“What if we dared to read the pages of our mothers’ forgotten stories? What might we learn if we saw them not as the silent anchors of our homes, but as individuals shaped by desire, heartbreak, and the hope of second chances?”
Sarika and her son Jittu’s life changes as the new neighbors move in. Gitanjali, their young neighbor soon strikes a chord with Sarika, only to realise she is the daughter of Abhiram Naidu, her long-lost love. Sarika’s past flashes in front of her. It was in early college that Sarika and Abhiram met and fell in love. They would plan their great escapades and professed love until circumstances forced them apart. Sarika eventually married Nandagopal and Ram, Poojitha. Years later Gitanjali comes across her mother’s diary to find the riveting love story of Ram and Sarika. As life finds Ram and Sarika at a crossroad once again, will they dare to embrace this second chance at love, or will the shadows of their past keep them apart?
An elegy for the unspoken lives, Amma’s diary is a rediscovery of a long-lost love story. It becomes a chronicle of time and memory inherited by the weight of choices made and unmade. It is a novel that speaks to the ache of things unsaid, and the healing that comes when old silences are finally broken.
ISBN: 9780143475835
Pages: 288
Avg Reading Time: 10 hrs
Age: 18+
Country of Origin: IN
Lifafa Mubarak
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Sylph +1
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- Description: इश्क़ एक बला है! परत दर परत कभी ज़िंदगी पर ख़ुशी चढ़ती जाती है तो कभी उदासी हर छोर से टपकने लगती है। और ग़र इश्क़ शादी के खाँचे में उतर आए तो? ख़ैर! शादीनुमा इश्क़ वाक़ई एक बला है। यह जब आपको तोड़ता है तो आपको इससे नफ़रत होने लगती है और तभी यह अपने पूरे लाव-लश्कर के साथ आप पर बड़ा खुशनुमा धावा बोल देता है। धूसर तख़्ती पर फिर थोड़ी जगह दिखाई देती है, मोहब्बत लिख देने को।और आख़िरकार आप नफ़रत की पोटली ज़मीन पर रख ख़ुशी-ख़ुशी इश्क़ के साथ दौड़ने लगते हैं... दुनिया पर उम्मीद की रोशनी एक बार फिर अपने पूरे रुबाब के साथ इठलाने लगती है!
Ashk se Ishq tak
- Author Name:
Aryan Suvada
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- Description: "मुझसे दिल्लगी की बातें न कर, मुझसे इश्क की साजिशें न कर, मैं हूँ काफिर इश्क की, मुझसे वफ़ा की उम्मीद न कर।"कहते हैं, मोहब्बत अपने बन्दे खुद चुनती है। उन्हें भी मोहब्बत ने ही चुना था। प्यार की सच्चाई से बेरुख, 'रिया' और प्रेम-गुरु 'अजय',जब मिले तब क्या हुआ? अश्क या इश्क!आधुनिक रहन-सहन, सिर्फ हमारे जीवन को ही प्रभावित नहीं करता, बल्कि कभी-कभी हमारे मन तक में ऐसा कुठाराघात कर जाता है, जिसके घाव समय के साथ नहीं भरते। ऐसे ही घावों से घिरी थी, रिया खुराना और प्यार को धर्म और ईमान की तरह पूजने वाले अजय चौहान की प्रेम कहानी। अजय की जुबान में समझें तो, "कहते हैं लोग, प्यार का पहला अक्षर अधूरा होता है। प्यार करके देखो। क्या पता! वह खुद अधूरा रहकर, तुम को पूरा कर दे।"क्या प्यार का पहला आधा अक्षर, रिया और अजय को पूरा करेगा या...? पढ़िए नए जमाने की ज़रा हटकर प्रेम कहानी... अश्क से इश्क तक
I Am Sorry My Love
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Dr. Priyanka Sinha
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- Description: Raghav Malhotra has everything a guy could ask for – talent, influence, money. All that’s missing is companionship. In walks Siya Srivastav, a gorgeous BJMC student from Varanasi. One look at her and it’s love at first sight. But not all love stories are headed towards a ‘happily ever after’. The problem? It’s not love, it’s obsession. Raghav is besotted with her to a point where he can do anything to own her. His maniacal pursuit of unrequited love turns him into a stalker... and then a monster, shaking the very foundation of trust and friendship. How far will he go to quench his thirst of possession? Will he succeed in his endeavour, or will he succumb to the vagaries of destiny? Read I am sorry… my love to find out..
Aarambh
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Janhavi Ambulge
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- Description: Masterpeice romantic marathi novel
A Face For You
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Preeti Bose
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- Description: What happens when inhibited Itika meets alluring Aryan at her new job? Undeniable flaming hot sparks fly between them and soon Itika wonders — Is he the man of my dreams? Will an affair with her senior take her down a path she can’t come back from? Is it too good to be something real? Will their pasts return to haunt them or is there a spark of a future together? There’s betrayal. Secrets. And illicit heady passion that crosses all restraint. Will Itika and Aryan end up together or be torn by these secrets, both his and hers? A Face for You is an evocative and intense flaming hot romance, which will reel you into the world of Itika and Aryan with a glimpse of shifting state of marriages in present-day society. But more than that, it tells you— love is never what you imagine it to be!
Howrah Bridge
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Anup Jetty
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- Description: It is story of a married couple in kolkatta
The Answer To My Prayers
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Vartika Kothiwal
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- Description: Ishaara Khanna is a self-made woman who lives life on her terms. Her dream is to be the author of her own success story. If it was one thing her troubled past had taught her, it was to work hard towards her goals whatever maybe the case while keeping her emotions in check. But things go for a toss when her path crosses with a new client, the dynamic businessman, Aviral Gupta, the one man she had vowed never to meet, the very man who had destroyed her life as she knew it. His tortured life has taught Aviral Gupta to be ruthless and unforgiving. He is a hunter – a man who bows to no one – a man who always conquers – by hook or by crook. However, he meets his match in Ishaara Khanna. She is frosty yet her eyes make his blood go warm. Not the one to back down from a challenge, Aviral chases Ishaara and proposes a fling – Something fleeting and practical – Something to enjoy for as long as it lasts. But when their pasts collide in the worst possible way, the tables are turned. Will Ishaara be able to maintain a balance between her past and present? Will Aviral be able to penetrate her defences and in the process, perhaps, get more than what he had bargained for?
Karantahawa
- Author Name:
Kumar Vivek
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- Description: एक अंधविश्वासी गाँव, जहाँ डर और धोखे के साए में पनपती है मासूम मुहब्बत। जहाँ समुदाय एक ओझा को पूजता है, तो वहीं वोटबैंक की राजनीति और गहरी होती जा रही है। इसी अंधेरे के बीच एक विदुषी का प्रेम और तर्क उसकी राह में रोड़े बनकर खड़े हो जाते हैं। समाज उन्हें ताने-उलाहने देते हुए बहिष्कृत कर देता है, परंतु उनका हृदय सत्य की लौ से आलोकित रहता है। क्या प्रेमी युगल इस अंधविश्वास और साजिशों की सुदृढ़ दीवार को भेद पाएगा, या फिर उनका निश्छल प्रेम अंधी आस्था की अग्नि में भस्म होकर रह जाएगा?
Profound Passion Across The Border
- Author Name:
Maninder Singh
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- Description: This is a cross-border love story of Samar and Ziya who live in two different but neighbouring countries. Their relationship also strengthens the adage that love knows no boundaries, religion, caste, colour, etc. This book is a journey of emotions which I have experienced while writing it and I hope the reader will relish it while going through it.
Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai?
- Author Name:
Arvind Parashar
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- Description: ‘‘तो नील, कल्पना करो कि कोई है, जिससे मैं प्यार करती हूँ, इकतरफा और मैं उससे पिछले सात वर्षों से प्यार करती हूँ। सदा से इकतरफा और मैंने उसे आज तक नहीं बताया है।’’ ‘‘तुम वाकई अद्भुत हो, है न?’’ ‘‘और तुम कितने लोगों को जानते हो, जो किसी को सात वर्षों से चाहते हों और वह भी एकतरफा?’’ ‘‘मेरे खयाल से यह एकतरफा प्यार है, इसीलिए सात वर्षों से चला आ रहा है। अगर यह दोनों तरफ से होता तो शायद इसकी भी नियति मेरी जैसी ही होती।’’ ‘‘जब तक ऐसा कुछ होता नहीं, कोई नहीं जानता।’’ ‘‘मगर तुमने उसे इसके बारे में बताया क्यों नहीं?’’ ‘‘मेरी माँ ने कहा था, अगर मैं किसी से प्यार करती हूँ तो उसे बताने से पहले मुझे अठारह वर्ष पूरे करने होंगे। उसने कहा, उस लड़के से मिलने से पहले मुझे बालिग होना चाहिए।’’ —इसी उपन्यास से प्रेम और अंतरंगता के ताने-बाने में बुना अत्यंत रोचक और पठनीय उपन्यास। एक बार पढ़ना शुरू करने के बाद पाठक इसे खत्म करके ही रुकेंगे।
A Shimla Affair
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Srishti Chaudhary
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- Description: …the future of India may lie in unexpected hands. In 1940, Shimla, British India. Nalini Mistry longs for a life beyond the four walls of her home; however, reality is different. Nalini and her two older sisters―Noor and Afreen―run the Royal Hotel Shimla, an opulent establishment serving British high society. But when an underground revolutionary group asks them to aid a murderous conspiracy during the hotel’s Summer Jubilee Ball, they find themselves thrust headfirst into a dangerous game of lies. It doesn’t help that Nalini finds herself falling for Charles Nayler, a British officer— a man who sees her like nobody else. As the night of the ball approaches, the sisters are drawn into a web of hidden agendas, shifting alliances, and impossible choices―where nothing is what it seems, and the price of freedom may be everything. A Shimla Affair follows the story of three women attempting to change the course of Indian independence―for love, duty, and revenge.
Wish I Could Tell You
- Author Name:
Durjoy Datta
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- Description: Can you find yourself after you have lost that special someone? A disillusioned and heartbroken Anusha finds herself in the small world of WeDonate.com. Struggling to cope with her feelings and the job of raising money for charity, she reluctantly searches for a worthwhile cause to support. For Ananth, who has been on the opposite side, no life is less worthy, no cause too small to support. Behind them are teams for whom going to extraordinary lengths to save lives is more than a full-time occupation. In front of them is the virtual world of social media-watching, interacting, judging, making choices, and sometimes, saving lives. From the virtual to the real, their lives and that of their families, entangle in a way that moving together is the only solution. They can't escape each other. In this world of complicated relationships, should love be such a difficult ride?
Olave Vismaya
- Author Name:
Gayathriraj
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- Description: DESCRIPTION AWAITED
Vachanbadha
- Author Name:
Vaibhav Kumbhar
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- Description: Masterpeice romantic marathi novel
Alpviram
- Author Name:
Usha Priyamvada
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- Description: उषा प्रियम्वदा का यह उपन्यास एक लम्बे दिवास्वप्न की तरह है जिसमें तिलिस्मी, चमत्कारी अनुभवों के साथ-साथ अनपेक्षित घटनाएँ भी पात्रों के जीवन से जुड़ी हुई हैं। एक ओर यह मृत्यु के कगार पर खड़े परिपक्व व्यक्ति की तर्क विरुद्ध, असंगत, अपने से उम्र में आधी युवती के प्यार में आकंठ डूब जाने की कहानी है पर साथ-साथ एक अविकसित, अप्रस्फुटित, अव्यावहारिक स्त्री के सजग, सतर्क और स्वयंसिद्ध होने की भी यात्रा है। यात्रा का बिम्ब उषा प्रियम्वदा के हर उपन्यास में मौजूद है। चाहे वह कैंसर से उबरने की यात्रा हो या अपने से विलग हुई सन्तान के लौटने तक की। इस उपन्यास की कथा भी प्रमुख स्त्री पात्र की स्वयं चेतन, स्वयं सजग और स्वयं जीवन-निर्णय लेने तक की यात्रा है, और लेखिका के हर उपन्यास की तरह कहानी अन्तिम पृष्ठ पर समाप्त नहीं होती, बल्कि पाठक के मन में अपने अनुसार समाप्ति तक चलती रहती है। इस उपन्यास में प्रवास, इतिहास और साहित्य तीन धाराओं की तरह जुड़ा हुआ है, और लेखिका ने पठनीयता के साथ-साथ पाठक को गम्भीरता से अपना जीवन विश्लेषण करने की ओर प्रेरित किया है। ‘अल्पविराम’ एक प्रेम कथा है। बाकी वृत्तान्त एक चौखटा है, एक फ्रेम। परन्तु फ्रेम के बिना तस्वीर अधूरी है। इसी प्रकार प्रेम कहानी प्रवाल के बिना अपूर्ण है।
She Friend-Zoned My Love
- Author Name:
Sudeep Nagarkar
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- Description: Should I smile because we are friends or cry because we are just friends? Blessed with the gift of the gab, Apurv manages to charm everyone in his company. Like most teenage boys, he longs for a girlfriend but hasn’t found one yet. In another part of town, beautiful and popular Amyra leads a flawless life. All the boys desire her and all the girls want to be her best friend. A chance encounter with Amyra in the college canteen makes Apurv fall head over heels for her. But it isn’t long before he realizes that she is not interested in him, at least not in the way he wants her to be. Can Apurv get Amyra to change her mind before it’s too late, or will he be friend-zoned forever?
Indiyaapa : When Bollywood Met Reality
- Author Name:
Vinod Dubey
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- Description: Hi, I'm Sagar, a young Indian male having a typical middle-class small-town upbringing. Like scores of my contemporaries, I too have been brainwashed to worry not only about my family at my cost but also worry about what neighbourhood busybody Sharma aunty will think of me. I dream about being less boring & more outgoing like my friend ‘Raju Bhaiya’, a budding student leader, who doesn't give a damn for anyone including neighbour nosy parkers like our beloved Sharma aunty. From the banks of Ganga in Banaras, the destiny took me to the vast oceans of merchant navy. As I was contentedly living in a siloed middle-class existence, something happened. I was besotted by ‘Bhakti’ at the very first glance while waiting for my turn at a mobile phone service centre. ‘One moment has power to change one's life.’ Was this mine? Embark on the rollercoaster ride of a love story that most of you will relate to.
Hues of Modern Love
- Author Name:
Paras
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- Description: Have you ever got a chance to ask for an apology? Is your ex still suffering from the things you did? Had you ever loved anyone more than your life? Did you ever thought of realizing after a breakup that whatever you did was wrong? If answers to these questions are confusing than the two characters of this book will take you to the new ride of love and they will teach you on how to indulge into love in a better way. They will explain you the real meaning of modern love. While the journey to New Delhi both of them meet each other at the railway station and turned friends. They booze, fight and did mischievous things together but later on a girl named zoiba entered b/w two and was a third member in their group. As she was outspoken and friendly she slowly bent there talks to relationship and love. Agreeing to what she said all three started discussing about love, relationship and romance. Joy and cheery realized there love for ex was strong but it was late enough for an apology to be granted. Find out what they will do to get back everything to normal. Will zoiba help them or she will just listen to their pain and will ignore it
When Jai Met Piaa
- Author Name:
Gautam
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- Description: "You cannot quit the job, Miss Mathur," Jai thundered. "You bet I can, Mr Malhotra," Piaa shot back. "You have no sense of gratitude." 'And you, Mr Malhotra, have no manners." There were two things Piaa was sure about her boss, Jai Malhotra. First, he was the most self-absorbed, arrogant person she had ever met. Second, he was the most irresistibly handsome man she had ever seen. Jai had everything in his life except love. He did not believe in it until he saw Piaa. And that became a problem. He wanted her, but could not say it. She saw it in his eyes, but the words wouldn't come out of his lips. Jai and Piaa. Two different people. Two different worlds. Brought together by destiny and separated by love. When Jai Met Piaa is the story of two people trying to find love in each other in the unlikeliest of ways. Will they overcome the twists of fate and find that love? Or will it tear them apart?
Priyee Chaarusheele
- Author Name:
Nagaraja Vastarey
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- Description: ಐಳ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾತಂಗಿ ಎನ್ನುವ ಒಂದು ಯುವ ಜೋಡಿ, ಪುರಿಯ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥ ಮಂದಿರದ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಒಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ಕಳೆಯುವ ಈ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಪ್ರೇಮಕಥನವು, ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಸದೇ ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ತೆರೆದು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ನಾಗರಾಜ ವಸ್ತಾರೆಯವರ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಕಾವ್ಯಮಯ ಭಾಷೆಯು ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ವಿಶೇಷ ಮೆರುಗನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದೆ.
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1.What is Amma’s Diary about?
Amma’s Diary is a reflective and emotionally resonant book that explores family, memory, and everyday life through the intimate lens of a mother’s diary. The narrative captures small yet meaningful moments, personal thoughts, and lived experiences that together form a deeply human portrait of relationships, resilience, and quiet strength. Through simple observations and emotional honesty, the book highlights how ordinary lives carry extraordinary stories.
2. What is Amma’s Diary about?
Amma’s Diary is a reflective and emotionally resonant book that explores family, memory, and everyday life through the intimate lens of a mother’s diary. The narrative captures small yet meaningful moments, personal thoughts, and lived experiences that together form a deeply human portrait of relationships, resilience, and quiet strength. Through simple observations and emotional honesty, the book highlights how ordinary lives carry extraordinary stories.
3. Who should read Amma’s Diary?
This book is ideal for:
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Readers who enjoy emotion-led, reflective fiction
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Those interested in family narratives and personal diaries
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Readers looking for calm, thoughtful, and meaningful stories
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Anyone who appreciates books about relationships, memory, and lived experience