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The Fault In Our
Stars Everyone’s
worst nightmare is seventeen year old Hazel’s daily reality. She
lives each day with the chilling knowledge that death is imminent
because she has terminal lung cancer. Her ever- shrinking Cancer Kid
Support Group also consists of similarly fated teenagers. Startlingly
relatable, she has moments of near-normalcy but her teen angst is
overshadowed by mortal terror. But everything changes when Augustus
comes to the support group; an amputee himself in remission he is a
beacon of affable cheer. Their attraction is mutual but she fears what
her death will do to him. But he is undaunted in his affections. What
follows is the ephemeral haunting romance of two people destined to be
Romeo and Juliet. The Fault In Our Stars is a phenomenal book
where the reader is torn between an overwhelming need to know and a
desperate desire to not reach the end. Degree Coffee by
the Yard When
the iconic city of Madras was officially rechristened Chennai
in 1996 was it just the name that changed? Nirmala Lakshman seeks to
capture the essence of this bustling metropolis. The author tries to
reconcile its past and present both personal and historical where the
cultural landscape has changed as much as the architectural. Going
down memory lane and the city streets, the experiences of numerous
city residents are recounted; who while inhabiting the city for varied
lengths and in varying capacities have made the city what it is. With
each fact, each anecdote and soon with each page the city forms around
the reader. From its landmarks to its hangouts, highrises to
beachfront, ruins to mega-malls: a city uniquely beautiful and
colourful is Scandal Point Ricky Kumar was in the wrong place at the wrong time; right before a dream debut in his home production. And so scandal threatens to overshadow his future Bollywood super-stardom. Even his paramour Rhea Zaveri flees the scene. Damage control demands that this movie star’s son beat a hasty and apologetic retreat to rehab in hope of public forgiveness and forgetfulness. But here among the privileged dilettantes of high society there is more cohabitation than rehabilitation. Unluckily enough, uber-rich NRI and notorious bad boy Gautam Goyal languishes here too. Their bad blood and dark history jeopardises both their dazzling futures and paternal expectations. Scandal Point delves beneath a glitzy facade exposing a seedy underbelly of utterly debauched, depraved and devious behaviour. Hyper-scandalised for satirical purposes the book serves up every salacious forbidden thing you can imagine and a few that you cannot.
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lovingly painted by the author.