Strokes Of Pen

 1.1.2023 "In the older wounds, And new hopes; During the crying nights, And every day's new sunrise Will my fate shine, this year?" - Nnikitta Dudannii © 2.1.2023 The sun was up when I woke up. It was windy yet warm. It was cold yet comfy. I felt happy. I have felt happier before but today, I was happy and I appreciated it.  I drove to my work and I thought to myself that something never changes - the traffic, the pollution, the rush, the 'being blind to other travelers on the road attitude', and everyone running to chase something. But today, I chose to register the trees, the road, the cool winds, and all things happy on the road - like a mother getting her child ready to go to school, a father dropping off his children, the tea vendor making tea for the commuters, the school bus having happy faces in them and all the things that Universe gave me.  3.1.2023 My workplace is exciting - every day it is a new exploration with counseling and therapy clients. ...

About The Book The book is a collection of 8 short stories, each unique and different from other, covering various facets of life, inspired by real life characters and incidents. The stories address the contemporary social issues like loneliness, binge dating, domestic abuse, social media addiction, celebrity worship and also contemporary environmental issues like pollution, dwindling water resources, declining fertility rate, chemical warfare, etc.  The stories also attempt to illustrate the pain and wounds of contemporary political issues like lynching, conflicts, refugees, etc All the characters seem very familiar and we can easily relate to them Book Excerpt Nargis It is 2030 and most of the water on earth is polluted. In the beginning, it was industrial pollution that rendered most of the water beyond human usage and then the water wars that followed resulted in the extensive use of chemical and biological weapons, which further left the remaining water sources tox...

About Author Young Adult and Children’s novelist, Aniesha Brahma, studied Comparative Literature. She started her career has as a social media manager in a publishing house. Currently works as a senior content writer in a digital media agency. When she is not working, she is dreaming up stories, conducting sessions for her popular YouTube Series, Chai & Chill, or planning how to get even more books and bookish content to readers via BUZZ Magazine.  About The Book   The Backyard Tales is the story of the bond shared between 17-year-old Mia Basu Roy and her beloved cat, Pippo. She seems to understand him far too well for a human. And he seems have another life that Mia begins to suspect. She follows her cat to their backyard and down a very dangerous road which leads her to witches, talking animals, and a story that’s much bigger than what she initially suspected.   Read this story to discover all of Mia and Pippo’s secrets, be enchanted by magic, and get th...

About The Author Charmeljun Gallardo is a former Radiologist and author. His first book is Ready for the World young adult book series. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Creative Writing degree in 1996. He is a writer, photography enthusiast, sports fan, movie geek, stroke survivor, and an adventurous foodie. He lives in San Diego, California with his wife and son.  About Book Ready For The World - Driver’s Education:   All Brandon Delacruz is asking out of his young life is popularity, riches, and the girl of his dreams. But what he does have are good grades, a ten-speed bicycle, and his two lifelong friends, Josh and Ally, at his side. And together, they’ll navigate their way through the rigors of high school life. But unlike high school, real life doesn’t come with study guides. Brandon realizes that the girl he’s always dreamed about has been there all along. And as he untangles his feelings for Ally, something tragic happens to her ...

About Author  Charmeljun Gallardo is a former Radiologist and author. His first book is Ready for the World young adult book series. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Creative Writing degree in 1996. He is a writer, photography enthusiast, sports fan, movie geek, stroke survivor, and an adventurous foodie. He lives in San Diego, California with his wife and son. In an exclusive chat with strokesofpen.com; Gallardo debunks some of the common questions around his book and life. Tell us something about yourself, your life. I grew up mostly in San Diego, California but since my dad was in the US Navy, I also lived in Japan and Guam for a time. I went to college in San Francisco where I earned my degree in English and later became a Radiologist. Seven years ago, I suffered a stroke that severely limited the use of my right arm and right leg. I can walk, albeit slowly, and do need to use a cane at times. But I have to do every...

About Book & Author Irrationally Passionate by Jason Kothari is a book about dreams, struggles, and achievements. In this book, Kothari has shared his life-changing events and incidents tha t helped him develop his entrepreneurship skills. He has been open and honest about his life struggles such as facing bullying, coming face to face with gangs in Hong-Kong, to being almost lost to addictions – everything has been conveyed as it is! There has been no shying away in expressing the journey. And, these things make this book more interesting to read. I just dived into it and kept reading it in a smooth flow. The writing is in story-telling style, which keeps the interest together. The language is crisp, easy, and simple to understand. Since, the author has been open in conveying his life experiences; it makes the story relatable. For example: bullying is something that happens with a lot of people and while reading Kothari’s account, many people would empathize with him. Similarly ...

Since childhood, I had dreamt to a writer. I didn’t know what it will require or what skills I should develop before starting my writing journey. I only knew that I love writing as it is a channel of emotions. Little did I knew that I would be judged on basis of my grammar, context, content, spellings, and thousands other things that come along it. I wasn’t perfect – I knew it since beginning. But, everyone wanted me to be perfect. As I started to write, instead of focusing on the feel of what I had written, I was pointed out my mistakes. They said I have lots of potential but need to work on my grammar. They made sat with me and pointed my flaws; so I can be perfect.

I shifted this blog by shifting it to a website. I thought, I will be able to create a full-functioning website, which pays and gets me fame.  I also roughly invested 20,000+ in it. But, I guess, I wasn't lucky enough. After collaborating with people, who would help me in running it, my website failed.  I realized that my ambitions were too big than the reality. I had to shut it down and here; I am taking a U-turn and coming back to blog of words. 

The all-new Datsun- Redi-Go is a car, you have always dreamt off. With beautiful feature and all new comfort features, it is a dream car. Resonating with today’s young generation longing to be ever ready for anything – this car fits the bill by being designed accordingly. It provides you fun, freedom, and confidence whilst you are on the roads. I would love to test it in Ahmedabad. The sleek and comfortable features would make it an excellent drive in the busy streets. With that, its compact and small size is a perfect fit in the driving hazardousness. It would be easy to move and drive it in complicated and narrow lanes.

Author Name: Partha Sarathi Basu Publication Name: Collins Business

“Photography was something I didn’t decided to be. I just happened to fall into it. Hailing from Kanpur city, I started my Fashion Education at the age of 18 in Fashion communication at NIFT, New Delhi. Always having a bent towards fashion and aesthetics I wanted to make into a career where I could portray my imagination and enable the art to come out on the fore. Therefore, I kick started,” says Richa Maheshawari. Her journey has been interesting and wonderful. Read all about it, in the interview below:

‘Kidney’ by author R K Raj presents plethora of grave serious challenges of child labour, recycling, waste management, environment, and many forms of ‘divides’ in the forms of interesting and spell bound story woven around an orphan like rag picker with adopted ragpicker family in landfill area of Ghazipur. In an exclusive chat with Strokes of Pen , he shares his thoughts on the idea behind ‘Kidney.’

Shreya Chadha, budding, young talented lifestyle makeup artist. She has a charisma and originality in her works that is ever growing and is establishing herself as an esteemed makeup artist. She prides herself on versatility and attention to detail finding her greatest inspiration in fashion lifestyle and bridal makeup. She has an enduring passion for the arts. She has developed a love for the limitless nuances of lifestyle and bridal makeup along with hair styling. In an exclusive chat with Strokes of Pen , she shares her journey from dreaming to making it big in Fashion industry.

‘SHOPEZZY APP’ is an app that is on a mission to enable people to do their grocery/needs shopping within 3 minutes over mobile. They will be able to Compare, Shop and Save at the same time from choicest of their retailer via Shopezzy Marketplace. Shopezzy has launched its first app in this step to enable offline shoppers move over to mobile aided shopping and is alternate to users normal shopping list routine. The co-founder of the app, Mahesh Jakhetiya has been co-Founder of Ahoy! for past 4 years, which operated in B2B Space. He reckons that experience of working with Brands and Retailers in Ahoy! would come handy in ShopEZZY, as that'll allow him to create parallel revenue streams, and realize full potential of Shopezzy platform. In an exclusive chat with S trokes of Pen , Mr. Mahesh shares his experiences, which motivated him to develop this app. Read the exclusive details here:

Having a smart mobile is necessary today. It makes your life easier. Don’t we all like to update our status and life moments on the go?   It just shows how much you are addicted to mobile. For me, mobile is a device that is much more than that. My blog Strokes of Pen is a place, where I update about book reviews, interviews, and stories. For me, being online on desktop or laptop is not easy. Therefore, I like to do it from mobile.  I can update my blog on the go and anywhere. Moreover, using app to update my blog makes it easy since most of pics are stored in mobile. Whether I have to add visuals, audio, or both, it makes it easy for me. Nowadays, synchronizing data is common and in just some taps, you can have everything you need to make your blog more wonderful. The coming of apps has really improved over life. 

Image Source She loved eating yogurt, She would eat day and night, The other thing she loved, Was her hut. Alone she would eat, All flavors of yogurt. Strawberry, Lemon, Kiwi, Watermelon and even Chocolate. Yes, Chocolate yogurt; She had her factory of manufacturing it, Behind her hut, Away from everyone eyes.

Image Source Vejali was a vagabond. She was like a butterfly, sometime here, sometimes there. She did not have any fix place except her parent’s home. But she had left it since her late teens. She did not liked to be under someone. Better to have a life, she can handle than letting others taking decisions. Her job kept her busy and on toes. She travelled a lot. And had made an OCD that she would not stay in any company for more than one year. Whenever asked her, she used to say, “Staying with someone or something for too long makes you emotionally attach. And I do not want emotional complexes.” She was totally a wanderer. She explored, travelled, ate, enjoyed life more than anyone else. On such a travel, she befriended a group of gypsy and had a blast. They spent there days & night, partying, drinking, and smoking. She loved this kind of atmosphere. No guilt, no remembrance and no one knows the other person. On such a party night, when she was not too high, she sa...

Image Source Urvashi was busy with her morning household chores. She had to make tiffin, prepare breakfast, tea, make milk for kids, get ready for school, and prepare for other small things. This was a regular routine of her life. She had adjusted herself to it and her speed had increased a lot during last years.  Her parents could not believe that she was doing so much in her in-law’s place. Her maiden life had been easy. She was born and brought up in Dubai. She never had to ask for anything. She lived life a queen’s size. She had never entered kitchen and now, she was a master chef at her home. On such a conversation with her mom on skype, she said, “Mom, it is not so. I am happy here.” “Yeah. I can see that. Whenever I talk to you either you are busy in kitchen or with other household chores.” “So what’s the big deal in this? You too do it.” “I do it but to a limit. Just look at you, you have degraded to a typical homemaker. Why do not you start workin...

Image Source I love doing Tarot. It is recent passion that I completely love to indulge in. I have done so many readings till now, that I feel being a Tarot reader. I feel as it’s my skin, always had been; only I started taking care of it now! Love, Money, Career, and marriage – most of the questions revolves around this issue. After all these are, the pillars that make world go round. Ain’t it? I was so confident in answering because I had learnt that these questions would be at peak, of course, situations would vary. One day, I received a call from a guy, Naman. He was confused with the way, his life had flowed. I sensed something very sad by the way, he spoke. I finalized an appointment with him and then, he appeared at my door. “Can I come in?” he asked. “O Naman, is that you?” “Yes ma’am,” he said. “Sure. Come in. I was waiting for you.” “Thanks”, he came in and searched around the house. I asked, “Is everything okay?” “O yes!”, he sniffed...

Image Source Salt and Sugar are essential in life. No one can live without them yet they never meet. Something similar is the story of Sakshi and Sujal. She was a breeze of elegance, class, beauty, and elite(ness). She was on verge of building her own boutique – exotic and classy, just like her. Sujal was street smart. He wore colors and not fashion. He ran a medium sized cloth business where employees and their emotions were more valued than the notes, they earned. Something that everyone should learn from him. On a bright and sunny day, Sakshi was busy discussing her plans for her boutique. She searched a lot for a good cloth supplier and found Sujal’s company topping the charts. She immediately contacted him and fixed a meeting. They were supposed to meet at a café for discussing it. Sakshi reached there at the decided time and waited for him. He was nearly 15 minutes late, which irritated her. She was not the one who postpones the things so causally. Sujal arr...