Love Story of a Commando by Swapnil Pandey

Title : LOVE STORY OF A COMMANDO
Author : Swapnil Pandey
'LOVE STORY OF A COMMANDO' by Swapnil Pandey is blood tingling story which will make you to experience passion, agony, gallantry, sacrifice and love. The story line goes through different stages of life and makes teary eyes.
The story depicts a different angle of soldier's life, behind his patriotic face. Riya is a millennial who doesn't experience the intensity of love before until she meets Captain Virat.

Their first meeting lasts for very short duration but in typical Bollywood style,'with a flash of second,she took him down along with her, straight to the floor'. But Virat disappears without any clue but Riya starts flying as love bird. Soon Riya realizes the wait for Virat turning to 'endless', so she moves to Mumbai
to start a fresh. But destiny outlines their life in different way and their journey intersects again under the
burning dome of the Taj Palace hotel. Virat and Riya finds themselves very closer during rescuing operation,again Virat fades away.
Shattered, Riya decides to take away herself from urban life-style and grabs the opportunity work for orphans
in Kashmir valley. The prime minister's visit brings violence and gunfire back into her life.
Will Virat appear this time to extricate her? If Virat comes, how she would absolve him and how Virat would
justify his dissipation.

The story comprises of 'mystery of love' and 'menace of terrorism'. The author excellently narrates which keeps me to turn the pages with excitement. The author is able to justify how powerful Love is and simultaneously
patriotism fades all emotions. Plot, characterization perfectly go with story line and author shows her brilliance.
 Rating : 5 out of 5

BookTalk at CornerShelf with Sunil Mishra, author of 'WHO STOLE MY JOB'

Sunil Mishra is a software professional with over two decades of experience in the field of technology. He is truly enamored of evolving new technologies and their impact on our daily and work lives. He loves to travel and so far traveled to more than 30 countries across six continents.

CornerShelf: Tell us something about yourself?(childhood memory,
schooling, professional life, interests, hobbies).

Sunil: I grew up in a relatively small city, Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand. My initial days were more focused on studies though I liked playing football and little of writing here and there. I did my engineering from ISM Dhanbad and MBA from IIM Lucknow. For last 20 years I have worked with multiple companies including Infosys, Accenture, McKinsey, Oracle and Tisco.

I developed some interest in travelling which was the basis of my first book "Transit Lounge" - a travel account of 30 countries.

CornerShelf: Which is your first and/or most precious memory of books?

Sunil: My early memory of books is all on academics. I was not an avid reader during my study days. I started reading novels very recently. One of the early books I read was "Nirmala" by Premchand.

CornerShelf: What inspired you to write your latest book 'WHO STOLE MY JOB', is this personal experience?

Sunil: I am actively exposed to the field of technology and the disruption it is facing. This is not only affecting our work lives but redefining what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence and automation.

The future of work is going to be different for all of us. This is a very interesting topic that inspired me to write a story like that. The story is not a personal account.

CornerShelf: If given a chance to ask a question to an author, whom would you like to ask and what would be the question?

Sunil: I recently read a book Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark. It talks about the third generation of life in the age of technology. I found the book very interesting.

The question that I would ask him is the same as the title of my book -"Who Stole My Job"

CornerShelf: How do you accept negative feedback?

Sunil: I read almost every review comment buy the readers. They really provide good third person perspective. I really feel good when some readers refer to the book quotes. For me any constructive criticism is more of an opportunity to improve upon. Writing is a process that needs constant improvements.

CornerShelf: How long were you writing before before you published the book?

Sunil: Almost 1 year of writing and another 1 year of publishing

CornerShelf: A few words for our readers.

Sunil: I want to thank readers for the interest in my book and kind words of reviews. I am myself an avid reader though I started late. Reading books in general could be one of the most enriching experience.

I am really amazed to see that even in this age of shrinking attention spans the number of book lovers are growing instead. Hope it keeps growing.