Synopsis

Sameera the artist paints these semi-starved women with brilliant haunting eyes, despite wanting to create fat, sensuous females. She realizes a little too late the reason of it all…

A lonely child in Dragon's Day Out, in sheer boredom explores the mysterious library of his grandfather. He flicks through the pages of an old tome, and opens up an endless round of adventures with the curious dragon. Set in the desert town of Jodhpur, it explores the contradictions, pulls and pressures of modern life against the backdrop of ancient forts and palaces of Rajasthan.

In democracy, holding fair and free elections are extremely important for it's people. Continuous political instability led to frequent general elections. A silent, long suffering people, put up with yet another round of voting stoically. Particularly unhappy was this boy who had to stay alone in a big house as both his parents went for election duties. However, it was a small consolation to have his servant Jung Bahadur also in the house, the young man was in for some surprises!

The Cadaverous chief, is a man with a long history behind him. As Kolya his grandson realizes that his evil machinations, cynical abuse of power and people have left no one untouched within his sphere of influence. No, not even his beautiful mother whom he adored….

The voyage back to his native place of Swami Anukasa, the celebrity guru, in Forsaken Gods is filled with obstacles as his disciples and followers play out their own games. He however manages to escape their over concern with the connivance of a son of an old friend, only to discover that he was really and truly abandoned by all…

Forsaken God and other stories is an anthology of superb tales of suspense. The weak, the exploited and the deprived attempt to wreak revenge on a complacent world.

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