A Prearranged Love - Anusha Vishnampet

People out there, getting married? Is it an arranged or “Prearranged” one?

This is a story of an independent Indian girl who is happy in her life and work. But who according to her mother is now of an age to get married. Her mother starts looking for a perfect groom for her daughter. She insists her daughter to at least meet these men and see if things can work out.

 A Prearranged Love by Anusha Vishnampet is a similar such story of Rekha Ramkumar who lives with her mother in Hyderabad. Having lost her father at a young age, she is very close to her mother and shares almost everything happening in her life. Her mother then finds a match for her and asks her to meet him. After debating for a while she agrees to meet him.

There comes handsome Arjun Kalyan. She found him good looking the first time she saw him. Then there starts the differences and argument between both when he calls her “Shorty”. With all the feminism in Rekha she definitely was not going to shut her mouth and says some nasty things to him. Both decide not meet again ever. Here’s how their blind date ends.

Returning home Rekha was sure she has to answer her mom’s questions. With daily routine in the office, there comes a new project for Rekha’s team with some IT company. As decided, she and her colleague reach “Softech” for meeting. To her astonishment she finds Arjun in the meeting room. What fate has to bring them now? Arjun had said some stuff which got her irritated but he was in awe with her smile and those dimples. And now both had to deal with each other. Work, presentation and meetings were all going good.

This book is one such piece that can make one remember the moments when one starts feeling for someone. With no twist and turns and no drama seems a true story. With easy and simple language each and every moment is beautifully emoted. With all its purity, it unknowingly brings a smile on your face.

Like any other Indian arrange marriage where both are in a kind of dilemma about commitments and marriage is what same is with Rekha and Arjun. After an argument about getting married, denying about not being ready but still cannot imagine life without the other, they come to a point where they had to take a big decision of life.

Rekha looking forward to getting married and Arjun not ready for the same, again puts him in trouble by telling this to Rekha. But her smile and every minute detail on Rekha’s face that he had looked for doesn’t let him stay away from her. Of course, he now was finally in love with her.

 Things now become interesting and with all the confusion and embarrassment, he finally speaks his heart out to her.

(PS: Someone is definitely going to cross your mind. Do enjoy the moment :D)

Lovely Read!!!

"The World Between four Walls" by "Aniket Bhandarkar"

“The World Between Four Walls” by “Aniket Bhandarkar” tell us about the life we live. It gives us a gist of last one year, challenges this year and a thought process of a society. Right from “the world we live today” to “accomplishing the dream of following your passion” – is what it speaks all about.

Every decision taken in year 2020 - be it Janata curfew, lockdown, politics criticism, rising patients, frontline volunteers, Wuhan blame game, awareness, quarantine, homecoming missions, entrepreneurs, online classes, kids, students, taking risk, following your dreams. One can find each and every aspect about the society and world well presented here.

The Author along with the situation prevailing in the country and over the globe has also mentioned his own life paths he chose to walk upon. The challenges he faced as Banker who had to go out of office to work along with his team in such pandemic. The kind of treatment he and his family had to face when he himself was tested positive. Even after taking necessary precautions beforehand, the society had already made their opinions.

Small chapters on different fields and domain and losses being faced by almost everyone – gives one a new perspective of looking at domains other than what he/she does. Probably one could get inspired to know more about them. Apart from mentioning these domains, a talk of the author with friends in these domains and how they overcame their fears and losses is more of inspiring stories.

Inside the four walls when he (the author) was placed in after testing positive was the time he had gone through all possible combinations of thoughts. This was the time when he might have thought about following his dreams. Once out of those walls he went for taking a big decision of his life by quitting his stable income job and putting his heart into writing. This lockdown with all the pressures of work, fear of life, concern for family, friends and relative and importantly of finding happiness – has brought out an author in him –with his first book.

This quitting of job and doing something new with no experience attracted eyes full of questions and declaring it as stupid act. The society has own mindset and perspective about each and every thing that is happening around.  We often tend to think about what others would say before doing anything. It is important that we find happiness in doing what we are doing. 

With all the chaos going everywhere, losses being faced, fear in minds and heart – choosing what makes you happy, being satisfied with what you are doing, taking risks, following your dreams and passion, trying hard and again to achieve your dreams is what this book presents.

This one line that really made me think is – “Why do we consider a simple kindness deed as revolutionary act? Kindness should be on the daily to-do list of all”.

With “positive being the most negative word in 2020” – stay positive in your hearts and mind. If something’s in your mind, get the best out of it.

Good Read!!! 

The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind - Dr. Joseph Murphy

Have you ever dream of something you were not thinking about? Have you ever said or heard someone saying “it is in your subconscious mind?” Yes. The book is answer to all your sayings, events and situations you face in your life.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy is a book of experiences and techniques. So apt and beautifully are the techniques explained, that you eventually will start following them in your daily life. “Infinite Intelligence or Divine Power” is the term used by the author for “subconscious mind”.

Our mind works in a certain way. It is controlled by our thinking and the mental pictures it create. The way our conscious mind accepts anything as true will be accepted true by our subconscious mind. For it knows no truth or lie, right or wrong. It will accept and work accordingly the thoughts taken as true by your conscious mind.

This is a journey of balancing conscious and subconscious mind. Any healing, loss, misery, fear can be turned into a blessing if one learns what to take in by conscious mind and accepted true by subconscious. This balancing has tremendous power to bring about anything good in one’s life by affirming positive belief. Your subconscious mind can bring you desired results in any field. The key to which is regular practice. 

This book contains beautiful proverbs and quotes. What I liked in the book is “points to remember” at the end of every chapter. They are so precisely given that even reading those can bring positive affirmations.

The book repeatedly tells us “what we are is all what we think”. The author has asked us to think what we desire. Create mental picture of what we ought to see as results. It is our thinking who had or is creating certain results or events for ourselves.

Turning pages you are gradually going to change as a person who will wish for peace and harmony in your as well as others life. It is a key to happy, joyous and successful life.

Remember, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (PROV, 23:7)

Wisdom Read People!!!