It Can't Be You- by Prem Rao

                                                                      

“ When Colonel Belliappa, Indian Army (Retd), a highly decorated war hero is found dying one night frothing at the mouth in anguish, there is no one else at home. Other than his immediate family. His wife, his daughter and his son.  Did he, who killed so many, kill himself to bury something dreadful from his past? Or, was he killed?

His death sets the clock back to his life as a career officer in the Indian Army. He fights with great valor in the 1971 war against Pakistan which leaves him physically and psychologically scarred for life. Years later, his aggression and maniacal bravery leads to a secret assignment. He is handpicked to command a crack team of Indian Army snipers as an irregular force to fight intruders and militants in the Kashmir Valley from 1989. Today, he is a partner in a flourishing and successful armaments firm.

The Colonel finds himself in a series of conflicts with his family, amongst others. Standing to gain from his death, they plan to kill him for their own reasons, quite unknown to each other. Do Colonel Belliappa and his family pay the ultimate price? For the spiral of vengeance he himself triggered some decades ago.”

Language: English
ISBN: 978-81-223-1157-0
Price: Rs. 175.00

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WRITE TO LIFE CONTEST

Cedar Books, an imprint of Pustak Mahal, is dedicated to exploring new talent in the field of fiction writing. The books published under this imprint are a product of fresh and vivid imagination of budding writers, enriched with refreshing language. Our Bestsellers include Rosha, Love on Velocity Express, among many others.

Pustak Mahal is a professionally managed, closely held, family-owned company that was incorporated in 1974 by promoters who already had over four decades of experience in the field. Having moved from success to success, the company today has over 1,500 titles, with at least 500 titles on the active list. Out of these, around 50 titles have been on the bestsellers' lists, and are still being printed even years after their first edition. Every year, the company prints over 2.2 million copies of different books.

We are inviting manuscripts in fiction genre. The well written manuscripts will be acknowledged and rewarded by us.

·         First 15 entries- 1 Winner- Cash Prize of Rs. 10,000

·         Next 16-30 entries- 2 Winners- Cash Prize of Rs. 7,000 each

·         Last 31-50 entries- 3 Winners- Cash Prize of Rs. 5,000 each

So hurry up and send in your entries to publicrelation@pustakmahal.com. Last Date to submit the manuscripts is Oct 31, 2010.

*** Non Fiction Writings are welcome, but will not be the part of contest. ***

Fallen Leaf, Withered Wind ...and Love- by Saikat Baksi

                                                                     

Two threads of lives lay there coiled into a single entity flickering like an eternal flame. The clock ceased movement. Night froze in silence. Sindhu clasped Samsara with frantic desperation. She breathed his sweat, love and obsession.

“I shall not go away…” Samsara murmured with a feeble hint of smile.
Sindhu released her slowly and pleaded, “Please…don’t”.

“But should I not go back tonight?”
Sindhu fell silent and nodded like a subjugated infant, “Yes”.

“You know Sindhu…
my life is like a weed rooted on barren soil
anchored with mindless resolve.”

“I know,” replied Sindhu staring blankly into the space.
“Yet I am a human but not a weed.
Often I long to get lost…
lost in some faraway land at least for some time.”

Sindhu laughed,
“There is the mistake my dear.
If you know the way back, you are not lost.
Are you? If you are lost…
you can never get back.
So…it cannot be for some time…if at all…forever.”


Language: English
ISBN: 9788122311334
Pages: 208
Price: Rs. 150.00

My Letters.... M.K.Gandhi- by Prof. Prasoon

                                                                      

My Letters” reveals not only the subject and object well but also the person, personality and attitude of Mahatma Gandhi. One can know real Gandhi through these letters, and his views about:
Vibhajan
Purna Swarajya
Bharat Chhodo
Ahimsa
Satyagraha
Asahayoga
Khadi
Harijan
Vishwa Yuddha

Gandhi’s determination and confidence, his devotion and dedication towards the greater cause of nation and humanity, have found profound expression in his letters.

Gandhi’s perception of each situation or issue is crystal clear and shown well through the letters. There is no illusion or dilemma. He had no doubt about what he was doing and what he was asking the people to do.

His ideas are clearly expressed in the letters. Such open and clear minds are rare. Without any shred of doubt, Gandhi was a rare figure.

“My Letters,” including Gandhi Re-introduced, is illuminating and will enrich the inner core. The letters are relevant and essential because of the global instability and terrorism.


Language: English
ISBN: 9788122311099
Pages: 240
Price: Rs. 250.00

GOD Does Not Play Dice- by David A. Shiang

Does God play dice with the universe? Do events happen by chance? Do we have free will? Was Einstein right in his assessment of quantum theory?

If you seek answers to such questions, you have come to the right place. In my groundbreaking book God Does Not Play Dice.

                                                                      

The final answers to such crucial questions can surely be achieved, and we can definitely go beyond the uncertainty and confusion that some scientists claim cannot be overcome.

• The final and only solution to the free will problem.
• Why Stephen Hawking is wrong when he says that there is `evidence` that God plays dice.
• The role of memory in solving the free will problem.
• The type of certainty that can be achieved.
• How past, present, and future are interrelated.
• Why key ideas presented by Richard Dawkins and John Allen Paulos are false.
• The reason why much of our worrying is misplaced and irrelevant.
• Why an important pillar of evolutionary theory is based on an incorrect assumption, making Darwinism `defunct`.

Language: English
ISBN: 9788122310153
Pages: 133
Price: Rs. 195.00

A River on Fire- by Jasvinder Sharma

                                                                      


This bouquet of short stories presents a true-to-life picture of the society before us. Instead of an imagined world, the storyteller through these stories offers a slice of life, a down-to-earth scenario in which the reader finds himself involved unknowingly.The writer having a good understanding of basic human feelings brings them out dexterously in these tales on divergent issues. These fine, tumultuous, powerful and heartfelt sagas are not just stories; these are experiences. Reading them, the reader does not remain solely an observer; he becomes a part of them. The stories open a world of fallacy, malice and maladjustment, and take him directly to it. This is the world that is already known to him, but he very often chooses to close his eyes to it. Brimming with unlikely and colourful characters, the tales offer a fine blend of irony and humanity, with some of them replete with heart-warming humour. The world of the storyteller has the fullness of human psyche, with its dreams, passions, awe and wonder. Despite the ambience of fantasy, hardcore realism, quandaries and predicament underline his stories.

Language: English
ISBN: 9788122310245
Pages: 191
Price: Rs. 95.00