SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Every person has a unique, sensational story in his/her life which is just waiting to be told and his / her dedication, passionate living transforms that story into a mind-blowing , grand novel. Novels : Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less . Shall We Tell the President?, First Among Equals, A Matter of Honour , As the Crow Flies, Honour Among Thieves, The Fourth Estate, The Eleventh Commandment, Sons of Fortune, False Impression, A Prisoner of Birth, Paths of Glory. Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter ,  Prison diaries : Hell- Belmarsh , Purgatory - Wayland , Heaven - North Sea Camp . Short Stories / Collections : A Quiver Full of Arrows , a Twist in the Tale , Twelve Red Herrings , The Collected Short Stories , To Cut a Long Story Short , Cat O'Nine Tales , And Thereby Hangs a Tale , The New Collected Short Stories Clifton Chronicles : Only Time Will Tell , The Sins of the Father , Best Kept Secret , Be Careful What You Wish For , Mightier Than the Sword ...... And s...

A , B , C ... T ... I checked that list twice, thrice but my name was missing. There was no 'Sujata Tawde' in the passing list of Para Social work-entrance exam.  I don't remember how I returned  home   and collapsed in the arms of Aai, how she comforted me and made me sleep. I did not want to get up ever and face the cruel world. I wanted to die and that's that. But life is not that easy. It demands living, death can not be ordered on Flipkart. I had studied like a zombie for that exam. Every day I got up at 4 in the morning, so that I could study and reach office at 10 a.m. As soon as I returned  home  at 6.30 p.m., I would eat Varan-Bhaat and continue studying till 11.30 p.m. I had lost the sense of the world. It hardly mattered to me what's happening around, while I was preparing for the exam.  Next morning, after that horrible results, Aai handed me the news-paper and asked me to read a SC ( Single Column news ). It was about the ...