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“You know all I did was lead a life on my own standards. I lived it through the toughest times. My parents died, I had no siblings, and I was orphaned. I was just 19 years old. What could a 19 year old possibly have done? My relatives said they would shelter me and take care of my education. I denied the offers because that came out of sheer sympathy and not from their hearts. I sat wondering what could be done. I didn’t sit crying over the fact that I lost everyone who actually cared for me. I took up a job. The whereabouts of the job are not important, why would you anyway care, just because you waited all day long? Alongside my job I did some diplomas to enhance my painting skills. And then I found you. You just became an integral part of my life. I thought of naming you behind two weird sitcom actors I had come across, Barney and Chandler, Bandler. Bandler the dog. You have just not been a dog but my friend. You waited for me to get back from work. Even though I kept...

        A Sequel to The Locked Door 1 ( http://nairgoks.blogspot.in/2011/10/closed-door-1.html ) Nihar now sits with his mom on the floor under the fan for dinner. His dad joins in as well but   it’s the same even now, he hasn’t been able to open up completely to his parents. The psychiatry sessions might have cracked a major part of his silence. Seven years of his lonely life might have changed his attitude and approach towards his parents. He was always more open to his friends than his parents.  Nihar never felt secured to open up his personal life. Perhaps being a teenager he thought some things are better, kept unsaid. He heard enough of his parents brag about the tensions and the pressures of their work lives which would sometimes change into personal glitches, especially on their children. Even silly matters which can be ignored would turn into major issues. Initially he would try to think about it but now as it was regular, he started to...

                                    Based on an incident witnessed by AVB Yet another pleasant Monday morning was here. The so called Monday blues never affected her. Monday blues are for those, she felt, who probably were out partying and have a hangover and hate the sheer existence of a Monday. If Monday didn’t exist, people would hate Tuesday. Hence she loved Monday just because it saved Tuesday from the blame. Dont Make The Baby Smoke! She spent her entire Sunday hosting a drawing competition in the nearby orphanage. She woke up to that satisfaction. She started her Activa and zoomed past her building. It was 10am. Tantra kept noticing the surroundings whilst riding. She saw the green signal tick down to 3 seconds and slowed down her vehicle and managed to stop just before the zebra crossing until the signal turned red. Some miscreants still passed by only to be caught by the...

Here are some snaps of the book launch which happened at Landmark (Pune) on 01/06/2012 1830hrs. The arrangement made at Landmark which was ready for the launch by 1600 hrs. The books kept in unison just next to the above arrangement. The Landmark manager giving a brief introduction of Mr. S. Hussain Zaidi. Mr. Zaidi starts off by apologising for the delay, well he made it on time but was waiting for Mr. Sanjay Gupta who apparently was stuck in traffic. Mr. Sanjay Gupta asking Mr. Zaidi to choose a chapter which the former can read out.  He reads the chapter which inspired him to make Shootout at Wadala. The prized possession, the first ever autographed copy. Sanjay Gupta autographs on the following page. Amidst the media, well they weren't much aware of the contents of the book, I managed to ask two questions. Excerpts: Q . Have you ever thought of writing on the international dons considering the fact that u have mentioned Jouquim (Mexican...

                                                            Engaging                                                                      6/10 S. Hussain Zaidi’s Dongri to Dubai-Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia comes after the bestseller cum critically acclaimed Mafia Queens of Mumbai. First things first Zaidi doesn’t disappoint us. Dongri to Dubai is the story of not just India’s but the world’s most wanted man-Dawood Ibrahim. Immense research has been done into the weaving of the events in this book. Its written in a dramatic style with a culmination of newspaper reports, police records and journalists experiences. The remarkable thing about the book is t...