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A simple plan. Three jilted lover-boys. A tennis tournament. A tea shop. And a crow. All these come together to weave a story that is set in the lurid, colorful background of Chennai. A story that is spread over four intense days. A story that has more references to South Indian cuisine than a Saravana...

This is a unique emotional romantic love story of an orphan boy and three girls. One is his classmate and another is his fiance; the third is his lover of previous birth. This is a story about how they pass student life with friends. An orphan boy adopted by rich Indian culture family. His fianc wait...

God Walks My Dreams is a crisp narrative that traces the struggle of Suraj and his friends through their life. There are sudden, unexpected turning points in Surajs struggle-filled life, which leave you wanting to know more about him and live through his life to see where it eventually leads him and...

Bridging the Gap is an exposure, an exposure to family bonding. It is an ardent appeal to maintain a sound equilibrium between the past and the present, the present and the future. For the author, this appeal had been lodged against her by her father. Now it has been extended to her children....

The king is returning after making vast conquests. The procession is passing through the city. People lined up on both sides are hailing the king and his soldiers. Beautiful ladies standing in rows on both sides of the road are showering the winners with flowers. The master novelist seated in a chariot...

Krishna, you are crying? A teardrop had rolled down his cheek. Yes, I am. My whole world has fallen apart. I cant think of anything. As you proceed, you will see how screwed up one can be, if he does not think straight, and how miserable it can be when situations go out of hand. Or is it let go out...

This book is about a young man who had a dream to become a writer. Somehow, forced by the conventions of his society and his father, he is forced to take up a proper career. With the help of a family friend, he enters politics. Now after eight years, the dream to become a writer still runs in his...

This is a collection of verses that range from the nature, humanity, and people. The baobab tree in the backyard has taken the lovers role in wooing the gardener. The laborer in hollow blocks is freed from his suffering and lead to the right path by the mad Chacha. The refugees are still awaiting...

This book has been written with the premise that we should refresh our views about existence of God because most of the beliefs on God had emerged during the period when people did not even know whether the sun revolves around the earth or the earth around the sun. They even believed that some demon...

It is a well-known fact that Vijay Jain is an underqualified academic scientist but is very successful in journalism, and international fame came especially from a laptop he bought recently. He was weak in almost all elective subjects, which was one reason he failed in higher secondary, but somehow,...

Ainkurunuru is a collection of five hundred poems written by five different poets who lived two thousand years before. It tells you the story of the lovers, their sadness, joy, jealousies, and quarrels in verses of breathtaking sophistication and indirection. It is about the art and life of a people...

The thoughts that roam around my mind all the time about the beauty of nature, human feelings, love and sorrows I tried to express them the way they come to my mind. The thoughts never remain stable in one place in a human mind; always jumps from here and there all the time. I never tried to divert...

The foundation of this collection of stories and essays is set close to Arunachala Mountain in Tamil Nadu. The stories explore aspects of life and landscape: e.g. local culture, ecology, personal relationships, community politics, womens issues - all told from the perspective of an outsider living on the inside.

Being blessed to wander in some of the most fascinating hills and valleys of nature, I have been endeavoring for long to put these stories together. I offer here the elements that appeal most to me during my wanderings in the jungles, meadows, villages and towns, especially in the abode of gods and...