A Good Old Rumor! and other stories' - This book needs your ears please! Hurry!

  Dear friends,

                        Have you ever come across a rumor? Have you ever realised what havoc a rumor can play in one's life? Have you ever spread a rumor, just for fun or out of pure malice? How was the experience?

                        My book, a collection of slice-of-life stories deals with rumors and a lot more! A Kindle Countdown Deal will be on till 1st October, 2026 for my e-book 'A Good Old Rumor! and other stories' at www.amazon.com. This e-book will be available for just $1.99. 

                        Now this is NOT a rumor! Ha ha!

                        So hurry! Kindly consider purchasing an ebook. Read and review it and post your invaluable review at www.amazon.com. Eagerly awaiting your honest feedback!

                       Thanks in anticipation.

                       Priya 😁😃

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An Excerpt from the short story "Alan Great"

       Now where was I? Yeah, in Calcutta. My father was an officer with the British cavalry there. Tall, tanned and handsome. You should’ve seen him in his breeches, astride his stallion, The Stud. An apt title for him too! He liked to hold forth on all his experiences, wild and otherwise, in the Calcutta Club, every evening. It was as if he did things just so that he could extol them later!

      But weren’t you supposed to talk about yourself?

      Again interruption! (Wildly) Now I’m just going to leave. I can’t take it any more. When Alan Great talks, no one else does!

      Audience (meekly) Sorry again. Now we’ll behave ourselves.

     (Grumpily) O.K. One last chance.

      Now where was I? Yeah, in the Club. I was just a toddler then. I literally grew up in the Club. As a young lad of 10, I was pretty and charming. Fair, blonde and pink all over. I had my father’s teak-brown eyes. You see, my Dad Partho Mujumdar had married a ravishing British girl Suzie, my Mom. They were a handsome couple, the talk of the town. The life of parties! He was a devoted soldier and she was a devoted socialite. My days were spent in a Convent, on a pony and in the Club. Happy days they were!

      I’m seeing that you all are getting restless. Hold your horses! Ha, ha, pun intended!

      So, things were pretty hunky-dory till I was 15.

End of the Excerpt

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Welcome to the world of renowned author, Shweta; winning jockey, Manglu; fading superstar, Suraj Kumar; ailing model, Seema; wannabe actor, Aishwarya; obsessive patient, Alan; greedy son, Biju; repentant mother, Mira; and a vengeful father’s spirit! Read this collection of pithy stories and find out how they deal with life-altering situations! Save your reactions for your invaluable reviews! Happy reading, folks!

138 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 17, 2017

The copyright of this book is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan.

A Good Old Rumor! And Other Stories - An Excerpt From A Short Story

 Dear friends,

                        Have you ever come across a rumor? Have you ever realized what havoc a rumor can play in one's life? Have you ever spread a rumor, just for fun or out of pure malice? How was the experience?

                        My book, a collection of slice-of-life stories deals with rumors and a lot more!

 A Kindle Countdown Deal will be on till 1st October, 2026 for my e-book 'A Good Old Rumor! and other stories' at www.amazon.com. This e-book will be available for just $1.99! 

                                         Now this is NOT a rumor! Ha ha!

                        So hurry! Kindly consider purchasing this e-book. Read and review it and post your invaluable review at www.amazon.com. Eagerly awaiting your honest feedback!

                       Thanks in anticipation.

                       Priya 😁😃

P.S. On second thoughts, do spread the good word around, about this book... May God bless you!

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                                   Excerpt from the short story - Black-out

          “Have I come to the wrong house? I am sorry,” he teased and half-turned to go. She pulled him inside, shut the door and soundly kissed him on his lips. Since she’d taken up writing, she had ignored her appearance and was often dowdily dressed only in loose cotton night-gowns, with her hair messily knotted at her nape and held back with sundry pins. She claimed that she felt comfortable while writing and anyway she was all alone at home!

          Hence Sudhanshu had always been welcomed home by a harried author, who would take her time in opening the door and immediately rush back to her precious writing.

          She ignored her appearance as well as him. Fortunately, she still maintained her house, but he wondered how long it would be, before that too became a casualty to her literary pursuits. Hence he was pleasantly surprised by her immaculate and feminine appearance that evening. He felt buoyed by the fact that ‘junior’ too was not around. It had been months since….

                                                             End of the excerpt

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Ganpati Bappa Moraya, Mangal Murti Moraya!

 

The Times of India had published this write-up featuring my collection of Ganesh idols. 
My student had written it.

Some exquisite rangolis made by me with colors/flowers:

This rangoli pattern was copied from a rangoli book.

Taught by me during a craft workshop!

A design from a greeting card was filled in with make-up colors, turmeric and vermillion; by me.
Best out of waste!

A drawing with my husband Ramesh's name and my name (in Devanagari script) artistically incorporated into a Ganesha's image by a local artist at Saras Baug in Pune. This was gifted to me by my dear friend Jyoti Mulgundkar.

Some wall-hangings and photo-frames from my collection!

A rangoli book designed and published by me, containing my own rangoli creations!

Some of the Ganeshotsav decorations at home:

2026 - Dances of India, Unity in Diversity!

Goddess Laxmi's puja!

Some paintings made by my father, Sri Ramesh Sharma. Sometimes he would create his own designs, at other times, copy them from elsewhere and recreate the magic.

Lord Ganesha's images created by me on my PC! 

Some exquisite idols from my collection!

I have also been making scrap-books with hundreds of newspaper and magazine cuttings related to Lord Ganesh and Ganeshotsav. It is a work forever in progress...

I have some key-chains too, with varied figures of Lord Ganesh!

Ganpati Bappa Moraya, Mangal Murti Moraya!