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With Indian book market filled with 100 rupees novel having the same banal romance stories, it is a teat to read something from a different genre. Thriller is a genre where few Indian authors have forayed. Ashwin Sanghi has been writing thriller and mystery book which are liked by a very large audience in India.  It can’t be argued that Ashwin Sanghi is now a very big name in the list of Indian authors and his books are always a treat to a person. In his latest book ‘PRIVATE INDIA’ he has partnered with world renowned thriller writer James Patterson. And the result, It is awesome. The book is a page turner which reminds of Bollywood movies when you are reading it. The novel has a tagline ‘It’s the season for murder in Mumbai’ and when one reads novel he finds it true. The novel has a very good cover. The novel is almost 450 pages long with a lots of chapter and something happens in every chapter. The story is fast paced and has everything from thugee cult to politician...

कभी बेफिक्री का दौर था , अब तो रातों  भी तन्हाई है , उन्हें हीं ज़माने का डर है , या  हम में ही कोई बुराई है। पर गलती हमारी नहीं सिर्फ , वोही आये थे इन गलियों में हँसते, इश्क इतना भी नहीं आसान , काश वोही पहले हमें कह  देते। 

मृगतृष्णा ही जीवन है , मृगतृष्णा ही गति है . यूँ तो ज़िंदगी की सारी बातें ही , झूटी है . तुम क्यो करते हो वक़्त बर्बाद  , चीज़ो को , सच और झूट साबित करने मे . मृग की प्यास तो वैसे भी कभी , नही बुझेगी . लेकिन जीवन का आधार ही , गति है . चाहे हो वो पानी के लिए , हो या , पानी के आभास के लिए हो . तुम भी तो कई धोखो मे , रहते हो . तो क्यो अपने सपनो को , मृगतृष्णा का नाम देते हो . तुम भी उन रेत पे चमकती बूँदो के लिए , भागो . अपने लिए ना सही तो , मृग के लिए ही सही .

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Johann Von Goethe So, 2013 is going to end soon and yet another new year celebration. and day after day and lo a whole year is passed. Seems familiar huh. Being obsessive about self-help and motivational books ( and a big fan of Robin Sharma), it is like a ritual for me to make resolutions every year. But again who don't :) The problem is that with time these resolution get far from our sight day by day and by the end of February, we cant even remember what we had sought from ourselves. So, here are my suggestions to me and everyone who doesn't want this annual happening to be a reality again in 2014: 1. Make realistic resolution  The problem with having a hard goal is that it requires more determination, stronger will and greater focus. Why take the hard path? So, if you challenge yourself to read 60 novels within a year. Certainly you will fail...

*due to some problem, the poem was not displaying correctly when typed directly in Hindi. That's why I have to upload it as an image. Have a nice day!!

"The best things in life are unexpected, because there were no expectations." - Eli Khamarov So, it goes like this. I went to the local mall this noon for the pizza. And this mall have escalators( every mall have). But, the escalator is not my concern what caught my attention was a couple. The lady seemed to have never used the escalator and was bit apprehensive about it. And her husband was giving all the logic and the strategies to do so. He himself demonstrated those by going down and coming back. I don't know if the lady overcame her fear( OK, I went for pizza and was really hungry ), but the incident gave a lot of fodder for my brain. Everyone of us being a part of society is expected to follow a certain set of rules. And how we learn these rules. My answer, every moment we spend. Ever since childhood we are told to follow the path that everyone is following get good marks, don't make friends of other religion, get admission in a reputed college, ...

Everyone of us have some issue with our very own past. Some of these issues may have a more far reaching effects on our future than others. Some of them may have totally changed the course of your life. So now and then, when I am roaming in my fantasy land meeting and greeting new ideas here and there. There is one idea that intrigues me, what if I could change my past?? Now, those of you who have seen the movie 'The Butterfly Effect' may not find this idea a good one. But let us keep the movie aside and let me ask you again, what if you can remake your past? Now the problem I see with this idea is our understanding of life. Obviously, all of you would erase the not-so-good parts of your life. But the fact is it is all these bad parts, that has made us more strong and made us realize the importance of good part. And with each and every story I read about any achiever , my belief that not having 'initial advantage' is not that bad, gets stronger every time. Also...