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Title - Hey Dad! Meet My Mom Authors - Sandeep Sharma & Leepi Agrawal Genre - Fiction Publisher - Gargi Publishers Cover Design - Jimmyeric Films & Media ISBN - 9788192960982 This book is a one of its kind with the story line which you would have not guessed it. Being authored by two authors - Sandeep Sharma and Leepi Agrawal, the story will keep you guessing till the end. Puneet was the protagonist of the story who had great looks and a well paid Bank Manager job. He falls in love with a girl called Myra. He also has good friendship with Maya. When things were about to get materialised with his engagement with her, Puneet sees his son Rishi who arrived from the future. You might ask if this is a Sci-Fi story. This isn't one but yes, he sees his son who talks and converses with him. Infact it is this son Rishi who made Puneet fall in love with Myra but now he wants his dad's decision to be reversed. Why? When Puneet tries to find out ...

Title - Teenage Diaries Author - Saurabh Sharma Genre - Fiction Publisher - Frog Books(a LeadstartCorp company) ISBN - 978-93-52017-26-3 Have you ever felt like missing your schooling days? Would you want to relive those memories? If your answer is YES to any one or both, your search ends here. With Teenage Diaries, Saurabh has created a beautiful story with few characters. The protagonist Ghanshyam along with other main characters like Vikram,Tanya, Rishabh, Rahul, Aneya, Sneha, Sandy, Armaan, Pallavi, Aakash among others. What I liked the most about the story is the simplicity and the way it was narrated. The story has essentially covered all that we all would have witnessed or experienced in our schooling life including the likes of playing book cricket, FLAME among others. It talked in detail about the first drink, smoke, love, kiss, friendship, being adventurous in school apart from bunking, fights, confusion, excitement etc which has added more value...

Title - Those 7 Days Author - Anmol Rana Genre - Fiction Publisher - Petals Publishers ISBN - 978-93-85440-37-3 A brilliant story that would make even an iron heart melt. Anmol has brought up a beautifully scripted story talking about the life of the protagonist Vishwas as to how he faces the outside world in just 7 days. The story also stamps it clearly on the fact that the beauty lies not from outside but from inside. Vishu just like a normal guy gets tempted by his co-traveller when he travelled from his home city Dehradun to New Delhi to join work. His dreams lived for short while. In Delhi, he meets up with another girl Vaijanthi and again he falls for her later to realise a stark truth about her which comes as an absolute shock. He gets entangled into some complication and his mentor rescues him who tried to persuade him for her sexual desires. On the other hand, Vishu had a good friend back in his hometown. The girl - Shailaja gifted him something w...

Portronics,  a prominent leader in the innovative and portable digital product market, has added  “Clamp” , the universal car mobile holder to its existing series of elegant car mobile holders. Clamp, the car mount mobile holder, has a unique push-fit design that can be easily attached either vertically or horizontally to any car air vent simply by rotating the 360 degree adjustable clip. This cell phone mount for car comes with one side spring loaded arm to fit any smart phones and navigation devices of upto 6 inch screen size. Clamp comes with 360 0  rotation allowing the ease of visibility at all the times and at all the angles for viewing maps and driving safely without the need to hold the mobile phone in hand. The cushion inside the clamp of this universal mobile phone holder for cars prevents any damage to the expensive smartphones against any jerks on bumpy roads and due to its tight grip. On top of this, the clamp comes with a soft-textured rubbe...

Title - The Fragrance Of Rose: Beauty-Dignity-Ambition Author - Chirajit Paul Genre - Fiction Publisher - Srishti Publishers & Distributors ISBN - 978-93-82665-90-8 What do you do when you are born as a woman and had no parents to support you especially when you are grown up and look beautiful? Will the world spare you? Though there may be arguments that the place or country where we live is safe,we know what is the reality. Would you be asked to compromise to go up on your career especially in the media? You may recall some of the recent happenings where few celebrities has raised a voice against this issue which is been happening behind the iron curtains. The protagonist of this novel, Rinita faces the above. She had couple of good friends Chaitali and Mahesh since her childhood who supported her as long as they were together. Will they stay together forever? When Rinita joins the company where Chaitali worked who was known for her stubbornness i...

Title - Despite Love Author - Siddhartha Srivastava Genre - Fiction Publisher - NotionPress ISBN - 987-1-945926-58-7 This story by the first time novelist Siddhartha Srivastava who is in his 12th Standard has impressed me a lot and I am sure it will impress the readers too. I will not reveal the plot of the story. What I can say is this " One of the best stories I have read in recent times with related events coupled with incidents which serves as a backbone for the successof the story". When Rishabh falls in love with Smriti and also landed a 7 figure salary with Google, everything seems to be falling in place. He also had good friends Ankit and Aradhya and these 4 shared anything and everything among them right from their college days. As their career set them apart, after a while, they plan for a reunion. Rishabh also had two good friends cum colleague Asheesh and Amita in Google. It is over here, things starts going awry. Each one gets killed...

Title - UNNS:The Captivation Author - Sapan Genre - Fiction Publisher - Inspire India Publishers ISBN - 978-93-85783-87-6 What is UNNS? I had been wondering as to why this title for the book until I read it in full and realised that nothing could have fit better than this title. This is a story that would unfold various emotions like love, break up, betrayal, disappointment to name a few. Sapan has done a splendid job in weaving the story to near perfection. Initially the story begins with a love affair between Atharva Rathod and Meher Qasim in an unexpected way. Meher leaves to Germany without letting Atharva know as her parents did not approve of her love. Things take a different turn when Atharva stumbles upon Meher after 12 years in Germany. He faces a betrayal over there from Meher.  Why did Atharva go to Germany? What did Meher do? After few more years, Atharva goes to US and destiny has it the way that Meher comes to his place. Was Meher ...

Title - Another Tale of Two Cities Author - Ezhuth Aani Publishers - Inspire India Publishers Genre - Fiction ISBN - 978-93-85783-86-9 The story is an exceptional novel that was woven based on few historical facts coupled with some amazing imagination from the author. Though author wants himself to be excused in case of giving an incorrect info on Buddhism, to my knowledge, I do not feel that is the case. The story is set on the past which is supposed to be happening in Cambodia where two princes Adithya and Mahendra goes on a journey to find better prospects and coalition for their country. While Adithya goes to Srilanka and India and meet the King and The Emperor and could also manage to get their promise of being helped at the time of need/requirement, Mahendra goes to China and learns the technical knowhow of few aspects. While Vajragnani is the Guru and was revered, he had a beautiful daughter called Mandagini. Adithya and Mandagini loves each othe...

The advent of smartphones within the country has brought about a paradigm change in the lifestyles of Indian consumers. But with the rise in online transactions, mobile-based banking, and the amount of personal data stored on mobile devices, there have also emerged serious questions about the security aspect. It is to address these qualms and to make mobile usage more secure for its end-users that very few brands have integrated iris scanners in their smartphones. The IRIS scanner allows you to unlock the smartphone by just looking at it. The module scans the iris of your eyes, which obviously is unique, and uses it as a password to secure the phone like a fingerprint sensor can. Here are the top-notch smartphones with iris scanner that you can buy within different price ranges. itel it1520 itel Mobile, the hi-tech innovative mobile brand from Transsion Holdings Conglomerate, has integrated iris scanner in its flagship smartphone, it1520. Available at an extremely competitive...

Title - SuperCouples Author - Prachi Garg Genre - Non-Fiction Publisher - Shrishti Publishers & Distributors ISBN - 978-93-82665-89-2 After the successful Super Women, the review of which can be found here  , Prachi Garg has yet again given another inspirational but a different book this time. It is none other than SuperCouples. The thought of covering Couples who were successful in their business is Unique. I am glad to see the stories of Swaty Bhargava of CashKaro among others. Having said that, I am equally glad to find the inspiration behind the start of SoulFlower and few other brands. To tell the truth, I have not heard about some of the brands but this book made me to understand as to what they actually do. The coverage is really an appreciable task as the book has captured the likes of eCommerce, Healthcare, Social Welfare, Health Care, Event Management, Digital Solutions to name a few. How some of the ideas were conceived and how these cou...

Title - The Four Patriots Author - Sumit Agarwal Genre - Fiction Publisher - Rupa Publications ISBN - 978-81-291-4204-7 An amazing novel by Sumit. The first half was like an aeroplane running on the runway and the second half was similar to the take-off as it was fast paced. The story revolves around 4 characters Aditya, Raghav, Salman and Varun. While each one has a different background and the story is set in different cities including Lucknow, Varanasi, New Delhi and Mumbai, these youngsters gets to join Naya Bharat Dal. By overcoming their own limitations in their personal life, these men becomes MP's and later Ministers in the Central Government with one of them even becoming a Prime Minister. The story brings out the conspiracies that were hatched in the political arena by bringing defamation, kidnap, killing and attempted murder makes one understand the sheer grit the protagonists exhibit in defying the odds. The story does not have a suspense e...

Times have changed and  so has the financial world. With everything available at your fingertip going cashless is a viable option. Talking of online payments, recently I was checking this app called Zeta – it is an app exclusively created to make digital payments easy, inclusive and valuable for corporations, employees, and merchants across India. This product revolves around one key idea i.e. spending and receiving money should be easy, fast, and hassle free. This app is co-founded by Bhavin Turakhia (CEO) and Ramki Gaddipati (CTO) of Directi in April 2015, It currently has over 500 employees spread over 11 major cities in India including Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Nashik, Baroda, Kochi and Ahmedabad.                          The factors that impressed me were these: 1) Optima 2) Spotlight and 3) Expr...