Tornado Giveaway #3 Author Vaachakmitra

THE MULTITUDE OF RIPPLES

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Vaachakmitra

Blurb

The novel is a first person narrative of an entrepreneur who struggles to make sense of his life. He reconstructs his memory while recuperating from a nervous breakdown. The distortion in his narrative is not only the manifestation of psychopathology of his mind but also an exploration of human values. The novel demonstrates how optimism incorporates meaningful semantics even in the face of psychopathology. The dualism of hope and pathos creates a touch of absurd, almost reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.

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About the Author

The author is a research scientist by training. He is a technical consultant who works in an advisory capacity to the pharmaceutical industry. He specializes in intellectual property, technology up gradation and information technology. He is a science writer specializing in theoretical and philosophical foundations of modern scientific thought.

      

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Tornada Giveaway 3 Author Reshma Ranjan

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Name of the book: Love Sees No Reason

Author: Reshma Ranjan

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The Story: 

Sceptical of his twin brother Suraj’s hasty marriage to a complete stranger Ria Nair, has made Suhaan suspicious about his brother’s wife whom he has never met. The fact that the couple adopt a baby immediately after the wedding, only serves to increase his antagonism.

Who is this Ria, and why did she marry his brother?

Suraj dies, forcing Suhaan to return to the homestead to take over the family business. That’s when the inevitable happens – he comes face to face with his brother’s widow and discovers that he is attracted to her.

On one level, Ria is all innocence and vulnerability. On another, is her mysterious and hurried marriage to his brother. She could be a gold digger. 

Is his attraction for her mere lust – or could it be... love?

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About The Author 

Here is a passionate romantic who loves literature and has created many happy ending in her imagination, for every movie or book with a sad conclusion.

She soon began to create her own characters and situations, creating plenty of romances and happy endings to satisfy her imagination. "But for my laziness and diffidence," says Reshma "I would have penned umpteen stories of unexpected pairs meeting and falling in love, overcoming troubles and hurdles to unite for a lifetime."

A voracious reader, Reshma is a poet as well, and feels that she would be blessed as a writer if she could bring a happy content sigh on the readers lips.

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Becoming Stagnant or Continue to Flourish...

Long, long time ago when life was simpler, and there was not much distraction except for the radio. An individual used to perform just mere counted chores and be satisfied with his day and would call it a night.
Children would be happy to wake up since they had slept well and would be glad to go to school to unite with their friends along with studies and would be satisfied to come home, spend time with their parents and have dinner together without any interference of any kind of correspondence with the outer world except for the radio, which would hum their favorite songs in the background. 

It was the world where priorities were the passion. Fun was unadulterated. Laughter was authentic. Family time was genuine. Relationships were respected since people had the time to appreciate things around!

Turn of the century...man realized his potential.

He is amazed how he can juggle five things on each of his finger of his hand. He calls it liberation and is impressed with the progress humankind makes towards the end of the day. Seeing that kind of evolution united humanity and they have joined forces to continue this marathon.

Amidst this run, infants are neglected, while moms and dads venture out in the society that has got smitten by the 'multi-tasking' bug to get more comforts for their home, which is actually a home just for the namesake since the family is out for most of the hours.

Children in school first agitated against the changes but have adapted quickly since they have got lots of comfort in the name of food, technology to correspond and enjoy. Time is getting precious since all have the same complaint, "No Time!" and excuses are made left right and center.

Passion is hidden somewhere since all want to lead and no one wants to follow thus, lots of hard work put in along with stress and urgency for everything.

Alas! The human body cannot take the beat for long, and health is degrading thus, allowing medical professionals to pump in chemicals to keep us going. Wonder for how long these chemicals can maintain the man churning for more!

Two Cents
 With the election of a Republican President, A senate and house the chances are that growth will slow down. If an American is dreaming of speed bullet trains or electric cars, forget it for these four years. Washington DC might not fund it. Even the research on gene therapies or any new onset of science and its revolution. Not going to happen! 

I feel we have traveled so far that with the few listed above come to a halt...nothing is going to change. We will still be breathing, thriving and functioning so let's take the change in a positive way. Democracy still prevails in this country so why worry. We are intelligent people to make a choice!

A choice between being happy vs. brooding over it. 

Ronald Reagan, a Republican shaped our country for the good, and our elders are the living proof of it. Quoting Hillary, " Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power."

There will be quite a few handful of changes. Are we ready for it? 

Mantra for today: We are the society. Time to tame it.

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Guest Post With You I dance by Aarti V

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With You I Dance

by

Aarti V Raman

Blurb

Meera Sagar had everything—the perfect job as a principal ballerina (for a prestigious New York ballet company) and a man who loved her as much as she loved him. But tragedy struck on the night before her biggest performance, forcing her to do the one thing she never wanted to do—come back home. To Mumbai.

Now, a year later, Meera is still trying to pick up the pieces, while fending off marriage proposals from her well-meaning but traditional Gujarati family, and figure life out all over again. By starting a ballet school in Mumbai. But she has two problems. One, she doesn’t know anything about running a business. And two, she can’t dance. Not anymore.

Enter . . .

Abeer Goswami. Hotshot junior partner at a South Bombay law firm and a man nursing a broken heart. When he meets Meera again, the woman who left him, he tries his hardest to be her friend, to help her . . . and not let the past get in the way.

And then . . .

There is the sexy Zoya Sehgal. Meera’s only friend in the city and the woman Abeer is currently seeing. They say triangles have pointy edges, for a reason. Will Meera find a new dream in her ballet school? Can Abeer and Meera find their way back to each other again? And, most important, has Meera danced for the last time?

With you I dance is a warm, funny, at times heart-rending, love story of second chances, true love, and finding yourself when your dearest dream has vanished.

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Today I have another prolific author who has authored two books and this is her third. I got an opportunity to ask her a question, and her response will bowl you over!

So let's welcome the Aarti V !

Ruchira

Your first book was a thriller and now you pen a romance genre. What inspired you this change?

Aarti V

Both of the books that came before WYID, White Knight and Kingdom Come were romantic thrillers. With a healthy dose of romance and an equal amount of guns, bombs and people kicking ass. There is no change as such that happened, TBH. 

I just figured love is the most dangerous weapon of them all. So let’s explore it sans the guns and epic action. There is no change per se that happened, except that I shifted gears and switched to a more contemporary, happen-able story. I mean, how weird would it be if Abeer turned out to be a lawyer involved in an environmental lawsuit and the evil corporation guys take Meera hostage and he comes charging (complete with a ripped bod) and saves the day while she is using her ballet training to take the goons out? 

It’s not about genre so much as the story that interests me at the time of telling. If it has action, great. If it doesn’t and it’s just a bunch of people figuring life out that’s great too. If it has flying dragons AWESOME!

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Death, Heritage and Generations to come....

October has been a month of many emotions. It started with a shock that was followed by a rewind of all those years with my dad's sister, then coming to terms with it, and being able to say my goodbye to her.

It was also a month of anniversaries when my dad and granddad passed away.

Besides the sorrow, disturbance, and tears, it was also the month of Diwali, which is a festival of lights. Each individual tries to light up the diya/lamp in places where there is darkness, gloom, ignorance, and obscurity.

No doubt there were mixed feelings at first when this festival arrived. Since the early weeks made me see death and now this celebration, I am very confused!

But then I pondered the meaning of this festival. It's the lighting of the lamps not only in and around the house but also within to remove darkness, gloom, ignorance, and obscurity. This light actually makes men ponder within and helps them change their perspective, especially since negativity always looms stronger than positive thoughts.

 When it comes to death, we are no doubt somber by the loss of a loved one, but honestly, science has proven that ever since a baby is born, they are decaying each day! Thus, death is a natural process. No doubt, as humans, we get attached to that person and want them around us, but the law of nature is that we are mortal, so we have to chin up.  Let's be happy for that individual, especially if she/he has done all her duties.

Duties?

Huh?

According to the famous rhyme by James Orchard Halliwell published in 1842 with the lyrics:

Solomon Grundy,

Born on a Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

Married on Wednesday,

Took ill on Thursday,

Grew worse on Friday,

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday,

That was the end,

Of Solomon Grundy.

That would be a waste of life! Where nothing was accomplished.

But a conscientious person who brought up her children in a healthy environment and made sure they made a life for themselves would be remembered and appreciated since her legacy will be carried forward via incidents or stories that involved her to generations to come!

As we usher the month of November towards Thanksgiving week, I will be filled with gratitude toward my ancestors and my elders, who gave me love and affection and guided me in times of distress and adversity.

I shall honor this post to my dad and his sister (my aunt), a kind soul who always had the self-respect to row her boat no matter what! Despite the pain that those nasty overgrown cells within her body were causing her, she did not give up on herself, and that's what is commendable! I pray her soul rests in peace.

Mantra for today: "The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children." 

― Philip Carr-Gomm

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