12 books by Durjoy Datta, Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Nikita Singh, Orvana Ghai
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Overview: Durjoy Datta was born in New Delhi and completed a degree in engineering and business management before embarking on a writing career. His first book—Of Course I Love You . . .— was published when he was twenty-one years old and was an instant bestseller. His successive novels—Now That You’re Rich . . .; She Broke Up, I Didn’t!; Oh Yes, I’m Single!; You Were My Crush . . .; If It’s Not Forever . . .; Till the Last Breath . . .; Someone Like You; Hold My Hand; When Only Love Remains; World’s Best Boyfriend; Our Impossible Love; and The Girl of My Dreams—have also found prominence on various bestseller lists
Genre: Fiction/Romance
Now that you’re rich : Let’s fall in love!
For Abhijeet, Saurav, Shruti, Garima life is about to change. They have the most sought-after jobs in the country that will pay for designer clothes, shoes, watches, holidays in foreign locations . . .
But then, is life ever perfect?
Things begin to get tough from day one as they begin to work under bosses who are straight out of hell.
Things go from bad to worse as they fall in love and sleep around with all the wrong people. Then when recession affects the company, their bond begins to strain. Till one day, the very reason that got them together, tears them apart: Money.
She broke up, I didn’t!: I just kissed someone else!
This book is the third in line, which features the life-struggles and love story of the main characters, Avantika and Deb.The plot revolves around Debashish Roy, an average looking normal guy who is in love with a woman called Avantika. She, in turn, is beautiful and devoted to him. He had, in fact, helped her get out of a habit of taking drugs, hence the bond was formed.
Both the characters are carrying emotional baggage from the past, which eventually causes them to drift apart. While he keeps wondering why she has chosen an ordinary man like him, she has her own turmoil’s to deal with. The plot gets a twist when he cheats on her. However, sooner than later, they reconcile.But the story is not as simple as it seems, soon he cheats on her again, and things go on for a toss this time. The characters bring to the forefront the problems being faced by modern couples in today’s times: how growing mistrust and insecurities leads to infidelity.
Ohh Yes I am single..! And so is my girlfriend
Ohh Yes, I Am Single! And So Is My Girlfriend! is the story of a nerd who falls in and out of love. He wears his heart on his sleeve and hands it to anyone at the drop of a hat. He is the quintessential romantic and this book is a log of all the times his heart falls in love and is broken. Summary of the Book: Every love story does not have a predictable narrative and neither does Ohh Yes, I Am Single! And So Is My Girlfriend!. The book puts forward an open-hearted account by a love struck guy, Durjoy, who confesses every last detail of all his love stories to his friend. His angst and disappointment after every broken relationship grows more evident through the course of the book. The book takes a fresh approach to complex issues like love and infatuation. It takes you on the journey of a guy who falls in love as fast as he falls out of it. He is cupid’s favorite victim and love becomes even more enigmatic to him after every broken relationship. His insecurities in life cloud his thoughts often, and he sees even a fling as a potential relationship. This sparks him off on an endless and vicious cycle. What happens finally? Does he understand what love actually is or will he stay confused for long? These are the questions that will keep you turning the pages of this book with bated breath.
If it’s not forever it’s not love
When Deb, an author and publisher, survives the bomb blasts at Chandni Chowk, he knows his life is nothing short of a miracle. And though he escapes with minor injuries, he is haunted by that unfortunate day.His feet take him to where the blasts took place. From the burnt remains he discovers a diary. It seems to belong to a dead man who was deeply in love with a girl. As he reads the heartbreaking narrative, he knows that this story must never be left incomplete. Thus begins Deb’s journey with his girlfriend, Avantika and his best friend, Shrey, to hand over the diary to the man’s beloved.
Till the last breath..
The story revolves around two patients who meet in hospital room 50. They are living with different outlooks and vastly diverse life circumstances. One is a 19-year old medical student with an untreatable fatal disease. As she races towards her end, every breath to her seems like a milestone labelled with victory. The other is a patient with multiple organ failure due to a history of drug abuse. He cannot wait for his last breath to arrive.
These two polar opposites in the hospital room are fighting death, as their doctors bend rules of medicine and at some points, even their ethics to keep them breathing. With a team of interns and their personal demons from the past to haunt them, the story depicts various shades of two lives crossing paths in a single room.
Caught between their last moments, the two patients with not much in common, except their advancing death, share their tragic and inspiring stories and influence the lives of everyone around them. This book, prancing around a race towards death, is beautifully written and swells up the throat of the readers with tears at multiple points in the story-line.
Someone like you
It is a contemporary novel that revolves around the lives of five people who are looking for the right path in their lives. The book begins with the story of a girl named Niharika Singh, who considered herself to be ugly until her sister Simran gives her a wonderful makeover. After her transformation, Niharika realised that she is also as beautiful as every other girl whom she used to consider prettier than her.
When she goes into a completely new city for her college, she meets three new boys, Tanmay, Karthik and Akshat. Tanmay eventually becomes her best friend, Karthik ends up being a mysterious guy in her life whom she likes but always remains confused about him. Akshat turns out to be her sister’s ex-boyfriend but they start forming an unusual bond. In the story, there is another girl called Pia, who is Niharika’s roommate and her only friend in the new college campus.
Pia is already in a long-distance relationship with Vishal, but starts liking Tanmay, who is already in love with her. The storyline beautifully interweaves around the lives of all these five characters on their quest to find what’s right for them. While revolving around love stories and each character’s individual lives, the book also sends a message across that everyone cannot be trusted without much experience and
reason.
Even one cannot blame others without knowing all the hidden facts about their behaviour. Everyone has black, white and grey shades in their nature and different shades come out with different experiences and people around them. All these interesting things are described in a beautiful lucid manner, which makes the book quite an engaging read from the very first page to the last.
Hold my hand
The book, ‘Hold My Hand’ is a contemporary Indian fiction novel that reflects the true aspects of love. Revolving around the relationship of two youngsters, Deep and Ahana, the story reveals the true power of love and the sacrifices one has to endure for the one they love.
Deep is a handsome young boy. He is tall and has a sense of personality but what sets him apart is his awkwardness and inability to converse with fellow human beings. He is not comfortable dealing with humans but he is very eloquent when books are under consideration. He loves the world of books and always finds solitude within the pages filled with words.
His life takes an unusual turn when he gets a chance to do an internship in Hong Kong. After arriving in Hong Kong, Deep meets Ahana, a beautiful girl who is blind. Deep falls in love with her and then begins a spectacular journey of dreams, hopes and promises. Both of them explore the world within Hong Kong together. Things look good until Ahana’s ex-boyfriend comes in the picture. Will their love survive this test of destiny?
When only love remains
The story of “When Only Love Remains” is not grand or other worldly, but rather simple and true, making the story a comforting and easy read. The main characters of the novel are Avanti, who is a flight attendant and Devvrat who is a rising music sensation. He has got his own massive following on social media, however he has fallen into the trap of success, by resorting to drugs, suffering from bouts of depression and living a life that is alone and sad. This, of course, his fans do not know. Avanti is one such fan. Finally, when Avanti and Devvrat do meet, they are pulled passionately towards each other. What follows is a ride of love and fate. One of the best aspects of the book is the easy language that it has been written in, making it a popular novel.
World’s best boyfriend
The book is a complete package defining love, friendship, betrayal and hatred that exists between the main characters of the story, Dhurv and Aranya. The story revolves around them. Both hate each other and could cross any limit to hurt each other, but still they cannot stay away from each other. The mad yet passionate attraction between the two describes modern day relationships that most people can relate to.
Our impossible love
A romantic bestseller, ‘Our Impossible Love’ is centered around the growing up years of a young Aisha, her journey of self-discovery as a woman and love.
She is living with her brother and ailing mother whereas her father lives and works in a different city. The family is a close knit one but has a tough time in meeting the medical bills of the mother. For Aisha, her growing up is centered around brother, mother and close friends Namrata and Norbu.
As children, the brother-sister relationship is a close one, where sharing and playing together is great fun, but as they grow up, gaps appear and the brother begins to remain aloof and quiet in himself. As a result of increasing gap, their relationship drifts apart.
On the day Aisha turns eighteen, the birthday party date turns out to be a horror. All was well with Vibhor, her date for the evening, till something terrible happens. The experience leaves her devastated.
Danish, a young man is in awe of his younger brother, who is ambitious and an overachieving individual. He already feels lost out who may never find a woman to love. Being appointed as a counselor to Aisha at school changes all that. The two begin to develop chemistry.
The love story and relationships get more complex when the family learns that Aisha’s brother is gay. After the initial shock, the childhood sibling love comes to the fore and the family comes around to understand the complex nature of the young man.
You were my crush!: Till you said you love me
You Were My Crush!: Till you said you love me! revolves around the story of a guy and his relationship with different people. It describes his encounter with friendship, love and relationships. The protagonist of the story is Benoy Roy, who is the son of a rich and powerful man. He’s nerdy and lives a carefree life because of all the materialistic comforts he enjoys provided by his wealthy father. Amidst this fun life, Benoy’s mother passes away from cancer. This creates a tensed atmosphere in the house, which gradually strains his relationship with his father. With time, Benoy’s father hardly plays any role in his life and is almost non-existent. Soon his uneventful life sees some movement when he becomes friends with his classmate, Diya. Benoy is attracted to Diya’s sister, Shaina, when he comes across her profile on Facebook, while adding Diya. You Were My Crush! describes their meeting and how they fall in love with each other.
The Girl of My Dreams
We are in the car. She’s looking at me. I can see the love in her eyes for me. Then a huge crash. She’s flung out of the window. I’m thrown out too. A pool of blood. Her eyes are still on me… but now it’s a death stare. I am Daman and I wake up to this nightmare. Every. Single. Day.
Waking up from a long coma, Daman learns that he was in a massive car crash with a girl who vanished soon after the accident, leaving him for dead.
Strangely, all he remembers is a hazy face, her hypnotic eyes, and her name—Shreyasi. To come to terms with his memory lapse he starts piecing together stories about himself and Shreyasi from his dreams, which he then turns into a hugely popular blog.
When he’s offered a lucrative publishing deal to convert his blog pieces into a novel, he signs up immediately. However, he gives in to editorial pressure and agrees to corrupt the original edgy character of Shreyasi.
Big mistake.
From then on Daman is stalked and threatened by a terrifying beauty who claims to be Shreyasi and who will stop at nothing to make him pay for being a sell-out. Before Daman fights back, he needs to know: Is she really who she claims to be? What does she want from him now? What if he doesn’t do what she wants him to?
The Girl of My Dreams is definitely not your usual love story.
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