Spotlight of God is a Gamer by Ravi Subramanium

Is God really the one playing The Games or is just a scam and sheer manipulation?

Check it out in this book, that I believe has kept readers addicted till the end!

God is a Gamer 

by 

Ravi Subramanium 

 

Lets get a gist of the story: 

The Blurb

Aditya runs a gaming company that is struggling to break even. A banker slips off a highrise building, plunging to her death. The finance minister has made some promises that he is finding hard to keep. The LTTE has unleashed terror in America that sends the FBI on a wild goose chase, bringing them to Mumbai.

Enter Varun, parttime drug dealer and fulltime genius. He turns around the gaming company before disaster strikes. Meanwhile, the investigators plunge headlong into

the shady world of bitcoins and the Dark Net, websites that only exist for illegal transactions—drugs, sex and money. God Is a Gamer culminates in a stunning climax where money means nothing, assassination is taught by the ancient Greeks, and nothing is as it seems.

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Meet the Author

 Described as the ‘John Grisham of banking’, by the Wall Street Journal, Ravi Subramanian, an alumnus of IIM Bangalore, is the author of five bestselling commercial novels—If God was a Banker (2007), Devil in Pinstripes (2009), The Incredible Banker (2011), The Bankster (2012) and Bankerupt (2013)—based on financial crime. His latest book God is a Gamer, releases on September 12th.

Having been a banker himself, he has a unique insight into the industry he writes about and a flair for spinning intricate plots that keep readers on the edge of their seats

His debut novel, If God was a Banker, won the 2008 Golden Quill Readers’ Choice Award and, more recently, The Incredible Banker won the 2011 Economist-Crossword Book Award in the ‘Popular’ category. He won the Crossword book award for The BANKSTER in 2012.

Ravi lives in Mumbai with his Biotechnologist turned banker wife, Dharini and his fourteen year old daughter Anusha.

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Review of Rescued by Love by Shilpa Suraj

Rescued by Love  by  Shilpa Suraj The Blurb  When Naina Ahuja is kidnapped as hostage days before her father, a Supreme Court Chief Justice, must sentence a terrorist, the stakes are very high. Lt Col Arjun Rathore and his team are the only ones who can be trusted with the mission of saving her.  During their arduous trek back through the hostile terrain of Ladakh, Arjun and Naina spend days in danger of losing their lives - and their hearts. Back in safety, the real world and its very real problems threaten – as do their own perceptions of the differences between them.  They must separate – but will life rescue their love? My Review Rescued by Love is a story about a struggle between two lovers, Naina and Arjun who at first could not unite under circumstances, but then destiny chose to cross paths, and in the end they landed up in each other's arms. This story reminded me of the movie Highway, where the girl came from an influential family of fame, power, comforts of the world and she could actually breathe and realize happiness and love and freedom when she was actually being rescued from the terrorists, and trying to flee with a bunch of young army men who save her. That gasp of breath gave her a new dimension to her life, as she fell head over heels with the Lieutenant Arjun. Her love for him made her take drastic steps. As a result, she was kicked out of her home. That was the beginning of a new life for her! She was on the road to self-discovery and during this journey she finally united with her love, Arjun. Although the end was a little exaggerated and overdramatic but am glad that the author's character, Naina was rescued by love.  Both the primary leads, Arjun, and Naina resonated well with the kind of  character the Author unfolded for them. The Story line is fast-paced yet giving the reader a breather to appreciate the beauty and freedom. It also allows to peep into the satire of political families and their greed thus exposing on how they can sacrifice their family just to climb the ladder to success. Thus, making it a delightful read. Buy @ Amazon.com | Amazon.in | Flipkart | Watch It  Meet the Author Shilpa was a year and a half when she was first introduced to the world of books. Her mother would park her with a picture book on the floor of the kitchen while she finished her cooking for the day. While it’s no longer the kitchen floor, you can still find her tucked away in a cosy nook somewhere with her nose buried in a book. While books in all genres interest her, it was romance that captured her heart. While racing through every romantic fiction book she could beg, borrow or buy, her over active imagination started to work overtime and weave its own stories. Years in the corporate world followed by a stint of entrepreneurship crystallised her belief that all she really wanted to do was give life to the stories bubbling inside of her. She briefly managed to tear herself away from the world of fiction to find her own personal happily ever after and now spends her time happily focusing on the two loves of her life – family and writing romances.  You can stalk Shilpa Suraj @                                              Check out The Book Club Tour Schedule  This Tour is Hosted by  Facebook | Website | Blog Tours | Twitter | Pinterest | Linkedin

Wordless Wednesday #65

Today's picture is about baggage!

We all ought to carry the gear (not even the duck is exempted!)

This luggage does not just consist of clothes or our accessories. It comprises of our problems that make our walk along the path of life slow and treacherous.

Seeing the duck carrying such a light bundle, I wondered how much of a load am I carrying on myself.
With the year ending...time to Introspect!

Mantra for today: If one reflects upon his actions, chances are the baggage could decrease in weight by sheer contemplation.


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Happy Holidays Friends!
This is my last WW for this year. Will see you on Jan 6th

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A Narrow Escape...

Weary and overworked Jack opened the door of his apartment, let out a big yawn prior to entering, and then stepped in gently shutting the gate after him. 

Walked to his bedroom to change, and was about to lurch towards his bed, when his eyes fell upon the frame that was slightly tilted. He paused, scratched himself while introspecting and after taking a deep breath, walked towards it to straighten it. 

Just then, a loud noise made him shriek in fear, turned around to see a beam over his bed. He held the frame tightly and whispered, "Thank you!"

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In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that features an angel.

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A Life cut short

Burning Fossil Fuels is the number one cause of air pollution. In fact I feel that the number of cars on the road must be equivalent to the population of our country. This one, two or three pair of wheels can outnumber the humans living!

 Such is the impact of these automobiles.

Soon they will take over the planet (Figuratively speaking) as they continue to lash out at us by their dangerous fumes that consist of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons and particulates, which actually prohibits man to avoid pulling down his windows to breathe the fresh air. He instead prefers to inhale the air conditioned air or if on a two wheeler will put a mask on him to avoid ingesting the direct fumes.

Time to get back to these automobiles cause if they are not subdued, they will rule over mankind!

Time to shorten their lives to about a year, wherein they are forced to get admitted into a mechanic shop who will tune their engine and other parts such as spark plugs, piston rings, cylinder bores, valves, air cleaner, fuel filter that will prevent them from exhaling those poisonous fumes.

Result
Cleaner air for the city and the people living in it.

My 2 cents
Man has invented plenty. It is time to sustain what we have. That can only be done by cutting the life of our precious brainchild. This will sure be a headache for ALL, but will create awareness and clean air that will help us all walk towards a healthy life.

Programing our inventory so that we can have a life void of Asthma and many breathing problems...Amen!

Mantra for today: Prioritizing things in life can enrich mankind.

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The post written for Project365. Their topic is: Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention that could help reverse pollution. how the invention works and how it will save the planet

Blame it on Technology?

20th Century

"Riya don't waste your time talking aimlessly over the phone." requests mom as she continues, "Go back to finishing your homework."

"Yes Mom" replied Rita meekly as she quickly hangs up, and goes to her books.
Once finished, she helps out her mom by laying the table for dinner. Also helps cleaning up once done.

 21st Century

"Riya please don't waste your time texting. It would be good if you could finish your homework, you will have more time to watch TV or play video games" requests mom

Riya makes a face, but then ponders over what mom just said, and then puts the phone away while uttering a silent swear under her breath!

Takes her own sweet time to finish her work, and soon Mom is calling out to her, "Riya dinner is ready!"

"Nah, I don't feel like eating"comes a prompt reply

"What happened?" asks an anxious mom

"I just don't like what's on the menu, mom" she replies with anger, and yells, "How many times have I told you, I don't like this vegetable. Ugggh!"

Mom rolls her eyes while coming to terms with her anger, she pulls out a frozen pizza and puts it in the oven. "In my days, I've never had the courage to talk to my parents like this" she said out loud with the hope that her daughter listens.

Peeps in her room to find her wearing headphones and swinging her head back n forth to the music playing in her ears.

My 2 cents
Blame it on the technology that man's behavior is going down the gutters.
He is so self-absorbed by the gadgets that he doesn't care for the flesh that is right there next to him who can actually give him emotional and mental support.

Mantra for today: Man is advancing by inventions, but is throwing the quality of being a human in the dungeon.


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