Download or read book The Boyfriend Wish written by Swati Teerdhala and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower for her perfect boyfriend…and then a new boy moves in right next door. With love triangles, prank wars, and a sizzling sweet romance—this is perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Jenny Han. There’s only one item left on Deepa Josyula's high school bucket list: finding the perfect boyfriend. But when her meticulously planned Homecoming proposal crashes and burns thanks to Vik Mehta—both neighbor and long-term nemesis ever since he started their neighborhood prank war—she’s not sure how she’s going to finish the list. To make things even worse, she’s stuck working with Vik on a Student Council committee. So when her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower and tells her to make a wish, Deepa doesn’t see the harm. She wishes for her dream boyfriend, just like she had imagined when she was younger. The next morning a new neighbor moves into their cul-de-sac, and Rohit D’Souza crosses off everything on her ideal boyfriend wish list down to a tee: thoughtful, handsome, and romantic as hell. She can hardly believe it. But according to her grandmother, the wish is only the beginning. To earn it, to complete it, the wish must be sealed with a kiss. But Rohit is quickly becoming the most popular new guy both in school and in her friend group, and Deepa hasn’t kissed a boy since freshman year. The more Deepa plans the perfect kiss with Rohit, the less sure she is of what her heart truly wants. Is it the perfect boy brought by magic—or the uncertainty of the boy who’s always been next door?
Download or read book The Teenage Diary of Nur Jahan Mehr Un Nissa written by Deepa Agarwal and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Yesterday, by the grace of Allah, I, Mehr-un-nissa, daughter of Mirza Ghiyas Beg and Asmat Begum, completed thirteen years of existence on this earth... Thirteen years...I'm not sure how pleased I am to have reached this significant age.' Long before she became Nur Jahan--Emperor Jahangir's last wife and the most influential Mughal queen--she was Mehr-un-nissa. Born to Persian refugees who attained eminence at the Mughal court, Mehr-un-nissa grew up on the fringes of Emperor Akbar's court in Agra, Kabul and Lahore. In this fictional diary, Deepa Agarwal gives us a glimpse into the queen's teenage years: how she grows into a strong and passionate young woman; her love for poetry and writing; and her interest in the larger world around her. Her diary also describes the Mughal world through the eyes of a young girl: the vibrant Meena Bazaars; the elaborate festival celebrations; and the intricacies of life in the zenana. But above all, her diary records her ambition to meet the love of her life and also to carve a place for herself in history. A fascinating blend of history and fiction, The Teenage Diary of Nur Jahan brings alive a bygone age in a unique and captivating manner for young readers.
Download or read book Growing Up written by Devika Rangachari and published by Children's Book Trust. This book was released on 2000 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radhika, Dipa'S Best Friend Decides To Join Dipa'S School. Dipa'S Classmate, Mala Is However Very Unhappy With The Growing Intimacy Between The Two Girls. She Becomes The Reason For The Girls' Quarrel. However, Circumstances And Good Sense Bring The Two Girls Together Again. A Must Read For 9-12 Year Olds.
Download or read book Finding Graham written by Ranabir Sen and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-01-16 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dutta families across New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kuwait, Virginia, and San Francisco have all grown up hearing the story of Ramesh Dutta, the shining light of the family who went for higher studies to the prestigious Royal College of Science in London in 1936. But after the Second World War started, he could not return. The search continued for seven decades until an inquisitive new member of the family began to uncover the mystery. It was never an easy task, as a matter of fact, “how will you find someone who doesn’t exist in your life?” This book will take you on a journey of revelations that will open layers of untold stories that are closely intertwined with each other. This is a tale about a family that lost someone and eventually found someone too! The thing about blood is that it somehow finds a vein to flow in.
Download or read book Winter Wishes written by Fern Michaels and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four beloved, bestselling authors bring mistletoe magic and the spirit of the season to stories of hope, happiness, and holiday hearts. “Christmas Kisses” by Fern Michaels Starting over in a new town with a new job, Meredith thinks buying Noah’s grandmother’s house will be a simple business deal. But neighborly Noah is determined to make Meredith feel at home—and as the holiday season works its magic, he’s suddenly hoping that she’ll find a place for him in her heart. “Blue Moon Harbor Christmas” by Susan Fox Jillian and Michael have nothing in common—except the child two reckless college students created eight years ago. When Michael unexpectedly asks to meet his son, they have the twelve days of Christmas to get to know the adults they’ve become—adults who just might be ready to fall in love for real. “Second Chance Christmas” byJules Bennett A blind date turns out to be anything but when Ruby finds Knox on her doorstep. A few years ago, she nursed his dying wife. Can two lonely people defeat the shadow of the past and let the spirit of Christmas offer them the most special gift of all? “Finding Colin” by Leah Marie Brown When Grace is suspended from work over the Christmas holidays, she does the only sensible thing—she travels to Ireland to find her favorite actor! But while the Colin she finds may not be a star, he’s ready to show her that gifts come in all shapes and sizes—and love is the miracle that truly counts.
Download or read book Memories of Yesterday written by Selvi deepa and published by Spectrum of Thoughts. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories are harmless treasures of the heart". So, here is the collection of valuable treasures found inside the book which aroused from the writers' deep heart. Each write ups will provide the readers a mixed variety of emotions when it is taken deep into their heart. The writers' memories ranges from joy to sorrow, happy time to period of suffering and every kind of experiences. I hope readers also will enjoy and travel along with book's journey to the past
Download or read book The Gloomy Rabbit and Other Plays written by Vijjay Nair and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Meticulous Plan written by Sheela K. Ramasesha and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kunal, the son of a poor daily wager in India has big dreams. He wants to study and become an engineer. He even fancies going to the USA for higher education with his girl friend, Deepa. He has no means to pay his tuition at college, yet he has a strong urge to make his dreams come true. Kunal, unknowingly, gets sucked into drug peddling during his initial years in college and is kidnapped by the kingpin of the business. Staying inside the business, Kunal has a meticulous plan to return to normal life. He manages to marry Deepa and also send her to USA for higher education. While Kunal is making his escape from the business, his boss gets killed. After many years and quite by chance, he meets the slain bosss son and wife. What ensues is a highly emotional exchange of words and blame game. Again, Kunal has to stand up for what he believes in.
Download or read book Chanakya Neeti written by Radhakrishnan Pillai and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies for Success “An action contemplated shouldn’t ever be advertised; But kept a secret like a mantra, and revealed in time.” We all feel stuck at times. There could be many reasons for this—issues at work, unhappy family life, financial troubles or embarrassing social situations. Most of us could use a little advice in these circumstances. Chanakya Neeti provides precisely that guidance to face life’s many daunting challenges. Chanakya, the great thinker and teacher, is wellknown for his insights into the needs of both the privileged and the masses. The original Chanakya Neeti was written over two thousand years ago, but its brilliant verses are still applicable today because the basic quests of man remain the same—peace, prosperity and happiness. In this volume, Radhakrishnan Pillai offers a modern interpretation of Chanakya’s crisp and practical maxims in his characteristic easytofollow and elegant prose. Imbibe Chanakya’s wisdom to break loose from the web of troubles and create the life you desire on your terms. Radhakrishnan Pillai is the bestselling author of Corporate Chanakya, Chanakya’s 7 Secrets of Leadership, Chanakya in You, Katha Chanakya and Thus Spoke Chanakya. He has a Master’s degree in Sanskrit and has done his PhD in Kautilya’s Arthashastra. A renowned management consultant and speaker, he is the Deputy Director of the Chanakya International Institute of Leadership Studies (CIILS) at the University of Mumbai. He tweets using the handle @rchanakyapillai and is also active on other major social media platforms.
Download or read book Acceptance written by Emi Nietfeld and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nietfeld’s gifts for capturing the fury of living at the mercy of bad circumstances, for critiquing the hero’s journey even while she tells it, make Acceptance a remarkable memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review A hard-hitting and hilarious memoir of ambition, desperation, and the dark side of grit Growing up in a house filled with dirty feather boas and fearless mice, Emi Nietfeld dreams of escaping to the Ivy League. Emi’s single mom believes in her, but can’t stop hoarding—catapulting Emi into the underworld of troubled teen treatment, foster care, and homelessness. When her shot arrives to trade sleeping in her car for the hallowed halls of an elite college, Emi must decide: How far will she go to market herself as a perfect “overcomer” when her problems are far from over? And what will it cost to maintain that illusion at Harvard and into adulthood? From journalist, mental health advocate, and software engineer Emi Nietfeld, this searing coming-of-age story is both a chronicle of the American Dream and an indictment of it. Exposing the price of trading a troubled past for the promise of a bright future, Nietfeld explores whether any amount of success can make trauma worth it. With a ribbon of dark humor, Acceptance challenges our ideas of what it means to overcome—and live on your own terms.
Download or read book Midnight s Children written by Salman Rushdie and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Booker prize and twice winner of the Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children is "one of the most important books to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (New York Review of Books). Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication--with a new introduction from the author--Salman Rushdie's widely acclaimed novel is a masterpiece in literature. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts. This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
Download or read book The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook written by Deepa Suhas Awchat and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your search for the definitive book on vegetarian and non-vegetarian Goan cuisine ends with The Goa Portuguesa Cookbook.Simple recipes which are easy to follow are its hallmark - making it the ideal purchase or gift for the novice or expert. The recipes are tried and tested and authentic. They are, after all, the same recipes used in 'Goa Portuguesa' - the renowned restobar that completes 20 years of its gastronomic journey on December 3, 2008, winning a stream of global accolades, awards and excellent reviews enroute. There is, expectedly, an abundance of seafood recipes for which the restaurant is justifiably famous. You will be delighted to find all of Goa's sought-after dishes in this book - Stuffed Crab, Goenche Wagh (Stuffed Jumbo Prawns), Stuffed Lobster, Fried Bombay Duck and of course Fish Curry -Rice, which alone is believed to be responsible for the 'sossegado' attitude of Goans! Vindalho, Cafreal, Sorpotel, Caldinho, Assado, Baffado, Guisado and Bebinca among other delights, represent the Portuguese contribution to the rich culinary heritage of the Land of the Gods. However, the traditional cuisine of Goa has been equally celebrated with the inclusion of a number of vegetarian dishes such as Bhaji, Shaak, Udithmethi, Khatkhatem, Sasav, Tondaks, Ross, Hooman, Manganem and the signature dish of the restaurant - Tender Coconut Cashew Sukke. And of course, there is that quintessential Goan dish - Chicken Shagoti to be mopped up with Pole or Wadde. Years of research and dedication to Goan and Portuguese cuisine are reflected in this book which will be evident from the first recipe you try. Welcome to a truly Goan experience!
Download or read book Book of Composition written by and published by Scholar Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crazy Like Us written by Ethan Watters and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson). In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of homogenizing the way the world goes mad. It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus is us. Traveling from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka to Zanzibar to Japan, acclaimed journalist Ethan Watters witnesses firsthand how Western healers often steamroll indigenous expressions of mental health and madness and replace them with our own. In teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we have been homogenizing the way the world goes mad.
Download or read book LOVE FIRST SIGHT TILL LAST BREATH written by Sumeet Verma and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About a guy, after completing his studies from a reputed university he struggled to seek a job. Travelled many cities for the same, in despair came back to his native. Later he went to attend a marriage party a turning point took place, where he saw a girl and fell in love with her. They became friends and the guy always tried to express his love for her but failed. Finally he planned to celebrate her birthday and brought 22 gifts on her 22nd birthday. Each gift had meaning so it took long time to select them. Meanwhile the guys got appointment letters from two organisations who earlier tried to get it. He went to Bangalore to join the job but came back to native especially for her birthday celebration. Then did not go back from that day his life got completely changed. This says “Love is Life, Love is Precious, Love needs Sacrifices.”
Download or read book Caravan to Tibet written by Deepa Agarwal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Debu sets off across the high mountain passes from Kumaon to Tibet to search for his father who got lost in a blizzard the year before. Adventures follow thick and fast—a forced stay in a monastery with a boy lama who takes a fancy to him, his capture by the cruel, enigmatic bandit Nangbo, who has magical powers, and a stay in the legendary goldfields of Thok Jalong. And finally—a heart-pounding, breathtaking horse race. Does Debu find his father. Does he win the race? Pick up this page-turner to find out!