Differing shades, different elements, stories with a difference,
From feelings of nationalism To Love to guilt to mindgames par excellence.
about the author
Dinshaw Karanjia
Born and brought up in the south of Mumbai, Dinshaw Karanjia comes from a middle-class family. A post-graduate in accountancy, he is currently working with an MNC.
The time he spent with street children during his years of formal education influenced his life choices and led to his first published work – a poem Imagine, published in the annual report of an MNC.
His passion for cinema goes beyond the boundaries of time and space, and he moderates the Thinking Films group on Facebook. Besides writing and cinema, he enjoys travelling, and one can view his pictorial travelogue albums on Facebook.
Of Choices & Chances is his fourth book and The Dweller is his third book after So Be It and Awaiting Homeland. He would love to hear from you at dinshawis@gmail.com.
Of Choices & Chances
They say that ‘Casablanca’ is the greatest romantic movie of all time. Though romance is something very personal and individualistic, others crave to know about it and over time they have classified it depending on its degree of intensity.
Broadly love can be grouped into 3 categories:
General
The most common one symbolized by Maine Pyar Kiya, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and the like.
Divine
Love transcending the barriers of time and space, represented by Milan, Lamhe, and Sleepless in Seattle.
Angel
Love that did not realize but never diminished, epitomized by Mughal-e-azam, Devdas, Sholay (Amitabh and Jaya track), and Titanic.
A MUST-READ THAT BLENDS BOLLYWOOD MAGIC WITH REAL-WORLD COMPLEXITIES
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So Be It
Guilt. From the missed opportunity of stopping to lend a hand to a fallen fellow on the road, to willfully paying in cash to avoid taxes, to being a silent spectator to the atrocities of those in authority; has your conscience come to terms with it or does the guilt still linger?
Professor Siddhartha Kaul, a lecturer of Foundation Course in Model
College, led a life as noble as his profession. Educating inside and outside the classroom, Siddhartha was an idealist and he was as popular among his colleagues as he was with his students. With them and his colleague Simi, he promoted education to the less unfortunate; an endeavor which began with his building’s security guard Bhanu.
He had everything going for him, till one night, when based on his own suggestion, Bhanu had a run in with a bunch of law keepers. What happens when Siddhartha loses his first protégé Bhanu to his own advice? Did Bhanu deserve his fate and if not, how will Siddhartha face the guilt?
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Awaiting Homeland
Four stories. Each in search of their destiny and destination.
An American couple of Malay origin – Sia and Sam who want to raise their new-born in their native city, Kuala Lumpur.
A Chinese couple – Mandy and James who want to move out of China so they can have a second child.
Linda, a German on her career’s first deputation job outside Germany to Chennai, India.
Kishen Gopal, an Indian in Pakistan.
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The Dweller
There are people in this world with the ability to control other people and their karma.
DARK
Geniuses who have the power to lead other people.
Leaders who decide the future of other people.
DEEP
Teachers who guide people to decide. Lawyers who decide on behalf of their clients. Captains who order their crews.
Doers with the power to position themselves to decide, ploy and influence others.
DEVIOUS
All of them bound by their profession to perform their best and not falter. To not take advantage of their position at the cost of the other, for in the others’ wellbeing lies their success.
But this is not a story about one of such people. This is a story about a person who places himself in such a situation that he can read minds and influence them. Unlike psychiatrists, he does not do it as it is his profession… it is his way of life.
The thoughts of others are his hunting ground and you are the game!
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