Anurag Anand is a Banking Professional from the city of dreams, Mumbai. His passion for writing is an offshoot of one of his favorite pastimes – cuddling up with an interesting book and embarking on a voyage of fantasy, severing all ties with the world around. His other bestselling titles under the banner of Srishti Publishers include: Reality Bites: A not to innocent love story, and The Quest for Nothing: Where love and deceit are on a collision path

Emma is not having a very good start to her vacation. She's lost in love, lost her job and quickly feels like she's lost her mind as she finds herself getting caught up in the world of Internet chat sites. Toni isn't having the best week either. She's split up with her girlfriend, her cat has had a bad accident, and now she's caught a nasty virus that's left her housebound. Daily visits from a colleague have kept her in touch with the real world, but it's the Internet and Kayisha, the new chat site participant, who has really grabbed her attention. Then there's Cathy, Toni's employer. She's on cloud nine because her girlfriend Lisa has just officially moved in, and they're going to Italy for a month to celebrate their first anniversary. But will Toni's illness cut their plans short? And how will Lisa react to the news of Cathy's desire to have a child? Follow the lives of these four friends in a romantic tale that spans the globe and proves that one can cross the whole of cyberspace only to find love a few suburbs away.

Transform teaching and learning with AR and VR in your classroom. We're at the dawn of an incredible transformation in education. Augmented reality and virtual reality--technologies that were once the province of science fiction and fantasy--are faster, better, and more affordable than ever. These tools have the potential to not only inspire students but to redefine how we teach and collaborate. But widespread adoption of AR and VR in K-12 classrooms requires taking risks, investing money and time, and training educators. Reality Bytes makes the case for taking this leap by showing how educators are using these amazing technologies, and it provides a powerful framework to help anyone, in any school, join them. The innovative educators profiled are already designing learning experiences using AR and VR that supercharge student motivation, encourage creativity, and make otherwise impossible educational adventures accessible to all. You can do the same, using easy-to-implement resources that will revolutionize how you approach instruction. Equip your students with the skills they'll need in the future--today. Reality Bytes opens the doors to tools for meeting every student no matter where they are. This book outlines the power that AR and VR have in building empathy and growing critical worldviews and perspectives. Christine, Jesse, and Micah cast an exciting vision for the future of education! --Ken Shelton, educational strategist, equity and inclusion consultant Creating engaging lessons that successfully integrate technology can be challenging. Reality Bytes is here to help with tons of images, classroom stories, and ideas that will help you create student-centered lessons that allow your students to experience content in a whole new way. No matter the grade level, there is something for everyone in this wonderfully immersive book. --Alice Keeler, teacher, edtech expert, Google Certified Innovator While you won't see Winona Ryder's name on the cover of this book, you will find some star power in it--the power to create star learners in our classrooms using cutting-edge tools! Reality Bytes will you give you the tools, the pedagogy, and a practical framework to bring the new reality of learning into your classroom. --Kasey Bell, author of Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic

My Beloved’s MBA Plans is a collection of engaging stories with a common thread running through all of them – How much are you willing to give to fulfil your MBA dream? Would you be willing to give up a cushy job and start from scratch? you be willing to stay apart from your spouse? you be willing to uproot your family from a well-settled life? Read on to discover how Vivek’s MBA course turns out to be quite an adventurous journey with his wife Divya and their two kids. For Arpita, it is a second chance at love. Payal and Nitin make the campus their home while Geet faces a tragic loss. Join Suraj and Priya as they break away from the family business to carve out a path for themselves and discover how Rahul and Dimple spend an unusual honeymoon. These are just a few stories from this colorful collection set against the backdrop of life on campus and aspirations for an MBA degree. The book is a ride through different shades of life and experiences. Whether you are single or married, this book is an absolute must read for anyone who wishes to take an unconventional decision in life.

Anuj and his three friends have no skill and ability of getting women interested in them. Moreover, their hearts are filled with vengeance due to women who have inflicted deep wounds to their hearts. What happens when they meet the number one pick-up artist in the world, who himself has a secret agenda? A hilarious journey ensues, where they fall and fumble to achieve their objectives in life – women and revenge..!

The single-most competitive edge for an organization is its people. However, many times organizations fall short of managing their people well, probably because formal education in HR does not prepare the young, would-be HR manager to face and deal with the reality at the workplace. This book has been written for this very purpose. 'Reality Bytes - The role of HR in Today's World' has something for everyone. Whether you are a HR student, a budding HR manager (1-3 years), a line manager who needs to manage people, a teacher, or an entrepreneur trying to understand what HR is all about - this book is for you! It is simple, contemporary ready reckoner covering the employee life cycle in an organization ('What' & 'Why' aspects) and balancing it with practical caselets illustrating concepts that work in organizations in today's times. The book gives the reader a clear idea of the strategic role that HR plays in attaining the business goals of the organization.

"An analysis of truth claims in contemporary U.S. political rhetoric through a series of case studies--including the PolitiFact fact-checking project, the Planned Parenthood "selling baby parts" scandal, the Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden cases, Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Cosmos, and the Black Lives Matter movement"--

This book is an original, Ground Breaking research work that tries to unfold the mysteries of nature, to ravel man has struggled throughout the centuries. All the changes in the universe and man happen due to permutations and combinations at the Quantum level of all particulate matter and motion. all the moments in this universe are statal, all the happenings, all incidents, all circumstances, and the secret of life and death are engrained in this structured format of matter and motion which are strictly bound by the fluctuations in quantum energy levels, given access through the gateway of Eyes. This book unfolds the knowledge of the quantum world to understand the trajectory of changes in man and the universe in substance and matter to understand the information flow and master its course for the survival of mankind.

Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow in the face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lies hidden might just be the stark, naked face of reality. Rahul had everything going his way – a soaring career, a happy family and all else a man his age could yearn for. And then suddenly his life began to crumble all around him, disintegrating element after precious element, leaving him to watch in helpless horror. Where had he gone wrong? Was there still hope for redemption, even a solitary ray that he could cling on to? Avantika, a pretty, vivacious girl who had come into Rahul’s life by pure accident, literally, has suddenly gone missing. Just like that, without as much as a trace. Where is Avantika? Will Rahul be able to find her? Is it her own past that has come back to consume her or is it something even more vicious and sinister? Shalini, Rahul’s first love and a girl accustomed to leading life on her own terms. Hailing from a family that exerts considerable influence in the galleries of politics and power, she certainly has the wherewithal to impact a lot of things. Even lives. Is Shalini fostering a grudge that could displace not one but many lives? Could she be the one behind Avantika’s mysterious disappearance? Where The RAINBOW Ends is a racy page-turner that promises to take you on a tempestuous and soul-stirring journey which shall remain with you long after you have put the book down.

Drawing on a seven-year study of the World Wide Web and a wide variety of literature, the author examines how modern terrorist organizations exploit the Internet to raise funds, recruit, and propagandize, as well as to plan and launch attacks and to publicize their chilling results.