Cover of my new book 'We, the Bachelors'

The book talks about the existence of the Bachelors in our society. It focuses on how Bachelors have somehow been wronged by society by not fully acknowledging their contributions. The theme of the book is supported by six stories based on six different fictional characters and focuses on the important role that a Bachelor plays. The characters in the stories belong to professions like a life insurance policy agent, a hand rickshaw puller, a call center employee, a movie ticket scalper, etc.

Where and how to buy it ?

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Phone: (020) 66025983.

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Sample chapter from my book 'We, the Bachelors'

I have uploaded a sample chapter from my latest book in a document. It can be read at
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AQvzkSHAfCYkZGZ2Nnpod3dfMGMzZ3ozZGRi&hl=en

Epilogue of 'We, the Bachelors'

Nearly a decade later, Prakash’s mother was sitting in their drawing room, having just finished the last story from the book written by her (now) fully grown-up boy. She closed the book and kept it on the table. Prakash was eager to know what her response would be.
Finally, Prakash’s mother looked towards him and said, “Writing is as pure as a mother’s love. Son, I think that you have done a great job by writing a book on the issues related to bachelors. You have elaborated the concept with good examples. The stories demonstrate that bachelor have somehow been wronged by society by not fully acknowledging his contributions.”
“Mom, as you read in the book, there are hundreds of alert Nandus working at a call centres day and night providing support to customers, hundreds of Akhileshes who insure the life of the central family person, many Munnas who show their humanity in case of disasters, and countless rickshaw drivers like Shiva who drain out their bodies to take the next generation kids to their school. But no one mentions or notices them,” Prakash said. Mother nodded in approval.
“Also there are many poor but hardworking boys like Chaman, who are born with a big fortune in their destiny. But they are disliked by the society and considered to be treated as dogs. But people salute them when their time changes,” Prakash added.
“I agree with you,” Mother replied.
“The hardworking bachelors play their indispensible role and drive most of the country’s economy. The country gets huge income tax from some of the bachelors with high pay packages. Even there are several young, unmarried entrepreneurs who help the country significantly. Also look at the high amount of donations paid to NGO’s by some of the NRI Bachelors who still feel a bond with their motherland.”
“That’s true Prakash,” Mother said, supporting her child’s argument.
“But I never understood, whenever any elderly uncle notices a black polythene bag lying around the residential area, why the primary blame goes to the bachelors residing in that area? I personally have heard many uncles saying to the bachelors, ‘You are self-centered males. What does the society get from you?’ After hearing such comments, the blood in our veins starts to boil. It is no less than a racist comment. Why should bachelors be treated like this? It is a shame on those traditional thinkers, who define the society as ‘only couples are included’. They should understand that we, the bachelors, in fact are and will remain an integral part of the society.”

To whom 'We, the Bachelors' is dedicated ?

My book 'We, the Bachelors' is dedicated to the following people,

-Those maai ka laal’s who need to leave their Matrubhumi, in search of their bread and butter.
-Those boys, who stay away from their parents for earning money, but support them financially by sending money on a monthly basis.
-Those brothers who need to support their younger brother’s education right from their first salary they get in their hand.
-Those brothers who need to leave their sisters at their hometown, so as to manage the money needed for the dowry for their sister’s marriage in their society.

Contents of 'We, the Bachelors'

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Prologue

#1# Munna - A (black market) movie ticket seller
#2# Chaman - A rag picker
#3# Akhilesh - A life insurance policy agent
#4# Nandu - A call center employee
#5# Shiva - A hand rickshaw driver
#6# Raghu - A nerd pursuing an MBA

Epilogue

Prologue of 'We, the Bachelors'

On a Sunday, a teenager boy, slept till late morning. His mother asked him to wake up.
The boy, Prakash, took his mom’s order casually as he had no school that day. Mom again asked him to get up soon. Now he raised his voice and said,
“Mom, you know it is Sunday today. Let me complete my sleep’s quota.”
“But today we have to perform some rituals at our home”, Mother replied.
“What rituals?”
“Today we have a pooja at our home for which some people will arrive soon.”
“Any punditji?”
“Not a pundit but some kumaari’s.”
“What is that?”
“A few unmarried girls.”
“Girls! So what role I am supposed to play in this pooja?”
“Nothing, just take a bath and behave well in front of them.”
“But why do you need unmarried girls for a pooja?”
“This is a part of the ongoing Navraatri festival in which, five unmarried girls need to be invited at our home for some rituals to be performed as per our Hindu religion.”
“But why girls? Why do they deserve so much respect?”
“As mentioned in the puraan – a mythological text - a kumaari needs to be respected because she is the future mother. Ideally one should never let your feet touch her.”
“Really? But that Muniyaa, the dumb daughter of that grocery shop owner usually
receives a kick from her father whenever she messes up and does something wrong.”
“That man is uneducated and a big fool. He is not aware of what paap he is doing. God is going to punish him one day.”
“But mom, I think that the puraan needs some corrections in it. As per the subject of Biology, it is not only the girl who is responsible for giving birth to the next generation. A man is also involved in the process. Right?”, Prakash said, while coming out of the bed and inserting a toothbrush inside his mouth.
Mother raised one of her eyebrows, as she realized that her child is no longer a kid.
“So ideally the man who converts this kumaari into a mataa deserves an equal amount of importance and respect too. Correct?”
Mother became speechless pretending she was busy collecting the material for pooja.
“Am I right?” Prakash repeated his question, tried to get her attention.
“Of course, a man do gets this respect in our society. Didn’t you notice, how much
respect our neighbor’s give to their son-in-law?” mother replied.
“No mom that is a kind of selfishness they show by respecting a man who dared to
marry their daughter,” Prakash supported his assertion.
Mother now raised her both eyebrows, surprised to see her child’s signs of maturity.
“For even getting that much respect, a boy has to wait for years till he settles down,” the teenager continued his assertion.
“But I guess it is fare, by that age a boy gets fully matured,” mother put her point.
“Then why these teenage girls are respected at this child age?”
Now the mother got irritated with her child’s highly curios questions. She
diverted her concentration into arranging the material for pooja.
“Tell me mom? Even you are following the puraan blindly,” Prakash continued adding to his assertion while sitting on a chair.
“Unmarried boys should also deserve the same respect, at least those who are independent and earn on their own. I will give a speech over this topic during next year’s Ganeshotsava. This seems to be a national issue.”
Mother now got highly irritated. Her patience ended as she found no signs that his most curios boy in this world would stop bothering her. Without thinking much, she just poured a bucket full of water over Prakash asking him to shut his mouth up,
“Bada aya bhashan denewala, itne kaam pade hain aur yeh hain ki apni bak bak band hi nahi kar raha!”
Poor Prakash, he got fully wet and shivered from cold. But he still decided to focus on this issue. He decided that he would write a book over the importance of Bachelors in our society and the respect they actually get, once he too attains the age of a Bachelor.