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Vikas Pratap Singh

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Poetry, Thriller, Suspense

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Vikas Pratap Singh 'hitaishi' is a published poet, book reviewer, and a budding author.

Pen-name/उपनाम - 'hitaishi'/'हितैषी'

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His kickstart to the World of Novels
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Although only syllabus books were prescribed to him ever by school teachers n parents alike the twist in the story came when one day during a Library period (when he used to grab Champak, Balhans, Nandan), his lib. teacher, instead, recommended him the hindi version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

Moreover, around the same time, he got awarded with some fiction novels (abridged versions) at the school Annual Function for topping Academics in his 5th/6th std... which he read subsequently as and when he found leis ...more

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	Inklinks by Poets Corner, Yaseen Anwer (Editor), Neha R. Krishna (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aatish: Sensitizing Sentient Sentiments by Fouqia Wajid (Goodreads Author) (Editor-Compiler), गुलज़ार (Contributor), Irshad Kamil (Contributor) 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	रूबरू दुनिया by Ankita Jain (Goodreads Author) (Chief Editor), Shakti Sharma (Contributor), Mohit Sharma (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ehsaas - Valentine Special eBook by Tumbhi (Editor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaafiyana by Madhumita Ghosh (Editor), Aseem Abbasee (Editor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author), Dinesh Gupta (Goodreads Author), Debarshi Mitra, Bhuvaneshwari Shankar (Goodreads Author), Tikuli (Goodreads Author), Aashisha Chakraborty (Goodreads Author), more… Jeetesh Vaishya …less 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovelets: Words for the Heart by Sumit Sehgal (Editor), Shreya Chatterjee (Editor), All About Books Global (Conceptualizer) 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Haiku Treasury by Poets With Voices Strong, Brian Wrixon (Editor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	KarnaKavita by Sourav Roy (Editor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author), Mohit Kataria (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Our Own Words by Poets With Voices Strong, Brian Wrixon (Editor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise - In Memory - In Ink by Brian Wrixon, Poets With Voices Strong (Contributor), Vikas Pratap Singh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Thousand Seeds of Joy: Teachings of Lakshmi and Saraswati (Ascended Goddesses Series Book 1)

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The Hidden Hindu 3

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

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“मेरी कविता क्या है!
सच्चाई के दो मोती हैं;
एक खुशी की परछाईं का
एक दर्द की गहराई का

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विकास प्रताप सिंह 'हितैषी”
― VikasPratap Singh, Ehsaas - Valentine Special eBook

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“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth

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“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ”
― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

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“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

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“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

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A place for bloggers, readers and writers from India to connect. If you are outside India, and interested in books and Indian culture, please feel fre ...more

Ask Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Wednesday, May 15th! — 186 members — last activity May 29, 2013 08:41PM
Join us on Wednesday, May 15th for a special discussion with author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni! Chitra will be discussing her work including her newes ...more

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Welcome everyone, My book is titled 'Lines of Space', in which I have explained the method of conversion of space into electrons and protons. This is ...more

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This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.

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मेराकी || Meraki — 45 members — last activity Jul 02, 2016 11:26PM
www.merakipatrika.com Meraki is a Greek word that means anything done with love...or a work in which you have put in your soul...a part of yourself. M www.merakipatrika.com Meraki is a Greek word that means anything done with love...or a work in which you have put in your soul...a part of yourself. Meraki is an attempt to bring literature to the common man. Your entries are invited for the magazine. मेराकी ग्रीक भाषा का एक शब्द है,एक विशेषण जिसका अर्थ है रचनात्मकता से किया गया कोई भी कार्य। कोई भी कार्य जिसे हम अपनी आत्मा से करें, पूर्ण समर्पण और प्रेम के साथ करें। यह वेबसाइट “मेराकी” एक अंकिचन प्रयास है ऐसे युवाओं को एक प्लेटफॉर्म देने का जहां उन्हे बेहतर साहित्य पढ़ने को मिले जो उनके विचारों को आकार देने में सहायक सिद्ध हो सके। साहित्य, कला जैसे तत्व जो उनके जीवन से विलुप्त होते चले गए हैं, वह उनसे फिर जुड़ पाएँ और एक बेहतर समाज के निर्माण में अपना सक्रिय योगदान दे सके क्योंकि जीवन बस एक अच्छा करियर बना लेने और पाँच अंको की सैलरी पा लेने में ही नहीं सिमट जाता। जीवन के मायने इससे कहीं बढ़कर हैं, जीवन इससे कहीं आगे जाता है .... कहाँ तक और उसका लक्ष्य क्या है बस इस खोज की ललक भर पैदा हो जाए तो मैं समझूंगी कि मेरा उद्देश्य सफल हुआ, “मेराकी” का उद्देश्य सफल हुआ.... ...more

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message 6: by Vikas

Aug 05, 2013 04:04AM

Hope you find time to attend my today evening/night to attend my first ever poetry interview (open-for-all, text based, online, FB) --> https://www.facebook.com/events/28022...

See you there! :)

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