Description
Storiesæsurroundæus. Stories about people like us who make difficult and oftenæcomplexæchoices that sometimesæastoundæus. You must have come across some people in your ownælifeæwho closely resemble the characters in these stories. Maybe you have gone through trying moments in your life too. For instance, have you ever been bugged enough with youræpartneræto want toæleave? Have you ever had to choose between love and money? Have you ever had toæcompeteæwith your partner? Have you ever felt that youræfamilyæweighs you down when it comes to choosing your partner? At times like these, haven’t you wished that things happened differently and that you could change how they ended? Now you willæcontrolæhow the stories in this book end. Each story centres on the life of an urban middle classæcharacteræcaught in aæsetæof circumstances beyond his or her control. A Hindu girl living in with a Muslimæboyæis suddenly in the glare ofæglobalæmedia in a reality TV show, a divorced cynical man faces the prospect of committing himself to a prostitute, aæhighlyætalented small town girl must choose between life and death. All must resolve the conflicts within their beliefs. Read the way the stories end in the book, but if you don’t agree with the ending, visit the website riturajverma.com for alternate endings. If you don’t like the way the stories end there either, write your own, and if youræendingæis selected, see it in print in the next printærunæwith your name in the acknowledgements. Hoping to change the world, one story at a time
