaining half of Scotland Yard Game with your friends there .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dad , she says and request him to switch on FM .He does it with a smile on his face a smile that makes everyone in his family feel special especially N .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Suddenly the car stops in front of KG society .Preeti understood her Dad's outlook and sighs by giving way for his little friend to come. Namarata frown at him 'Don't you think , it is wrong on our part to hid this collusive information from Preeti .'I do not think so.... because we gave him as a gift to my sister ."Then....why Pa are you doing this?" Preeti interrupted him .This is because I am special" he said and goes out of his car to bring his son and welcomes him with open arms standing in front of building gate. The sister who he gave this gift smirks at him as she comes to leave him (His son ) .</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hey Di , he said hugging his sister as he enters the car". Mamma I love you , long time no see , as usually you are looking gorgeous "He said by hugging her from behind. Namarata laughed through her tears .Preeti is stunned to see this scene and chooses to remind silent by observing the changing colors of the skies and moving clouds .</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Suddenly turning towards Preeti , he produces something in front of her and gives her but Preeti does not take it by saying "I do not accept gifts from strangers " .Hearing this Preeti ..., N shouts and V makes a grim face .</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Sorry kiddo, give me the gift she says ruffling her brother's soft hair .Still hurt she asks him ."I am still hurt Di" he says by adding 'How can you hurt me ?, I never expected this behavior out of you". </i></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Preeti smiles warmly at him and accepts his gift my giving a kiss on his cheeks.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>In the dark Age of Kali, the Soul Warrior alone stands guard over the Human Realm, protecting its denizens from evil-willed asuras or demons. When a trick of fate appoints him guru to a motley crew of godlings, he agrees to train them as demon hunters against his better judgment. Suddenly, Lord Karna is not only battling the usual asuras with sinister agendas, but also rebellious students and a fault-ridden past.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Spanning the cosmic realms of mythic India, here is a tale of a band of supernatural warriors who come together over a singular purpose: the salvation of Karna’s secret child.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Absolute darkness shrouded the Human Realm, and had for three days and three nights. Some believed the occurrence was prophetic, like the prolonged amavasya or new moon night that had heralded the Great Kuru War two thousand years ago. The war had given birth to the dark Age of Kali, the age of asura. In contrast, hope was ripe that this event would trigger the Age of Light. But the Bard wasn’t here to succumb to superstition. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The first day without the sun’s light had spread confusion and chaos across the realm. The second day had brought desperation in the breasts of humans and fear in the belly of Celestials. The third day—today—was a feast for the asuras. Death lay everywhere. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The human world burned without its sun. How soon before the Heavens went up in flames?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bard’s troubled eyes reread the last line. Then he deliberately scratched it off, lifting his long, pointed talon from the parchment made of dry palm leaf. With a sigh, he rested his aching hand on his trembling thigh. He would spare a moment to ease his body, and his mind from the strain of observation and due recordkeeping. If he didn’t, he’d forget his duty as Witness of the Cosmos, and begin to question fate. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Despite the fire that crackled close to his right knee, and the feathered form of his upper body, he was cold. An icy wind had settled around the Pinnacle of Pinnacles, where he sat cross-legged on a seat made of rock and snow. He’d chosen this perch because it gave him an impartial view of the events happening in the world. He was the Bard, entrusted with keeping the Canons of the Age of Kali, just as the Soul Warrior was entrusted with keeping the Human Realm safe from asuras. Would they both fail in their duty today?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bard shook off the heavy despair the darkness had brought into the world. He mustn’t judge. He shouldn’t question. He would sharpen the talon on his forefinger, dip it into the vessel of ink kept warm by the fire, and write this tale. That was all he could do. Be the witness to history.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>So he raised his feathered hand and began to write again while his eyes, sparked with power, knowledge and magic, saw clearly events unfolding from great distances. A thousand kilometers to his right, Indra, the God of War and Thunder, fought the Dragon. Indra did not fare well. But that didn’t concern the Bard as much as the clash between the Soul Warrior and the Stone Demon. Over and over, his eagle eyes were drawn to the duel taking place in the heart of the world, not only because it was a magnificent battle to behold, for it was, but because its outcome would decide mankind’s destiny.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Soul Warrior was more than a great warrior. Karna was a great soul. Fair, honorable, brave and resilient, he was the perfect protector of the Human Realm. Of course, there were other reasons he’d been chosen to fill the office of Soul Warrior—there always were when Gods and demons were involved. But Karna’s existence was a testament to righteous action and if anyone could bring back the day, it would be him. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>But how did one vanquish stone, the Bard wondered?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Avarice and cruelty, two nefarious desires, had made Vrtra and Vala attack the Human Realm. Three days ago the Dragon had swallowed the Seven Rivers in the north, and the Stone Demon had imprisoned the Sun God, his daughter, and all the cattle of the region in his cave.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bard paused his writing as a thin vein of lightning winked across the skies, but without the accompanying roar. Indra’s strength waned. His thunderbolt hadn’t left Vrtra screaming in pain this time. The Bard spared a moment’s attention on the duel, just enough to note that the Maruts, the Celestial Storm-gods, waited in the clouds to rescue their god-king in case of a calamity. Indra would survive even in defeat. Of that, the Bard was sure.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>But Karna had no one at his back. His might and god-powers had depleted without the sun’s healing warmth and light. His divine astras, weapons, had not slowed the Stone Demon down, at all. Only the conviction that he could not fail his godsire, his sister, and the innocents under his protection drove him now. His birth family had once abandoned him to his fate, but he would not abandon them to theirs—such was the greatness of Karna.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bard crossed out the last observation. No questions. No judgment. No praise, either. The canons would be free of all emotion. He wasn’t here to embellish history or glorify the history-makers, as some bards were wont to do. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>It wasn’t embellishment to write that the foothills of Cedi were drenched in the Soul Warrior’s blood. Or observe the gushing wounds on his body, despite his armor, that would make the hardiest of warriors bellow in agony, but not him. It wasn’t embellishment to write that the Heavens were empty for the Celestials had come to Earth to watch the battle, firelight cupped in their palms to light the warrior’s way. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Naga, the Serpent People, also looked on, hissing from the mouth of the portal that led to their underground realm beneath the hills. The Serpent King will not choose a side. Vrtra and Vala were half Naga, after all. All across the Human Realm, demons roamed free, taking advantage of the darkness and preying on human flesh and human souls. It was a terrible moment in history. The asuras had the upper hand in the eponymous age of Demon Kali.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vala did not have arms and half a leg, but still he came at Karna. He had an ace up his sleeve. There were plenty of creatures about, an entire mountain close at hand. He began to chant the spell of soul transference. It was the darkest of all magic, the possession of another’s soul. Soon, he would be whole again and stronger than before.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Battered and bleeding, the Soul Warrior veered away from the Stone Demon. He leapt over boulders and charred vegetation. The onlookers called him a coward. Had he forfeit the duel? Has he forsaken mankind? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Karna dove for Manav-astra, the spear of mankind, he’d thrown aside yesterday after his bow, Vijaya, had shattered under repeated use. In one smooth motion, he rolled, picked up the astra, coming up in the spear-thrower’s stretch. His tattered lower garment billowed about him as a gust of wind shot through the air. His muscled torso glistened with blood and sweat, tightened as he pulled the arm holding the spear back. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>He meant to throw Manav-astra at Vala. A futile attempt, to be sure? As long as Vala was made of stone, broken or not, his body was impregnable. Karna should have waited for Vala to transfer his soul to an onlooker. Then Karna should have vanquished the possessed creature. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Taunting laughter reverberated through the foothills of Cedi. Vala had reached the same conclusion. The Celestials looked at each other in angry silence, unable to interfere. A dwanda-yuddha duel was fought between two opponents of equal size and strength alone. The humans hadn’t stopped screaming in three days, the din simply background noise now. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Bard scribbled the observations onto the parchment in no particular order. He wished he was a painter, for surely this was a picture worth a thousand words.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The demon hobbled toward the warrior, who stood still as stone with his arm drawn taught behind him. Then finally, with a roaring chant the Soul Warrior shifted his weight from his back leg to his front and let fly Manav-astra at the Stone Demon with all his remaining might. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Karna didn’t wait to see the ramifications of his action. And there were plenty to come. He ran into the mountain cave to free Vala’s hostages. Within moments the rock face rent in half, and bright streams of light speared through the terrible darkness. A new day had dawned on the Human Realm after three days of perpetual night.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The sun’s power was too bright, too full of hope. Yet, the Bard looked on pensively, wondering if the Soul Warrior knew this wasn’t a victory. It was merely a reprieve.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Third Yuga is slowly drawing to a close. Nam – the greatest Empire on Janani – is going to face some fierce winds of change. Seers foresee omens of death and destruction in the return of the Banished One – A God who will claim the ashes of this world as revenge. While out in the streets, rumours abound - of older forgotten powers stirring.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Caught in this maelstrom of a power struggle between Gods are three ordinary lives: General Fateh, the most celebrated soldier in Nam who starts to question his faith, Ishan – a gifted orphan who struggles to comprehend his destiny and Abhaya – a young monk in search of truths about this world. Their choices and actions will shape the destiny of this scarred world that becomes the playground for vindictive Gods.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>In a world where Rakshasas arise out of left-over traces of Maaya and twilight forms the portal to countless worlds around us for Daityas and Yakshis to dance through, a God is only as powerful as those who believe.And when Gods rise, faith of men will be tested…And broken.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Sachin discovered Tolkien in his teens, alternative rock as a new adult and digital marketing in pretty much his late twenties. These still form a large wedge in his circle of life. Travel, radio and theatre have also figured in that ever-expanding and diminishing circle.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>On perhaps a more prosaic note, he is an engineer from BITS Pilani and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business. Attribute the love for numbers and pie-charts to this. He is currently based in Bangalore and happily married to Harini. He spends an inordinately large amount of time chasing after his two dogs (who love the free life a bit too much) when he is not busy dreaming up fantasy worlds full of monsters. And beautiful Yakshis, of course.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: magenta;">He can usually be found ranting on twitter under the handle </span></i><b><a href="http://www.twitter.com/xenosach" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">@xenosach</span></a></b>, <span style="color: magenta;"><i>devouring books and talking about them on his</i></span> <b><a href="http://fantasy-smorgasbord.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">blog</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></b><span style="color: cyan;">.</span> <span style="color: magenta;"><i>You can always stalk him online at his official </i></span><b><a href="http://www.sachindevt.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">website</span></a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>What if the one you completely love is the one you simply can't! Twenty-six-year-old Eila Sood moves to America to mend fences with her estranged older sister, Sheela. Eila and the rest of the family in India had cut off ties with Sheela after she married Steve Jacobs, 'out of caste, and out of color'. Elia soon realizes that Sheela's marriage is on the rocks. To help pay Sheela's household bills, Eila takes a second job at an afternoon strip club. When she crosses paths with the owner, the handsome Brett Wright or 'blue-eyed ogre' as Elia calls him, he both infuriates and fascinates her. Brett turns out to be her reluctant and unquestionably sarcastic knight in shining armor. As Eila and Brett spend more time together their desire for each other builds. However, when Brett discovers the true reason for Eila's refusal he storms out of her life, accusing her of being a prejudiced coward. Will Eila find the courage to break stereotypes and embrace her love? Will Brett find solace in the arms of his ex-girlfriend Cate? Will Sheela and Steve divorce? All of these questions and more are answered in Varsha Dixit's latest and humorous and steamy love story.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: magenta;">Only Wheat Not White by Varsha Dixit is American -Indian romance .Which is written in a very wonderful manner by Author Varsha .I have read many romantic novels , but there is something different about this book .</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Me thinks : Only Wheat Not White is a recommended read to all.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My Analysis : The story could have been stretched little more .</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My Ratings :5 <3 <3<3<3<3</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I thank the author for supplying me the copy of her latest book'Only Wheat Not White' via TBC .Thank you Rubina Ramesh for the same</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-size: large;"><i>Please welcome Namarata aka Privy Trifles the writer of a classical yet a sweet and soulful romantic novel called 'Metro Diaries to our blog today .</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were few questions that had been bothering me for sometime , but Author Namarata has effective cleared my doubts in this regards .So shall we start with interview ? hmmm :-)</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>1. Describe yourself in three words?.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A pinch of dreams, a dash of hope mixed into a huge bowl of magic. Garnished with hugs and a topping of kisses.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>All that has happened in life. Good. Bad. Ugly. Worst. Beautiful. Everything defines me as a person. The people I met, the places I have travelled, the books I have read... they all me me what I am today. and yes I need to add, absolutely no regrets. I am glad I did all that for I wouldn't want to change anything from my life the way it is right now. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>4. Namrata , Could you share with us a special moment that inspired you to write 'Metro Dairies '?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Metro Diaries was born in my dreams. One night after a long hectic week I was mentally trying to remember all that happened during the week. I noticed so any budding love stories in them. And as I thought about them they made me smile. That is when I decided this smile needs to be shared. I anyways wanted my writing to touch a heart, leave a smile and make a difference.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>True love is where you are you more than anywhere else and yet you are loved, cared for and respected.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Nope. you cannot recognise love. Love recognizes you . All you need to do is keep your heart open, allowing it to enter and that happens when you believe in dreams, hope and magic. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thank you Namarata for taking time out from your busy schedule and to speak about 'Love' which is one of my favorite topic .</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Namrata is a prolific blogger known by the name Privy Trifles in the blogosphere who romances life through her writings and aspires to make love the universal language. She dons various hats between that of a contributing author to 8 anthologies a reviewer for leading publishing houses an editor to various books and a columnist. Apart from that she is also the editor for an online magazine called Writer's Ezine. Having mastered the nuances of finance till recently she also held the title of an investment banker closely to let it go to embrace her love for writing fully.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span id="freeText13697462637062324959" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: left;">Love is one of the most amazing feelings on this earth, one that makes you the most powerful person or the most helpless person in a split second. These stories capture those feelings of despair, longing, love, lust, desire, want, dejection and admiration to create deja vu. Hold onto your hearts as you flip through these pages and take a walk down the memory lane, as "metro diaries" will revive your innermost feelings and imbibe in you the magic of love. Touching, amusing and deeply moving, metro diaries - love classics are tales that will hold you from start till end.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: left;"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Metro Diaries by Namarata is a book of classical romances .Each story is meaningful and from there we can learn many lessons for our lives and growth that can be put into practice. This book consists of 20 blissful romantic story .Ranging from childhood romances - compatible romances .</span></i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Why I termed blissful romances "Because it is indeed that ". While I was reading, I went through a romantic journey where I saw myself among those led characters .</span></i></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Each story reflects the different aspects of romance .</span></i></li>
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Hmm since a very long time and....Your family is reconsidering Preeti and my relationship and is planning for our marriage too .It can't be possible and even if it happen , I won't allow you and Preeti to be happy forever ."Who are you to say this ?and what will you do dear ..Pushkari "Vishal queered .</span></i><br />
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Nothing ....she said feeling little bit hurt .</span></i><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Suddenly Vishal started to laugh at her .Winking at his daughter , he summons her to bring her grand parents and her aunt .His daughter obliges him by bringing Vikram , Namrata and Preeti to-gather so that they can see "What their daughter Pushkari was attempting to do ?" .</i></span><br />
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Preeti gets little perturbed and leaves the place by saying 'For no rhyme or reason Vishal calls us here grhh...' Words of Preeti hit them hard .</span></i><br />
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V as a good father understands Preeti's emotions. Tapping N's hands, he calls out Preeti ."Chalo N let's go and find out Preeti now" he says .</span></i><br />
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Vishal who knows why Preeti left the place abruptly feels ashamed of his actions and forces himself to withdraw from Pushkari hold and leaves to the place where Preeti normally sits when she is uspet .</span></i><br />
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Preeti who sitting on the Marve beach , cries a lot over a photo.She is spotted by her parents .V and N taking her face in their palms they chorused "Our daughter Preeti knows the art of loving and forgiving others for their mistakes like us"</span></i><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>'Ma.... Pa ... you are great in making people feel good about themselves ' Preeti said this by hugging them one by one with Vishal looking at them with his delightful eyes </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">This post is the continuation part of </span><a href="http://sunsetreader.blogspot.com/2015/10/tales-of-n-and-v-part-fourteen.html"><span style="color: magenta;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: lime;">the previous post Part Fourteen</span></span></a></span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>NEW RELEASE: A DOG EAT DOGFOOD WORLD </i></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A hilarious pseudo-history of marketing management, which explicitly denies resemblance to any actual history, and which will be horrified if some semblance be found. The story of a man who discovered that the path of life is strewn with treadmills and, if you get on one by mistake, you could keep running all your life to stay in the same place. The story of how a businessman may just be minding his…err…business and the ‘Invisible Hand’ can cause unexpected consequences to arise out of his innocent actions. There is no point blaming the tale for being exaggerated because that is precisely what it seeks to be – an ‘exaggeratio ad absurdum’ of some facets of the world. Anything you learn from the book – be it the basics of marketing management or a satirical view of Society – you do at your own risk.</i></span><br />
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Spike Fortune who only sought to feed dogs and, later, sought more dogs to feed.</i></span><br />
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Jerry Fortune who, being fortuneless, gets dragged helter-skelter behind his uncle Spike in the latter’s careening pursuit of commercial success and gets sandwiched between Spike and..</i></span><br />
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Tyke who was Spike’s resident genius on enticing dogs with their wares. He also has to help Spike in his rivalry with..</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>As Vikram's life was full of bumpy roads .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>But today life feels OK , as Preeti has finally decided to marry a guy of her father's choice.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It has been like a nightmare for Vikram and her since Pushkari has left with Vishal forever .</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>While thinking on these line , she reaches the clinic and parks her vehicle in front of it .Nodding to her patients she goes inside her cabin and requests her receptionist </i></span><i style="font-size: x-large;">to start sending in the patients one by one .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Her receptionist duely does it .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>V and N after doing their respective work , headed home together because V had sent his vehicle to drop his lady staff home as it had become quiet late .</i></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So he calls Namarata and requests her to come to the common spot where it would be easy for her to pick him up .N comes to spot and picks him by inquiring about his day in his office . V just smiles and says 'Good'and takes the keys from her hands by taking his soft , juicy lips towards the smoothest lips and kisses her lips very hard. N blushed and with a flushed face she comes out his fold .V laughed aloud on seeing her blush like 'you still have not change a bit , my shy babes 'N punches his arm in delight. Finally after taking the main role of driver V drives it happily as it been years , since he has taken a driver 's seat. N too feels happy for him and enjoy the drive with him .</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>While driving V see Pushkari and mutters a cruse .N hearing his words turns her head to see , what caused her husband V's mood to change so drastically ?.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Seeing Pushkari N's heart beat and pulse rate starts beating harder and harder .V suddenly looks at N and keeps her hands on his thighs and caresses her head. Seeing those beautiful dove eyes which had turned expressionless his heart broke and patting her hands which he kept on his thighs he said "Dear , do not worry about the things that happened in our past ".</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Standing with a suitcase in her hands , she waits for a auto-rickshaw to take her to women's hostel nearby .When Hari sees her , he stops her by S.W.A.T analyzing the situation.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Shameful Pushkari comes back to Hari's place .Divya who already is aware about this affair throws her out of her life by giving terrible gaalis to her which a normal sensitive person would not like utter or hear .</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The story :</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> The Second Coming is a story of Mirnalini Mehta aka Mini a wedding planner who is dealing with mid- life crises where she thinks the romances in her martial life is fading away .So in order to make her husband 'Sicko' Shyam realize the need . She makes an escapes route to Mumbai where she meets the Parsi Guy and head of Soul -Mates Rustom who looked liked the romantic heros popping out from one of the books that which she had read during the loveless nights as she believes in fairy tale romances .So to woo Rustom she does all types of things and join a gym to look perfect in front of him .Rustom who is ladies man falls in love with Mini and proposes her too and eventually Mini falls in traps from which it is difficult for her to come out .</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My Views</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> : Shubha Menon has written the book in an effective way by keeping the interest of readers in her mind .She has penned down every emotion of women a poignant way .Her desires of ' Love' and to be 'Loved' are quiet retaliate .</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Annoying Part</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> : I disliked the part where Mini visits a gynac .I felt that part is out of the place .</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A wedding planner who believes in fairytale weddings, Mini yearns for romance in her own marriage. The magic of the initial years has vanished, leaving behind a hunger that she assuages with chocolate. Mini would love to change her situation, but she is over the hill, overweight and under confident. The chances of having a hot affair with a happening man are dim, if not non-existent.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An erstwhile royal scion decides to wed a Bollywood starlet and Mini is sent to Mumbai to plan the celebrations. The manager of the Mumbai office is young Rustom, the answer to Mini’s secret dreams. Goaded by impending menopause, Mini decides it’s now or never. She simply has to take a second stab at romance.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rustom is a ladies man. He is also married, and a skirt chaser. Mini decides to shape up and get into the kind of skirts Rustom would want to chase.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Working together closely, Rustom and Mini fall into each others’ arms. Meanwhile, her husband gets wind of the affair and tries to reclaim her. Now Mini must choose between heady romance and steady matrimony.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But soon, Mini discovers that her romantic idol has feet of clay. In a dramatic end, the trusty husband stages a timely rescue. And Mini learns that a rock solid husband is worth many a dream lover.</span></div>
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