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Because Shit Happened                - Harsh Snehanshu (Author) Because Shit Happened is a novel based on real-life events of the author, Harsh Snehanshu, with his experiences in the adventurous world of start-ups. Just after going through the concise and sharp prologue, I know it was a thing to be grabbed.                      ( My phone gallary) Fast forward to the thoughts after finishing the novel, it was a read worth the time dedicated. Written by Harsh Snehanshu, it is based on a real life story begins at the spark of start-up idea, convincing a team to work for the idea and the issues there after. The protagonist, Amol Sabharwal is obsessed with one liners and  quotes and in an attempt to have a niche for himself, he thinks of an idea to have a platform where a common man can quote unique and creative one lines and would get credit for the same. The idea forces him to gather a team...

 1st May 2023 With the dreams of better future for himself and his family, he finally convinced himself to leave the blessing of a comfortable home and book his return tickets to Bangalore. He has been living in Bangalore for doing his post graduation course and once that was completed, he picked up the jobs from the institute placements itself and was earning better that what he himself has seen as a young boy. "I am the next generation to them. I have to be better than the previous one otherwise, what good will I consider myself to be? " he would always say. It was a pain for him and his family to face the contrasting emotions of holding on or letting go, when the time for his returning to the place he made his identity and living, would arrive.  

Written by Ratika Kapi, this is Mrs. Renuka Sharma's story of getting out of her limits as a good wife, mother to a son and a daughter-in-law, which leads her in a trap who's shadow could not be denied. Working as a receptionist for a very famous Doctor, she was the one from her family to burden her shoulders with responsibilty of her son, Bobby and in-laws. With her husband working in Dubai to make their financial condition better, there was no one she could have shared her heart to.  And one day,while travelling to her work, she meets a man named Vineet. They talk a few times but they won't tak much. They meet each other sometimes here and there for causal outings and became friends.  Renuka starts to find comfort in Vineet's company. She meets and calls him whenever she can sneak out from her family. It is not that she hates her responsibilities but at times, she, like each and everyone of us, wills to sneak out of her real lives and be absolutely t...

Have you ever heard of a phrase which means something like - giving instant replies make them lose your value ? Do you feel it's true ? I didn't. One day, while working on am article:⁠- which meant I was working on the laptop with multiple tabs on , screening at me to work, work , work which I want much gravitated into, I added another tab and typed in web.whatsapp.com. There came my already logged in screen with all the people I had chatted with, for work or non-work purpose. I texted a friend on mine. It was just an  "Hey, How's things been?" I shifted on the other tabs and kept my focus on the work. I have to finish the chunk as soon as possible as my mom was in the other room, watching a movie all by herself. I wanted to accompany her, even if that meant doing nothing and watching the movie I wasn't really in. I am not really a  movie person, you know, unless itis really exceptionally or meaningful. I planed to make tea which would accompany us as a good b...

You Only Live Once                    - by Stuti Changle You only lives once is a story having narrations from 3 different people. Alara, a girl visiting back to India from Czech in search of the answers related to her mother's disappearencefrom her life. Aarav, an intern working in HSBC bank yet his dreams to be a stand-up comedian gets him on a different paths to trade altogether. Thirdly, we have Ricky, a man who is almost a generation ahead of Alara and Aarav who believes  that the best way of living your life is by following your heart and passion. All these 3 characters are from miles away, yet the one thing that connects them all, is Elisha. Elisha was a well-known singer in Goa who had disappeared in the midst of her career and left behind questions and rumors. The book tails the story of their search for Elisha and the questions she left behind her  disappearance. She inspired people to live a life chasing your own dre...

I held the Key Chain in my hand and stared at every nook and corner it had. It was well made and though it didn't look very expensive, it definitely  looked as it was made with perfection and patience. It had the initial of his first name at it.  'R',  it said. It wasn't intended to be with me. But, it just happened to be with me. I kept staring at it, going into flashbacks about what just happened in the past few hours or so,and trying to make sense out of that. Today is my last day  at B and I  have already got my tickets booked for this evening 6 PM to say Good Bye Forever .I ain't sad. Its just a mixed feeling of somethings ending whereas others are willing to get started. This morning, I met R, just as we all friends were meeting up as the batch of 2022.  I have known  since  last 5 years. We are in the same batch ( I guess that's obvious by now) and have joked a few times we were working together for any event. I have always seen him happy a...

Yesterday was a day of unexpected rains,  not just drizzle but pouring of rain drop that sting at your eyes while you drive.  I was at home yesterday, in the early afternoon and the only thing that kept  bothering me was the question, whether or not I  should travel 7 km for 1 hour lecture that was to be held at 4. majority of the people would not have care to attend but what mattered to me was that the lecture was by a professor who was one of the finest I have met so far. I decided to go, not just for the sake of the lecture, but also for the fact that I was expecting a meeting for a event we were planning to organize. So, both the tasks were important and at this situation,  driving was not an issue. I was already being guilty of non-productive the whole day. So, I got ready and drove off to the college. I reached on time and things were happening as planned. The whether was a bit cold with breezy and I doubted if that would lead to rain. Most probably not. I...