"Want to lose weight" is a mission statement for an increasing number of people. However the journey from statement to reality is really hard. By the time author Utkarsh Rai decided to fight the bulge and other health issues he was in his mid-forties and at a critical stage in his career. Even though weight management and good health had become an obsession for him the rigours of professional and everyday life turned these into arduous and torturous tasks. That is when he discovered "The Fitness Currency" and how it can make people "rich". However he asserts this is the only currency that can t be earned by anyone else for you.
A boy from Bihar living in Lajpat Nagar likes a momo-seller from the northeast; she likes him too but when he gifts her a token from his village his dreams come crashing down. Samar travels with his beloved in a DTC bus the only space in the city where they can meet but he s afraid to call out her name for fear it will be recognised. A couple shelters from rain underneath a flyover hoping for a moment of seclusion but staring eyes pour water on their dreams. And a girl lets herself into her lover s rented room finds a bunch of letters from his past flames and leaves him an unusual farewell note.
The author of the highly-popular "Banaras Talkies" Satya Vyas is one of Hindi s most exciting new writers. "Dilli Durbar" originally published in Hindi has now been translated into English by Vaibhav Srivastav. The novel is about making one s way in a "big city" and surviving the pitfalls.
Sudha is a woman with firm views on what she wants from life and from a relationship. Chandar is anything but sure. He is a salaryman forever postponing his dreams. He wants to do the "right" things but he also sees the allure of living on the edge.
