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Vadassery Thaiparambil Rakesh was born to Mr. K.A. Menon and Mrs. Rema Menon, in a sleepy village of Kerala, amidst the greenery of paddy fields, overflowing ponds and canals, croaking of frogs and the mysticism of snake worship. He remembers the gruelling travel that he and his elder brother had to go through, to reach the only English medium school in the area, sometimes having to swim across the canals brimming with the monsoon waters. Like most of his generation, Kapil Dev's bouncers and Gavaskar's straight drives made an impression in his mind. However, the financial necessity to earn a professional college degree got the better of his cricketing ambitions.He did his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Trissur. All the graduating batches are like the exploding seedpods of Balsam. Amongst the various seeds that were dispersed to the different corners of the world, he landed in the holy land of Gujarat. Having completed his MBA in Marketing from the acclaimed Maharaja Sayajirao University, he works in Baroda for a private company.Bitten by the world of magical realism of a Garcia Marquez, Thriller tales of a Maclean or an Archer, nationalistic fervour of a Tharoor or a Nilekani, he finally took his dive to the deep ocean of writing. Married to Ms. Nisha Ponnoth, they have a son, Rishi.

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TORNADO GIVEAWAY 3 - NIRANJAN NAVALGUND'S THE LIVELY LIBRARY AND AN UNLIKELY ROMANCE.

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Name of the book: The Lively Library & An
Unlikely Romance
Author: Niranjan Navalgund

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Unknown to Nayan, the library he inherits from his deceased father, is a mysterious place. Hiriya Halepu, Pu.Nayaka, Kapshi and and many others live there. They have a secret world with celebrations, romances, pangs of separation and conflicts. This is the Book-World. As two souls in this world fall in love, they encounter a strange predicament that separates them from each other. Things go from bad to worse when an unknown enemy sends a threat of destruction to this whole mysterious world. They call their resolute protector, Helmine, who unravels many unknown facets of this world, in an attempt to save it from the danger. The lovers struggle to find each other, and Helmine tries hard to decipher the threat messages. But will she be able to save this world from destruction? Will the two souls in love be united? There are no easy answers. Because, this is no ordinary Library, this is the place where books come to life.

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Niranjan Navalgund is a young chess professional who derives great pleasure in learning about life through the game of chess. He is a former National U-17 Chess Champion and a Commonwealth Silver medalist in the U-18 Category. He has been conferred with ‘Indradhanushya’ (2007) ‘Giants International Award’ (2009), ‘Kreeda Ratna’ Award (2010) and ‘Belgaumite of the year’ Award (2012) for his achievements in the field of Chess. He is a lover of words and occasionally tries his hand at writing stories and poems. He believes that writing is a wonderful exercise for the soul. Being a bibliophile, he harbours a special interest in the New Age Philosophy. Unusual stories excite him. He hopes to visit the Panda Zoo, someday. Niranjan lives with his family in Belagavi.

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TORNADO GIVEAWAY 3 - WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH LIFE BY GEETHA PANIKER.

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Name of the book: When I Fell in Love
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Author: Geetha Paniker

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An anthology of writings from a cancer survivor whose therapeutic writing will guide, inspire, and heal your soul. She lays bare all the aspects of private suffering yet points out how she overcame each challenge with grit, determination, and a healthy dose of childish delight and wonder. Profound thoughts narrated in a simple language. Her words and wonderful ability to blend with her surroundings, yet stand out by absorbing the essence of it all; will challenge you to look at life through a rebel's twinkling eye. Journey with this nature-loving, soul-searching, deep-thinking powerhouse. See what it feels like to touch rock bottom and build a solid foundation for a life made on her terms. A truthful story that continues to redefine the norm and gives you a glimpse into the life of a true survivor.

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Geetha Paniker is a retired primary school teacher. She has a unique ability to find beauty around when pain rains on her. It is this pain that keeps her grounded and humane. She is a teacher at heart, though she believes God and nature are the best teachers.

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TORNADO GIVEAWAY 3 - DARK THINGS BETWEEN THE SHADOW AND THE SOUL BY SUDHA KURUGANTI.

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Name of the book: Dark Things Between the
Shadow and the Soul
Author: Sudha Kuruganti

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Enter a world where demons fall in love with deities, the unquiet dead are exorcised with food, and the love story of a shapeshifter and an ordinary man ends in tragedy.

Featuring cross-dressing assassins, were-snakes, gods and goddesses, demonesses and asura kings, this collection of twenty two short stories retells famous legends to serve up age old tales from Indian mythology—with a twist.

With footnotes and an afterword to each story explaining the mythology to casual readers, these short stories will delight lovers of the unusual.

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Sudha Kuruganti has been writing since she was a kid of thirteen, first starting out by writing fanfiction of questionable quality. She's now working on a novel.

She loves books, anime, coffee, chocolate, manga, Beatles music, and dogs. Not necessarily in that order.

When she's not writing, Sudha works nine-to-five at a multinational organization in Gurgaon, India, crafting corporate communications.

In her spare time, she loves reading, working on various DIY projects, trying out new cake recipes and blogging.

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TORNADO GIVEAWAY 3 - THE TURNING POINT OF LIFE BY SURBHI SAREEN.

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Name of the book: The Turning Point of Life
Edited by: Ruchi Rai & Surbhi Sareen

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Life represents a roller coaster ride, it is thrilling and full of ups and downs. Life does not remain the same forever and everyday is a new story. But some changes are the ramifications of certain events that change the life for good. These may either build you or destroy you. This book has exciting and thrilling anecdotes of varied turning points of life and how they changed the lives for good. It has all the hues of life covered in its stories.

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Surbhi Sareen is a 22-year-old, young, chirpy girl who hails from Jalandhar, Punjab. She is a typical Punjabi by nature with big dreams in her eyes. She is a writer by choice and a book reviewer by profession. She has reviewed many books ranging from latest to classics. She is the contributing author of 'Case Files of The Dead', 'Love-A Sweet Poison', 'Book of Dreams','Crush 2' and the editor cum author of 'Turning Point of Life.' She also got her book review published in a literary magazine named 'AAGMAN'.

Besides writing, she loves photography, especially Bridal photography. She has a library in her room that includes books ranging from classics like John Donne, William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Emily Bronte,Thomas Gray, Christopher Marlowe, Bacon, Charles Lamb to latest writers Chetan Bhagat, Sudeep Nagarkar, Robin Sharma, Ravinder Singh, Paulo Coelho, Preeti Shenoy, Durjoy Dutta, Jhumpa Lahiri.

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TORNADO GIVEAWAY 3 - MORE THAN JUST DESIRE BY SUMMERITA RHAYNE.

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Name of the book: More Than Just Desire
Author: Summerita Rhayne

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The Bollywood diva who ran away

Piya walked out of an explosive situation three years ago. She married Arfaaz for security but left him facing chaos she created. Now she's back in Bollywood and searching for the crown she gave up when she ran away. In the competitive world of starry glamour, the only way she can begin her career anew is to trash the past and get a divorce.

The man who wants her atonement

Arfaaz is determined to get his revenge on Piya for making a farce of their marriage and leaving him to face the mudslinging. He forces her to keep up the appearances and stay with him so she can play the loving wife and repent on her sins. But Piya drives him crazy with her antics. On the top of that, the attraction between them sizzles and threatens to make him forget reason.

A passionate conflict

Piya knows she has lessons to learn but she cannot let this man enter her heart. There is too much to risk and she cannot afford to forget the real reason she has come back. Success is her mantra and her worship. She can be faithful to only her goal...

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Summerita Rhayne writes sensual romance which is sheer escapism with lots of emotional conflict. She first got published in 2013 and has won contests with prestigious publishers such as Harlequin and Harper Collins India. Writing, she finds, is the only way to deal with the numerous story ideas bubbling in her brain which pop up more rapidly than her keyboard can do justice to. Her pet belief is that even when writing time is in short supply, if the inspiration is strong enough, the story characters get a life of their own and will find a way to make the writer pen them down. When cerebrally confronted with the sizzling interaction of two Alpha characters, the only way to get peace is write their book!

At heart, she's a family person and even though she loves her medical teaching profession, she happily becomes a homemaker when not at work. She loves winding down with music, movies, cricket (strictly watching only) and social networking.

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