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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Now That You're Rich.. Lets Fall in Love


Now That You're Rich.. Lets Fall in Love is a beautiful fictional novel by duo young Indian authors Manvi Ahuja and Durjoy Datta.

This story is about 4 friends, their past, how they met under one roof in Investment Bank, the work pressure they had to face while working in an investment bank, how they balanced their personal life - their friendship which was their family, romance, love and their practical life - life in investment bank, high perks, sexy and hot colleagues, loads of work and recession.

It is different from the other love stories or stories about geeks from IIT which actually "is in" or the buzz now days. It is the story about friendship and love in corporate life. These friends are already in the big league earning 3 million a year and now they think is the time to fall in love, make friends, have fun, live life kingsize. But is it the right time to make friends, to fall in love, to romance, to have sex - in short to enjoy the life? Or was it the time for them to work for 15 -18 hours or even more, consider investment bank as their first home and go to their actual home just twice a week and in return face daily complaints, threats and what not from their seniors or from HR head only because girls did not agree to sleep with their horny boss and guys wanted to enjoy their life a little bit along with their work.

However after struggling and working nights and days, they somehow are able to manage their work as well as their friendship, but was it enough? May be yes or may be NO as something was waiting for them which they have never dreamt of - "RECESSION"

The story revolves around Abhi, Saurav, Garima and Shruti.
Abhi was a topper in his college and was placed in MNC paying him good but not fat salary. All he wanted was to be rich and that’s why he joins x The Silverman Finance an Investment Bank.. He belongs to a poor family and was very shy to talk to any girl in his college, except with Riya.


Saurav was an IITian and his friends always used to pull his leg for being a virgin. He was fortunate not because he got placed in Silverman Finance but because his dad was a millionaire, strange isn't? Dad millionaire, then why IIT? And why Silverman Finance? Whatever!! Something must be there for him.

Garima a rich, beautiful and a single child whom any one would love to marry. She had a boyfriend. Very quiet not so social and very serious about her love. You will hardly find such girl now days, who is rich and serious about her love affair. She also got through Silverman Finance, thank god as she wanted some change in her life, but why a change is something which you find out as the story progresses.

Shruti a sexy, hot and charming lass, comes from a middle class family. Any one would fall for her; at least she would do wonders in bed. She was in love, something which her parents won't allow, actually her selfish parents won't allow. She belongs to a family where she never wished to stay even for a moment. Her parents want her to get married to some one who can give them money to fulfill their debts and they would never allowed Shruti to work. But when they heard that Shruti got placed in Silverman Finance and was paid 30 lacs a year, they made few calculations and allowed her to continue with the job till she get married.


They all met in Silverman Finance, their friendship began and as the days passed it started getting stronger and stronger. Some of them fall in love again and again!! But circumstances changed and Shruti had to do something which none of them could ever have imagined. They all were shocked and their trust broken, they could no longer understand each other. And they departed.....

Apart from these four, there are lots of interesting characters who add their own spice making this book incredible –

A nasty old lady HR Head, who loves to screw up the life of juniors.

A Horny boss - always looking for a chance to sleep with their mates or juniors

Immediate mentors- trying to help the four but could not because they are as well worried about their position, their job and love.

To add further twist Ex-girlfriend comes back but with new story and new boyfriend.

Son of business tycoon, who makes someone fall in love with him.

Do they ever unite again? What happens to their friendship which they called their family? What about their love? Did Recession threaten to take away their job or their friendship, their love? Were they actually rich? Hmm… If so did they fall in love? Did girls sleep with their boss? Did they get what they wanted?

What do you guys think? Well I think you need to read it immediately to know whether they could retain their friends or their job or both.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Jackwa aur Jillwa

It is like Ek Bihari Sab Pe Bhari, in Bigg Boss 3, which I’m totally hooked to, and for those of you still immune to its charms, I present a clip that might persuade you to give it a shot. Check out Raju Srivastava’s magnificent Bhojpuri version of “Jack and Jill”—it starts at about 3:20 in the video below:



Raju is totally my favourite to win Bigg Boss this season. Did you see him with Sher Chops in the pool the other day in avtar of Gajhodhar Bhaiya?

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Grant me a wish, hold me close

Grant me a wish, hold me close
Hold me tight, never let go
Hear my heart pound
While I listen to yours
My tears on your shoulder
Your warm breath on mine
Hold me closer and tighter
Till I lose my breath
I feel safe this way
Grant me my wish
I want to die like this

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The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan – Review


This is the latest book from the joint venture of Harper collins and the India Today Group. The cover photo of the book depicts a bat , a ball, an impression of a kiss and some flowery twirls around them. What idea does that give you? You guessed it right! Cricket. Cricket. And more of cricket with all the bollywood masala sprinkled like mozzarella cheese on a pepperoni pizza.

Admittedly, it started off very well , I must say. The first few chapters made me crack up with laughter every now and then. Nothing in this story can be even remotely called subtle. Everything is blown to the full!

Zoya Solanki, the female protagonist is a 27 year old professional working in the service sector of an advertising company. One would expect some amount of maturity due for her age and stature. But Zoya comes across as a ‘just out of the college kiddo’, whose world revolves around her romances and her beaus. More often than not, she is portrayed in ‘he loves me….he loves me not’ scenarios, ranting and raving constantly about her lost loves. Oh please…give us a break! Pity stunts!

Then there is Nikhil Khoda, the male protagonist , as well as the Indian skipper. Undoubtedly, he was characterized solely based on Dhoni, both in looks as well as nature. Right from the brown ‘toffee’ skin, Boost ads, to being a small towner…….it is Dhoni to the T! There are a few other characters that show uncanny resemblances to some cricketers we know.

The whole story is based on a ridiculous superstition of the Indian cricket team that, Zoya Solanki is a lucky charm for them! So much so that, they never lose a single match when they have breakfast with her and the one whom she kisses emerges as the Man of the Match!! Roll your eyes all you want because that’s exactly what I did, albeit a few hundred times, while reading the book. And ofcourse, there is the budding romance between the skipper and Zoya which goes on and off………on and off…..

But apart from this dismal and outrageous storyline, what really makes this a good one time read is that quite often you can actually relate to the language they speak, the scenarios in a working environment and ofcourse the absolute madness and mayhem that exists during an ongoing World Cup Tournament.

Anuja Chauhan has taken this platform to showcase her God-only -knows-why grudges against a few companies like Pepsi (disguised as Zing), Nike, Sony, etc to name a few. I believe it gives her some amount of wicked satisfaction in doing so ;P or it even might be her way of getting back at them for her own reasons! Nevertheless, they provide nice seasoning to the otherwise predictable storyline.

Being what she is, Anuja delivers some really original and absolutely hilarious one-liners in ‘Hinglish’ which can leave you on the floor laughing. This is best part of the book, according to me. All in all, a good one time read that leaves your ribs tickled but nothing else to remember , just like a commercial Bollywood movie.
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Friday, October 02, 2009

Love is knowing all about someone.....

“I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.”...........
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