Dance O’ Peacock by Aruna Jethwani

Dance O’ Peacock“The novel opens up uncomfortable questions about the biological and social, lack and love and reform and rebellion–to which there are no easy answers. Dance O’ Peacock is a truly engaging account of a woman’s search for love, meaning and calling a search for herself.” – Dr. Sharmila Rege, Director, KSP Women’s Studies Centre, University of Poona, Pune“Dance O’ Peacock is the story of Neelam, an intelligent and independent woman. She struggles hard to get rid of the oppressing tradition of taboos. To find solace and to build up inner strength, she puts relationships at stake and rigorously strives for emotional and intellectual freedom; where she can have every right to nurture the weltanschauung of her own. Neelam’s voice against the tradition and history, that have thrown her into such a predicament, could be termed feminist.” – Dr. Khursheed Alam, Urdu writerABOUT THE AUTHORAruna Jethwani is an award winning author, writer and an educationist. She has to her credit two novels, self-help books, books of poetry, a biography, and has edited a collection of short stories. Her short stories are translated in regional languages. Her debut novel Another Love, Another Sky received AGI award in 2005. She has widely written for the national press. She has translated invaluable writing from Sindhi to English.Aruna Jethwani is the former Principal of St. Mira’s College for girls, Pune. Currently she is involved in creative writing and community work.Website: www.arunajethwani.com

Not for $ Anymore by Kalyan Vaidya

More than ever, Indians represent the essence of living in a globalised, highly interconnected environment. Kalyan has used these candid vignettes of his experiences outside India to illustrate the many complexities, delights and lessons of being an internationally minded, insatiably curious and forward thinking global Indian. Shanker Annaswamy, Regional GM, IBM India & South AsiaThe natural matter-of-fact with which Mr. Kalyan has put forth his wide experiences and learnings across 15 countries in this book is really laudable. The cartoon representation and the simple anecdotic mode adopted to highlight the requirements for a successful life is endearing. Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor Anna University ChennaiI marvel at Kalyan’s ability to capture under seven heads, a bewildering range of human experiences and I might add a large span of geography. I consider it a deft use of the literary technique of ‘miniature personal essays’. These writings put him in the class of some of the best practitioners, such as Devendra Nath Sharma, of this not so common a literary form. The texts simultaneously entertain and educate. Prof. Vinayshil Gautam IIT Delhi, Director – SpiceJet SAIL, GAILKalyan has managed to weave pearls of wisdom emanating out of his cultural background, moral values and upbringing, professional experience and cross-cultural exposure through wide travel into an enjoyable reading experience. Dr. B. Mahadevan, Dean-Admin, IIM-BangaloreABOUT THE AUTHORPursuing his passion, Kalyan moved from his last Corporate role as a Regional Director with a Multi National Corporation to being an independent management consultant (valinnova.com). As part of his career, he has been with Wipro, TVS, General Electric (GE) and ICI families. He is a gold medalist from College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai & has an MBA from Rutgers Business School, NJ. He teaches part-time at Nanyang Technological University.Kalyan lives with his family in Singapore. He can be reached at kalyan.vaidya@gmail.com