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Ashwini Rudra

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Ashwini Rudra was born and raised in Arrah, a small town sixty kilometers from the state capital of Bihar, Patna. He received his elementary education in Arrah and Patna. In 2007 he completed his Engineering Degree from VTU and moved to the U.S. (Groton, Connecticut ) thereafter, to work with a pharmaceutical company to develop applications for life scientists. Living in solitude for more than a year, he started creating and weaving stories for killing time. Later, it became his passion.

Delhi via Lucknow is his debut novel. His first book, a Hindi story collection, Amerikistan, was an Amazon bestseller. Currently, he lives in Matawan, a small town in New Jersey. He claims to be a simple man with a small-town attitude for life which he inten ...more

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The Missing Chums (The Hardy Boys, #4)

by Franklin W. Dixon

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“His first love - and perhaps his last - was getting married to someone else in his own courtyard. He cursed his fate. With a heavy heart, he picked up a pen and began to write.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: cursed, fate, first-love, love, married, writers

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“See that carefully. What you are holding is a desi katta, a locally made pistol. It can explode after two shots, and you have already made one. The next one, it might go off in your hand.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: desi-katta, explode, pistol

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“Shut your gob. If you love someone, never use the word pataana. If you love the girl, then respect the girl.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: girls, love, respect

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“Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: dumbledore

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“Love can happen at any age, and when you feel that it was a mistake, it was not love. It was mere attraction. And even after seventeen years, if you feel the love, if you long for it, you know it was pure and pious.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: attraction, love, pure

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“Winter and sweaters are old lovers, and mothers from India start weaving this love story in September.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: india, mothers, sweaters, winter

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“Shut your gob. If you love someone, never use the word pataana. If you love the girl, then respect the girl.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route

tags: girls, love, respect

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“I'm the perfect fit. Afzal's voice choked, and tears escaped from his eyes. I'm the perfect fit to declare the murderer. A poor Muslim always suffers. I have heard it. I have seen this in movies also.”
― Ashwini Rudra, Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route