I had a Collection of Songs

I had a collection of songs 

Oleander smelled rose then.
Songs from different lovers
Infinite illustrating illusions,
From people who taught how to be selfishly selfless,
To stay under the shade of eyelids
To whirl away from a glaring bulb.

I have different songs,
The first one was from him, the next one from that boy,
Each spoke of varying forms of love,
Yielding yearns for years.
Light the bulb, touch the filament
Break the bulb, light it now.
O love, can it be so different?

Songs I dreamt of, were present before I could even understand,
I cherish memories of this song list.
Unless the tides keep breaking
I will keep fostering the songs
Past and perfect perfectly blended
Chaste as hindrance

Then the last song was from him, I recollected it just now.

Ajay K. Pandey gets published by Srishti.

Blurb:

This is a true inspiring story of a man who struggled in almost every part of  his life, but when his life seemed to be falling in place, his beloved wife left him halfway and her last word, ‘You are the best husband' gave him the strength to live with. He decided to pull off all her unaccomplished duties and made it a target to thrive for the rest of  his life.

  ‘You Are the Best Wife' is the author’s story—a story of how he lost his wife, his nerve-wracking and unimaginably terrifying journey through denial, resentment, and depression to, finally, acceptance and forgiveness.

Author:

Ajay K Pandey grew up in the modest NTPC township of Rihand Nagar with big dreams. He studied Engineering in Electronics at the IERT (Allahabad) and MBA at IIMM (Pune) before taking up a job in corporate firm. He is currently working with Cognizant, Pune. He grew up with a dream of becoming a teacher, but destiny landed him in the IT field.

Travelling, trekking and reading novels are his hobbies. Travelling to different places has taught him about different cultures and people, and makes him wonder how despite all the differences, there is a bond that unites them. Trekking always inspires him to deal with challenges like a sport. Reading is perhaps what makes him feel alive.

You are the Best Wife is his debut book based on his life events and lessons.

Review:

When I looked at the book jacket it had a beautiful design. This will the first thing which will attract readers towards this book irrespective of the notion, 'we shouldn't judge books by it's cover.' Ajay Pandey's debut book cannot be a miss out. A beautiful story. This book is a simple yet capturing story of Ajay and his wife Bhaavna.None of the lavish or extravagant stuff.  It is just a simple story but while reading the book you will realise that author has put his heart and soul in the book. You will remember the book and specially Ajay for sure, for his simplicity, for story, for his love, for the emotions he felt for his wife, for responsibilities. 
If you are in love or are in waiting for your prince/princess you will connect to the story. 
A book by a person in love - summarises the book.
In simple words it's a 3.7 star out of 5 book. The narrative style was very good. It was not as informative as was expected but a pleasurable read during leisure. 
In my words, 'Ajay has a colourful style of playing with the narration.'

Shankar MM's debut mythology

Author: 

A fantasy enthusiast, Shankar chased his dream of writing a novel and made it a reality. A Mechanical Engineering graduate and a Power Engineer by profession, his passion towards his core field made him to give up his software job in a MNC. His fascination towards mythology and his childhood memories of fighting with a wooden sword and adventures with bow & arrows inspired him to write a novel of this genre. He is presently working on the second book of Raksha duology.

Book blurb: 

“You are neither a good warrior nor a good leader.” These words haunt him. Raksha, a young prince, decides to prove himself and seeks a path not knowing where it will lead him to. However, his destiny has other plans. On the journey, his life evolves into an epic quest filled with magic and intrigue, which he never dreamt of. Set in a fantasy land Riloriya, this water kingdom is not the same as it was five hundred years ago and its history is mystery now. What will be his part in unfolding an ancient mystery? What did he lose? What did he gain?

Review: 

The blurb speaks of innate vigorous mystery and fantasy which slowly gets unfolded in each and every single chapter. This 348 page novel is a very catchy read. Shankar had done a lot of hardwork and research behind this book. It's been a very pleasurable read for me. Raksha, the main protagonist was well described and characterised. In my opinion his character was somewhat similar to mythological characters in Mahabharata. However, there was a set of new ideas and concepts which evolved out of this novel. I liked the concept of a water kingdom which had some ecstatic description. In one word this book is "a fantastic debut of the Raksha duology..."

Best lines from the novel: 
"You need to bear the pain if you want to attain supremacy."

"Holy God! Legends are true!"

Dream house publishers have given us a very nice mythology which can't be missed at any cost.