Book Review: Dear, I Hate You

Author: Nitya Prakash

Format:Paperback & Hardbound 

Language: English 

Pages: 152

Price: 200

Publishers:Power Publishers, Kolkata 

ISBN Number: 978-93-81205-31-0

About the book:

A book that’s going to be a bestseller: seems to have vengeance and pathos etched out of the very heart that was once docile and innocent to the cunning ways of the world- the running praises of the book, and even my pixie ears told to give it a try. Time to time chat with the author- Nitya Prakash and the stunning cover made me do something only reserved for more dearie books. Yes! The trotter carried the book along with her, tucked safely in her backpack. Each time the co passenger dared to peep- I grew super possessive of Nitin, then of Toolika and then of Shenyl and Divya. Kicking off my addiction to bound papers (read books)- lets plunge into Nitin’s life and predicament- for every tear has a story to tell.

First of all the commoner lines. The story starts with an accident of a young man- and there is also a lady looming around- keeping me guessing- will there be chemistry between the two. I tell my athletic brain, “dude! halt- it’s got to be flashback!” and yes my voice was right. Dear, I hate you- is a story of a man craving inwardly for love and like most of his fellow “men” is confused when his heart wins over his senses. The “tin yaari “/ the three musketeers- Kabir, Manav and our Nitin seem to be tied from their days spent in cradles. And the ties thin out only when schools days bid them melancholic farewell. Life takes a full swing when Nitin encounters with his college life and becomes a soft victim of ragging. But is Dear I hate You about student abuse? No! it’s about a journey of a boy growing into a man- winning hearts, accolades and committing the mistake of not telling a white lie to his childhood crush. A death marks a black hole in his fate-making me thinking- stories of our lives or most original than the fiction we urge to pen down.

Nitya keeps telling me- Dear I hate you is based on real incidents. So there was one Toolika who loved one Nitin perhaps like Eustacia Vye- and also a friendly Shenyl  and a Divya—Keeping questions unanswered for readers to judge. Honestly Nitin, seems quite an emotional being- man of the world- not a playboy- but a playful boy- who grew up only when life was too eager to write down his ending chapters.

About The author:

Nitya Prakash is a versatile personality - a writer, a banker, a management expert, an investment consultant, corporate trainer, software engineer, motivational speaker, media man, columnist all rolled in one. He is the author of the much-hyped romantic novel ‘Dear, I Hate You'. He was born and brought up in the city of nawabs – Lucknow, UP (India). He did his computer graduation from Lucknow University followed by an Executive Services Management Programme from K.J.Somaiya, Mumbai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Management from ICICI Manipal Academy, Bangalore. He has been an all-rounder. He is NSDL and AMFI certified, which enables him to work as an investment consultant. He had been the Chief Editor of “Chrysalis” Magazine - ICICI Manipal Academy. He is a ferocious reader and prolific writer and has been regular in writing many youth awakening articles in The Times of India and many other reputed magazines. He has co-authored two International Research Publications and presented many research papers at International Conferences. He has worked as an ‘International Trade Manager’ at ICICI Bank and also as a ‘Program Officer’ at MicroSave India. He is presently on the trail of his next novel “R.I.P.- Rest in Peace”. Apart from that he is also writing the screenplays for few major production houses in India and abroad. To pay his bills he works as an independent trainer and counselor in the management sector in India and also as a columnist with NewsLaundry.com . He can be contacted at prakashnitya@ymail.com


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website: NityaPrakash.com
Fb page: dearihateyou

Book Review: Dear, I love You

Author: ARUN SABTHARISHI   
Format: Paperback
Language: ENGLISH 
Pages: 208
Price: 125
Publishers: MAHAVEER PUBLISHERS
ISBN Number: 8183520871












About the book:

It’s one of those times, when the ladies chose the path of resilience and men opened the gates to their emotional mind. Otherwise, you don’t find a boy falling in for a girl, wooing her till his wits’ end and finally crossing all limits to win every bit of her heart…so on and so forth. Dear, I love You- is not a whisper from Arun Sabtharishi. It is tale of a man coming to realization, surviving through the plight and holding strong to his belief. (Though childish rendition and at times quite testing).

So when the Cupid strikes in between the pages of “Dear, I love you”, Gautham could hardly take any cover- he becomes a point blank victim- forgetting to mug up formulae even when he knows the exam death knell is grinning at him. It’s not a story that can be framed into the phrase- “luck by chance”. Its rather chanced upon luck- that a boy says “nay” to his engineering studies and plots ways to immerse his subject of admiration with chocolates to begin with. And how does Anu respond- she takes jittery steps and joins in the roller coaster of eddying emotions.

Sometime or the other, love demons- or more respected parents are to find out of the clandestine relationships and there comes those pristine clauses and those epic misunderstandings. “Dear, I love you”- labors at justifying love at the altar of the unaffected gentry. It smooths away the tenderness of love with immature hands. Further on, attempts at giving life a second chance. The monotony hits me somewhere in the middle and I think Arun could have harness somewhere control and weaves the intermediate chapters- somewhere concealment of feelings could have created better reading experience.

Arun though makes some flaws here and there- draining the flow of the narrative somewhere and making the story read like a dairy. Keeping up to the trend he too starts with a twist, keeping me wondering falling seems to be ignorant of aging. Jokes apart- what begins with a secondary plot- justifying ends with the same? And why am I complaining- Dear, I Love You- is more or less a college life journal whose epilogue is only mature- the rest is just your cherry topping on your weekend sundae at the café. 

About the author:

Arun Sabtharishi, born in Trichy, a city in the southern India; is a jaunty, insouciant, amiable and blissful young man. He did his under-graduation in Computer Science at Sastra University, India. He is now a candidate for Masters of Science (Computer Science) in University of Texas, Dallas in United States of America. Apart from being a tech savvy computer guy, Arun spends considerable amount of his time reading quality novels across myriad genres, a vivid movie lover, and a cricket fanatic.
He can be contacted on arun.sabtharishi@gmail.com or webpage www.arunsabtharishi.com. He can also be seen on the Facebook and Twitter too.




Further details:


Website: deariloveyou.com / arunsabtharishi.com
FB Page: deariluvyou