Tag Archives: Contemporary Indian Authors

Title: Urban Shots- Bright LightsEditor: Paritosh UttamPublisher: Grey Oak- WestlandPublished: 2012Price INR 195Pages: 204Genre: Contemporary Indian Fiction/Short StoriesRating: 3.5 on 5
 This is the third compendium of short stories I have read under the Urban Shots series, and it is the third time I have experienced overwhelming satisfaction with what I read. I have spent considerable amount of time with these three books in the past month, and not a moment spent with them has gone waste. I am not a reader who sprints through books. I am one who…

Publisher: Tranquebar Press

Author: Navneet Jagaanathan

In the fictional suburb of Bandargaon, tucked away in Bombay, there’s never a quit moment. Dreams erupt, hopes shatter, in the heaving Sunrise Apartments, by a rickety tea-cart-Jinias Chai Hause, inside a seedy Jaanam Desi, and by the dilapidated Purana Qila. Chagan, the dashing hero, who shines like a film-star, spends hours wooing a beauteous Shalini. Shalini, ever fickle, oscillates between him and a pining Vinayak. Vinayak, in turn, tries desperately to win the favour of Shalini’s mother, Lakshmibai. Elsewhere, the local politician, Sajjanpur,…

Author: Rajiv Kumar

Publisher: Frog Books

‘Navarasa by Lotus’ tells interlinked stories of a fading movie star; a youth accidentally taking form of a masked vigilante; a mosquito determined to fight human domination; an unmarried couple on the verge of break up; a woman who is terrified of her dream; a school kid struggling to vent his anger; Fate of our society post 2012; Rajiv’s addictions; and Anand’s redemption… The result is a collection of nine stories of different genres, each being a tribute to the rasa: humour, love, disgust,…

Author: Priya Kumar
Publisher: Embassy BooksRating: 3.5/5
A job cannot be mistaken for one’s life purpose. A purpose is something you would do even if you didn’t get paid for it. A job is a necessity. A purpose is your own drive for contribution. A job is something you do, even if you do not want to do it. A Purpose is something which you do because you want to do it.
Above lines from Priya Kumar’s ‘The Perfect World’ encapsulates briefly how one should view job and purpose of…

Author: Puneet Gupta

Publisher: Rupa & Co

The Suicide Banker is the story of a young banker whose employers believe in the motto of turning conventional wisdom upside down. Against the backdrop of financial boom and subsequent meltdown during the first decade of this century. Sumit becomes an unfortunate witness, active participant and ill-fated victim in the affairs of Ind-Credit Bank. Over the course of life-altering events, the once blue-eyed boy is slowly but surely sucked into the dark abyss of financial world his dreams collapsing one by one in…

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Book Review: Aslam Rahaman’s ‘The Fortune Hunters’

Posted by nikhimenon on 7:00 PM

THE FORTUNE HUNTERS
AUTHOR: Aslam Rahaman
Genre: Romance
ISBN:9789381576816
NO. OF PAGES: 177
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2012 BY FROG BOOKS

‘The Fortune Hunters’, Aslam Rahaman’s debut novel  is a cross cultural Hindu-Muslim love story set in modern day India.

The plot-Aamir,a young Muslim is a happy go lucky guy who falls in love with Ragini who belongs to a conservative Hindu family.Set in New Delhi ‘The Fortune Hunters’ is the touching saga of their love which…

Author: T.G.C PrasadPublisher: Penguin India
Rating: 3.5/5

Unusual people are ordinary people who strive hard to do extraordinary things. They are sensitive to nuances, look to provide lateral solutions, dare to think out of the box, and often end up changing the rules of the game. The book mixes both the traditional and modern outlook for bringing changes in our lives by providing a sharp, concise way of dealing with tough situations.
T.G.C. Prasad presents the views and experiences of sixty-five individuals, from well-known names like Mike Lawrie, Azim Premji…

Title:        The Reverse Journey
Author:     Vivek Kumar Singh
Price:        Rs. 95/-
Publisher: Frog Books

The reverse journey is a semi-autobiographical of a young man who is living a dream life. He works his way through college, lands a decent job and takes the obvious step forward by changing jobs. As monotony starts setting in he decides to do what his friends have been doing, i.e. of moving to U.S.A. and then he decides to leave it all to come back to India. His friends discourage his move & so do…

Author: Vikas RathiPublisher: Rupa Publications
Achet, the lead protagonist hails from a small town. Having excelled at whatever the world threw at him, he is set to climb the tallest corporate ladders around. But he doesn’t know what he wants from life. Both, his desire to explore life and his work take him to Singapore. And thus begins the journey of self-discovery. Despite the hectic schedule at work he finds the time to cynically size up those around him, experiment with drugs, lie for cheap thrills, display a complete disregard…

Author: Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Publisher: Tranquebar Press

Good books should give me a sensory head rush, they should set my brain rolling after a drab day at work. They should force me to think, don’t allow me to breathe for a few moments. You know, a good book is one which should allow me to forget everything; be my boss, my work, my family, my worries. If such a thing happens, the book is working for me. Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya’s lastest book is one such piece of literature which will not only…