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Societal Pressure

February 2, 2017 No Comments

I have found people smiling in those pictures where, they had confessed, they shouldn’t be there in first place.

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Anand Prakash is researcher by profession and writer by passion. In his fiction and poetry, he writes about relationships and their meanings. He has finished a collection of short stories and a book of poetry on relationships. Some of his experimental fictions have appeared in z-composition, Crack the Spine, Fictitious magazine, the Delinquent issue 20, Miser magazine issue VII.

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The Witch I Never Know

The Witch I Never Know

The Witch I Never Know
Decision Series
Book # 4
After listening a horror story from their mother Lata, Bannu and Bhavani headed to see the local witch at the village's bus stand. Bannu had been told about the witch by his mischievous friend, Jeevan. Then he told his sister, Bhavani, to tackle the witch. Did they really meet a witch or someone else? If they did, why did their parents lecture Bannu for misguiding his sister?

Chicken I Have Been

Chicken I Have Been

Chicken I Have Been

Summary
Lata had decided that she would take her son Bannu to the Annual District Games at Surya Public School to participate in a 200 meters’ race. But Bannu had absolutely no ideaof this, and he was scared from the prospect of participating in a race that he was destined to lose. Against his wish, however, he found himself standing in the middle of the playground with other race participants. His legs trembled. The referee blew the whistle. What would Bannu do? How would he feel about this decision? How would his mother respond to Bannu's decision?

Attack of Mutants: Krishna Series Book 1

Attack of Mutants: Krishna Series Book 1

Attack of Mutants
Krishna Series Book #1
In this book, Krishna's childhood myths are retold in brand new style sprinkled with sci-fi and fantasy elements yet keeping the stories rooted to texts (Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana), thus creating a new mythology for Krishna's childhood that is relevant in today's context.
In this book, animal mutants constantly attacked Krishna. How were these mutants created? Who created them? How would a naïve albeit a brave child survive the onslaught of mutants? Who was behind these attacks? What did his parents feel when he was being constantly attacked? And how these tales are resonant in present world: what would a kid do if he or she faces such inner or outer demons like? Can he or she affords to be brave like Krishna?
Childhood isn’t supposed to this dangerous.

Judgemental Tones: Social Poems

Judgemental Tones: Social Poems

“Judgemental Tones: Social Poems" is a poetry book written in response to questions posed by society to someone who resists the conventional ways to live the life. Simple things such as childhood, affair, love, marriage, old age, life choices etc are met with biasness, abandonment, indifference, depression, and sufferings of all sort. This collection attempts to offer notes on survival in the tyrannical society.

Circa 2018: Modern Indian Poems

Circa 2018: Modern Indian Poems

“Circa 2018: Modern Indian Poems" is a collection of realistic poems dealing with problems plaguing India in 2018 and probably will continue to do, if we don't learn from our mistakes. The collection has poems ranging from societal differences, religious blindness, assassination of rationalist, current lifestyle, flawed choices, cow politics and tortured kids, adults, and trees. These poems were written with the hope of develop societal empathy and love for fellow humans.

I’M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE: BREAKUP POEMS

I’M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE: BREAKUP POEMS

I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE: BREAKUP POEMS is a collection of post break-up poems where lovers ask, "Why break-up happened?" and most importantly, "Why it happened to me?" Lovers oscillate between reminiscing their old love and exposing current wounds of soul. Such vacillation of love has left them perpetually torn between loving and letting go. Seeking transformation through lessons from failed relationships, lovers meditate on love induced joy, ecstasy, grief, madness, addiction, affairs, obsession, revenge, reunion hopes, and suicidal tendencies.

Summer Trip

Summer Trip
Summer Trip Our decisions define us and our life is full of them. In this short story, Ramesh's family planned a visit to Lata's parents. They didn't have enough money for bus fare. When the family travelled without bus tickets for all of them, Bannu found himself caught in the web of sacrifices.

TAKEN AWAY: A Psychological Thriller

TAKEN AWAY: A Psychological Thriller
Aaron Howe, an undergraduate student, finds himself in Oyster University hospital room. The police officer accused him of drunk driving and destroying public property. He can't afford to get anymore citations else he will be kicked out of the college. He remember meeting a girl named Cacillie but doesn't have any idea how did he end up in public property. He thinks the girl is playing a game with him. Neither the police officer nor the consultant psychologist believed he is innocent. This is not his first meeting with the psychologist; he had met him in the past. The psychologist reveals that his close friend, Brian, is in district prison serving the sentence for rape. How are Brian and Cacillie linked to Aaron's current condition? Or Aaron is the one responsible for his current predicament?

Breakup at a Coffee shop

Breakup at a Coffee shop
Kelly and Ace were in love. Not anymore. Ace slept with a girl. But that wasn't the only reason she broke up with him. He pursued her relentlessly, for he didn't know what else to do. Struggling to survive the breakup, she realized soon, wasn't easy. Hunted by a headless demon in her nightmares, she took refuge in a metaphysical coffee shop which was rumored to cure the people suffering from complicated relationships with a special drink and a non-religious prayer.

Broken Angels ( Collection of Very Short Stories)

Broken Angels ( Collection of Very Short Stories)

Broken Angels ( Collection of Very Short Stories)

It's a collection of flash fictions.
Part experimental, part interior monologue, part meditation on society, part curated from news - online and in print, sprinkled with non-fiction and scientific seasoning, this novella in flash uncovers fear, vulnerability, wounded ego, age old bias, acceptance, religious cataract, and others to challenge the definition of love.

The Thief of Small Things

The Thief of Small Things
The Thief of Small Things Our decisions define us and our life is full of them. In this short story, Lata finds that her son, Bannu, has become a compulsive thief. No amount of advice or punishment can stop him. Bannu's friend Jeevan is instrumental in sudden shift in his behavior. How and when Bannu will decide to leave stealing for good?

Blue Letters

Blue Letters
Our decisions define us and our life is full of them. In this short story, Lata finds that her outburst has no effect as her son, Bannu, shows no improvement in his studies. Bannu writes letters to explain his disinterest in studies. Lata has to decide whether affection can be a way to cure his disinterest.

Blind God

Blind God

Blind God
Mythological Poems
It's a collection of mythological and religious poems where I have re-interpreted the characters or events from Ramayana, Mahabharata, Purana, religious books and religious clippings from the newspapers . The poems of this collection have popular mythological characters like Krishna, Arjuna, Bhisma, Rama, Sita, Dropadi, Kunti or marginalized characters from like Karna, Vidura, Shatrughana, Dadhichi, Sambhuka, Dashratha, all telling their stories anew or asking the questions which have not been raised before. I have this feeling that history repeats itself and if don't learn from it, we are bound to repeat it forever.

Thieves of Joy (Collection of Very Short Stories)

Thieves of Joy (Collection of Very Short Stories)
These twenty five very short stories targets happiness killers, joy stealers, peace destroyers like comparison, jealousy, guilt, racism, addiction, perfectionism, dependence on destiny, and many others, all of which one must conquer to develop self-love, acceptance, and development of sustainable relationships. Target audience: 'smartphone' and 'busy' generation who may not have enough time to finish a long story (shortest story in this book is 20 words and longest story in the book is 632 words). Hope these shorts make you see life in a different light.

Cost of Dreams

Cost of Dreams

Customer's review for Cost of Dreams

5.0 out of 5 stars.
great book, among the "must reads"

https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R8GJKULF93KT9/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01M0DY3D7

5.0 out of 5 stars
the protagonist of the story compromises her younger children happiness for her eldest’s studies,

https://www.amazon.com/review/
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