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Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter and YouTuber. He was listed in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Five of his novels have been adapted into films. His novels focus on youth and urban India, making him very popular among urban audiences and garnering a strong following from Indian youth.

His novels The Girl in Room 105, published in 2018, One Arranged Murder, published in 2020, and his latest novel 400 days, published in 2021, were bestsellers.

About his book "The Girl in Room 105":-

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The Girl in Room 105 is the eighth novel and the tenth book overall written by the Indian author Chetan Bhagat. The book became a bestseller based on prearranged sales alone. It tells about an IIT coaching class tutor who goes to wish his ex-girlfriend on her birthday and finds her murdered. The rest of the story is his journey where after her death he is determined to bring justice. The book also addresses several stereotypes and political issues in India.

The novel opens up with a conversation of the author of the book, Chetan Bhagat with a fellow passenger on a midnight IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. After an initial conversation, Chetan agrees to listen to the story of the fellow passenger. Soon after, the fellow passenger starts narrating his story to the author.

A Grandfather Memory - by Tulasi Chendi of BBA First Year

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From the day I crawled, in your arms so tight,

Tulasi felt safe, bathed in your light.

You brought me chocolates, love wrapped inside,

With every sweet bite, your care never died.

But now those arms are gone, the silence so deep,

Each night Tulasi lies awake, unable to sleep.

You walked me to school, your hand in mine,

With every step, Tulasi felt lonely, the echoes so clear,

Each step a reminder that you're no longer near.

You wiped my tears, you cheered when I'd win,

Without you, Grandpa, Tulasi doesn't know where to begin.

The days stretch long, the nights feel cold,

In every memory, Tulasi's love unfolds.

The pain of your absence cuts deep like a knife,

As Tulasi searches for you in the shadows of life.

Your voice in the wind, your touch in my dreams,

Reminds Tulasi of love, though nothing as it seems.

Tulasi, your granddaughter, lost in the night,

Longing for the warmth of your guiding light.

In every tear, your love still flows,

In every heartache, Tulasi's memory grows.

For in my heart, you'll forever stay,

Guiding Tulasi, Grandpa, in your own gentle way.

Though you are no more, your soul stays with Tulasi.

"Raksha Bandhan" - by Bhumika Raikote of BA Final Year 

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The eve has come, 

Raksha Bandhan has come, 

Time to remember the moments, 

Preserve the precious bond, 

The purifier of love has come. 

Sisters bind the pearls, 

In the pure sacred thread, 

Piedly designed with love, 

To tie on brother wrist. 

The sweets fill the world, 

The festive shine around, 

The most annoying with cute bond, 

Fill the atmosphere with sparks. 

The gifts shower on sisters, 

With the lots of bliss, 

Raksha Bandhan has come, 

The purifier of love has come.

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Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".

Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.His children's books champion the kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment. His works for children include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and Danny, the Champion of the World. His works for older audiences include the short story collections Tales of the Unexpected and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.

About his book "Matilda" :- 

Matilda is a 1988 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was published by Jonathan Cape. The story features Matilda Wormwood, a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull.

The book has been adapted in various media, including audio readings by actresses Joely Richardson, Miriam Margolyes and Kate Winslet; a 1996 feature film Matilda directed by Danny DeVito; a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme; and a 2010–2011 musical Matilda the Musical which ran on the West End in London, Broadway in New York, and around the world. A film adaptation of the musical, Matilda the Musical, was released in 2022.

"Chaos" - by Hafsa Ahmed of B.Sc FNZC Second Year 

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Chaos, the world I live in,  

The world inside me.

It's all chaos around,  

And I wonder.

Chaos is my fear,  

Yet, fills me from within,  

Chaos emerges,

When people overlook, 

Think only for self, 

And ignore others.

Chaos broke me down,  

Yet, it built me up,

give me power, to survive,

Chaos, my weakness,  

Yet, the reason for my Uprising.

Chaos, the disturbance,  

Yet, when utilized,  

Can turn into Peace,

And transform new things.

Chaos is different, 

To different people, 

And often born,

of misunderstandings.  

For chaos, we live in,  

Chaos, we live for.

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Charles John Huffam Dickens  was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school at age 12 to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father John was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. After three years, he returned to school before beginning his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years; wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and nonfiction articles; lectured and performed readings extensively; was an indefatigable letter writer; and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms.

His 1843 novel A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every creative medium. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities (set in London and Paris) is his best-known work of historical fiction.

About his book "Oliver Twist":-

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838.

The story follows the titular orphan, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin, discovers the secrets of his parentage, and reconnects with his remaining family.

Oliver Twist unromantically portrays the sordid lives of criminals and exposes the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.