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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalPradeep Gulati is a seafarer working with a multi-national ship management company as a Chief Engineer. He spent his schooling years in New Delhi before moving on for training in Marine Engineering in Kolkata and Mumbai. He has been working at sea since 1981. The nature of his work takes him around the world, and he wishes to remain an active seafarer for as long as he is medically fit. His main interests, apart from reading and writing, are travelling and watching movies. In the 1980s, his short stories appeared in magazines like Savvy, Chic, Beautiful, Eve’s Weekly, Youth Times, etc. His dRead More...
Pradeep Gulati is a seafarer working with a multi-national ship management company as a Chief Engineer. He spent his schooling years in New Delhi before moving on for training in Marine Engineering in Kolkata and Mumbai. He has been working at sea since 1981.
The nature of his work takes him around the world, and he wishes to remain an active seafarer for as long as he is medically fit. His main interests, apart from reading and writing, are travelling and watching movies. In the 1980s, his short stories appeared in magazines like Savvy, Chic, Beautiful, Eve’s Weekly, Youth Times, etc.
His debut novel, A Brief Candle, was published in 2013. He is also associated with writing the screenplay for a short film, The Inseparables, an official selection at international film festivals. Facets is his second book.
Pradeep Gulati is currently settled in Mumbai, where he lives with his wife, Kanika Dang, who is an actor by profession.
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SHADOWS can be driven away by a single ray of light shining at the correct angle.
Rishi, a marine engineer, sailing on ships braving the forces of nature, piracy and onslaught of rules and regulations of ship operation, had never expected to be drawn into a web of corruption, bribery, deceit and sex, when he shifts to a shore based managerial job. Nor had he expected to become the proprietor of a leading escort agency.
Dissanee, a small town gi
SHADOWS can be driven away by a single ray of light shining at the correct angle.
Rishi, a marine engineer, sailing on ships braving the forces of nature, piracy and onslaught of rules and regulations of ship operation, had never expected to be drawn into a web of corruption, bribery, deceit and sex, when he shifts to a shore based managerial job. Nor had he expected to become the proprietor of a leading escort agency.
Dissanee, a small town girl from Thailand, leading a simple pious life ingrained with family values, dreaming of taking care of her mother and brother, and being the best nail artist in the country, had never imagined to be drawn into the flesh trade and becoming a highly sought after escort.
Both are successful in the profession that life has dealt them, but haunted by shadows of the past.
Rishi and Dissanee are two individuals from different parts of the world, their lives intertwined by unforeseen and intriguing situations.
A young escort in Phuket who has closed her heart to love… A wife, who is forced into prostitution by her husband, endeavours to escape as a stowaway on a ship… A man whose self-destructive infatuation towards a Bollywood star ruins many lives… An unorthodox love between an Indian and a coloured girl from the apartheid-ridden South Africa… A speech therapist who makes a differently-abled boy’s dream a reality… A young boy who tries to understand th
A young escort in Phuket who has closed her heart to love… A wife, who is forced into prostitution by her husband, endeavours to escape as a stowaway on a ship… A man whose self-destructive infatuation towards a Bollywood star ruins many lives… An unorthodox love between an Indian and a coloured girl from the apartheid-ridden South Africa… A speech therapist who makes a differently-abled boy’s dream a reality… A young boy who tries to understand the social stigma attached to rape… A seafarer in England who is saved from disaster on a treacherous night by a mysterious woman… An unassuming man who ends his life, but does not forget his wedding vows even at the moment of death…
How will you react to these characters?
Facets is an intriguing collection of fourteen irresistible short stories that look at various aspects of human relationships. Cleverly drawn from everyday characters and incidents from various parts of the world, these ingeniously plotted story lines have unexpected emotions and twists.
Life is not meant to be a brief candle, but a flaming torch; however, sometime, the flame dies.....
This sums up Victor and Anju’s story.
Shy, awkward, introverted Victor Sood is the butt of many jokes and pranks from his high school friends, especially when he falls in love with his friend’s next door neighbour, pretty Anju. Fun-loving, confident, extroverted Anju loves to be the one playing the pranks.
He is around sixteen, she is ar
Life is not meant to be a brief candle, but a flaming torch; however, sometime, the flame dies.....
This sums up Victor and Anju’s story.
Shy, awkward, introverted Victor Sood is the butt of many jokes and pranks from his high school friends, especially when he falls in love with his friend’s next door neighbour, pretty Anju. Fun-loving, confident, extroverted Anju loves to be the one playing the pranks.
He is around sixteen, she is around fourteen. Both are on the threshold of adolescence, and opposite in temperament.
It is 1975. There are no mobile phones, internet or even an easy access to telephony. There are no satellite channels, and TV is one channel a few hours a day, with movie once per week. Victor gives Anju access to his collection of comic-books, through a common friend, and gradually gains access to her heart.
Time moves on.
Victor embarks upon a career at sea while Anju migrates to London after High School. Their plans for the future are coming together beautifully, when fate strikes.......
This is a heart-warming tale of young love.
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