The Menu

I was having dinner with friends the other day when the verbal histrionics of a lady by the adjacent table called for our attention. She was talking to one of the waiters in an animated way. She was there with her husband (probably) who was sitting rather quietly beside her. The woman was arguing about the non availability of one particular dish in the restaurant which according to her should have been there. The waiter was trying his best to explain her that they don't serve it but the lady wasn't interested to lend her ears to him. In the end she stormed out of the restaurant promptly followed by her husband. When the waiter came to us, one of my friends inquired about the matter. The waiter told us that the lady was demanding a Chinese cuisine in a place where they didn't serve Chinese. We friends looked at each other and then laughed out at how stupid people can be. Later I thought how often we frustrate ourselves by demanding that one cuisine which life hasn't kept for us in our menu. And thereby lose out on the time when we could have enjoyed what the menu actually had.   

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Marry Me, Stranger

Hi all!

It has been a little more than a year since 'EX...a twisted love story' released and I was overwhelmed by the response it received. A heartfelt thanks to all those who read and appreciated it.

Well, it's time again for a new book, a new world, new everything...So here it is: 'Marry Me, Stranger'. It is the book one in 'The Stranger Trilogy'. I hope you will like it. The pre-orders have begun. So, you can pre-order it from the following links:

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Happy reading... :-)

The Network

Recently I was in a hotel room with a friend who was busy moving his hand all over in a funny manner standing by the window from the time we checked-in.

“What are you doing?” I said.

“Trying to get my phone some damn network.” Impatience was evident in his voice.

It was then that I noticed the phone in his hand. In the next second I saw him throw the phone on the floor with disgust.

“What did the phone do?” I said but by then he had locked himself in the washroom. He came out after fifteen minutes.

"Do you get out of a relationship the moment it loses its charm?" I said looking straight at him. "Or, do you remain patient  to re-connect to the charm?" 

He gaped at me as if I had shown him a loaded gun.

"Maybe it depends on how much you value your relationship. Your phone in this case." I answered myself.

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The Ending

This morning I was discussing a book with a Facebook friend of mine. He had an issue with the book’s ending and was constantly rambling about the different endings the author could have opted for. I told him that the published ending was the ending the author chose for the story and we had to analyze the story in the context of the ending that there is in the book. But he was adamant. Later I wondered even while introspecting our own lives we comfortably denounce what there is in our life and seek the ever eluding what-could-have been.

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The Ringtone

I was working on my laptop the other day when I heard a phone ringing. I was confident it was someone else’s and hence didn't bother much. When the ring happened for the second time I looked toward its direction only to realize it indeed was my phone. Then it struck me I’d changed the ringtone a day back. I was so used to the old ringtone that I thought the new one didn't belong to me. I was sure the next time the phone rang I would pick it up right away. Life's so much about getting used to the changes that comes forth with our own choices.

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EX: a twisted love story. (OCTOBER '13)

What will you do if one day a svelte and sexy girl comes up to you and says she is your ex ? And the only thing you know about her is that you don’t know anything about her. Neel, an aspiring author, meets Nivrita at the Jaipur Literary Festival. Though Nivrita says she is his ex, he remembers nothing and yet everything about her seems to lure him to unravel the mystery she personifies. The more he is drawn to her, the more Neel feels guilty because he is already in a steady relationship with Titiksha, the love of his life. When Nivrita makes a tempting offer to Neel, which he accepts for his own good, his life slowly begins to spiral out of control while Titiksha starts turning into a stranger until Neel realizes there’s much more than his eyes can see and mind can recollect.

Novoneel Chakraborty, bestselling author of A Thing Beyond Forever, That Kiss In the Rain and How About a Sin Tonight? brings forth yet another poignant story, twisted in essence. EX will make you drop your jaws wide open. You can order your copy here: http://bit.ly/1bvQXzv

Food Poisoning

An acquaintance and I had gone to a temple where we were served the prasad in a small plastic packet. I ate it immediately while he kept it inside his pocket.
"You should eat it now." I said.
"I won't. I'll throw it once I'm out of here." He said.
I was shocked. "If you don't believe in God then why are you here?"
"I do believe in God," he said,  "But last year after I had prasad from one of the temples I suffered from food poisoning. I spent a whole fortnight in a hospital."
"But its not the same temple, is it?" I quipped.
He nodded. We together moved out of the temple.

I was amazed how one single incidence of 'food poisoning' at one particular temple had made him doubt the prasad of every other temple.

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