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Whiskey and Suicide paints a kaleidoscope of myriad emotions of the Indian middle class families. In a very informal storytelling style, it narrates the dilemmas of the urban families in dealing with the conflicting emotions arising due to contradictory desires. It is the bonds of family and friendship that allow the protagonists to deal with these crises which are depicted by Manik Bal in a detached but empathetic narrative style reminiscent of the great “slice of life” storytellers of the east and the west. This book is raw and real and these people can be anyone truly. It is ...

Rati, September 2001 “I do not want to go out today. I look at the pink paper that I have carefully folded and kept in the upper drawer of my study table. The paper has a poem, I think it is about me. It is about a girl whose smile is out of the world. Is that guy a weirdo? Who writes poems at the age of eleven? Who even writes poems nowadays? But he is cute, and super serious.” Samay, January 2008 “I know she is lying. I do not mind. I know she wants to be seen as a strong person. And strong people do not cry. But we writers know. The real strong person does not mind crying. In fact,...

Significant And Heartfelt is Manik's first poetry collection. These are poems that talk about love, life, longing, death and sorrow. Manik has dedicated this book to his influences - T.S. Eliot, Mirza Ghalib, and Poet Grace(aka Manik Godghate). The poems are as internal looking as they relish the world outside. In a poem, Manik is shocked by a suicide, in another he is talking about "Life Itself". There are poems about a small, quaint street in Bangalore, and there is a reply to Wang Wei about the changing nature of One's poems. Manik talks about Aliens in the same breath as he is talking ...

He wanted to stay true to his art. It would cost him his sanity and his life. She wanted a life of dignity. It was a recipe for poverty and strife. Soubhik and Sourav, inspired by real heroes Vincent and Theo, try to make it in the cut throat indie music industry of Mumbai with the power of their brotherly love, and the love of their kind of music. The story honestly but delicately documents their romances, their passion, their love for the craft, yet the desire to give a sane life to their loved ones. Will they live their dream? Can they stay true to their principles? This is what ...

With this diverse collection of short stories, Manik Bal continues to explore the bizarre in the mundane, and the mundane in the bizarre. Exploring seemingly ordinary characters as a caretaker of a shared accommodation, a construction supervisor, and an out of job stay at home husband, every story weaves a heady cocktail of ordinary and unbelievable. The characters cheat each other with glee, but also display loyalty, even at a possible cost of their lives. The narrative shows the danger of the destructive ire of a spurned partner, yet shows the power of silent, long term marital love. The ...