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15 Chameleons – Book Review by Rupa

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Dark satire seasoned with a dash of humor, 15 Chameleons, is a brilliantly crafted collection of hard hitting & impactful short stories, by a remarkable writer, that will prick your conscience & compel you to think.

– Rupa Raj

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They are best known as lizards that can change color to camouflage into their surroundings. Pranava Tripathi’s, 15 Chameleons, brings to mind, the famous lines from the timeless classic by Mohammed Rafi, “Is rang badalti duniya mein, insaan ki neeyat theek nahi…”

We’ve all known them, worked with a few, maybe even lived with one. They are human chameleons. Through guile & cunning, they know just what to say & do, to please the powers that be, along the way, as they make their way up the professional ranks to reach positions of power & then there are others who play the game of deception in their personal life. Human chameleons make a fascinating case study and it never ceases to amaze me that people fall for them, all the time.

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Dark satire seasoned with a dash of humor, 15 Chameleons, is a brilliantly crafted collection of hard hitting & impactful short stories, by a remarkable writer, that will prick your conscience & compel you to think. In Pranava Tripathi’s stories, I came across, all kinds of people, who are morally corrupt, scheming, foolhardy, ingenious, crafty & naive characters & situations that most of us will be able to relate to. People who are too wimpy & weak to be real, to be honest with others about who they are, might get away with it for some time but eventually they are exposed & their magnificent house of cards come tumbling down. This book awakens the mind to the realization that there is no alternative to honesty and it is better to be known for our honesty & integrity, as no heritage is so rich as these.

A master storyteller, Pranava Tripathi’s writing is characterized by evocative intensity and he tells it, exactly like it is.

A book not to be missed!

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Press Release – Release of Book 15 Chameleons in Delhi Book Fair 2016

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Pranava Tripathi’s “15 Chameleons”, a short story collection, is published by LiFi Publication in Delhi Book Fair on 30th August. Press release in both English and Hindi for the same is available with the photographs of the function.

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Book Release 15 Chameleons at Delhi Book Fair. From Left: Prof. Alok Bhalla – Eminent Writer and Critic, Ms. Vimla Mehra – IPS Special Commissioner Police Director General Tihar Jail (Retd,), Pranava Tripathi – Author 15 Chameleons, and Ms. Leena Sarma – Eminent writer & General Manager Centre for Railway Information System

ENGLISH VERSION (HINDI VERSION BELOW)

Pranava Tripathi’s “15 Chameleons”, a short story collection, is published by LiFi Publication in Delhi Book Fair on 30th August. Pranava, an IIM gold medallist and electronics engineer, works as Software Program Manager for Industrial Microcontroller. An industry veteran, he is a frequent presenter at industry forums including the famous Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). His literary work reflects his vast experience and the diverse knowledge that have come through living in many different countries and observing the diverse culture very closely. Four of his short stories are published in “Yours Lovingly”, an anthology of love short stories.

’15 Chameleons’ is collection of 15 short stories that highlight the normal, the mundane and the accepted issues which we have become so immune to that we have forgotten to question them, rather we have accepted them as a part of our lives. These stories depict a satirical caricature of our everyday life in the contemporary Indian society. The themes of the stories are the virtues, vices, emotions which we are all familiar with – fame, power, wealth, love and other human values, and showcase the willingness of the people from different classes to let go of these values. They are presented in a stark, unembellished style, devoid of pretensions. They are meant to shock, sicken and disturb. They are meant to wake us up to think what has changed since we first celebrated our freedom. The stories call for action to our collective conscience to rethink our values, attitudes, prejudices and priorities. This is about the real ‘us’ inspired by many incidents and stories.

Now Pranava is working on a plot for a fantasy, love story, Forget me. Please! which is based on paranormal love mystery.

HINDI VERSION (ENGLISH VERSION ABOVE)

’15 चमेलियोन्स’ एक लघु कथाओ का संग्रह जो की ३० अगस्त को LiFi पब्लिकेशन द्वारा दिल्ली पुस्तक मेला में प्रकाशित किया गया। इस कथासंग्रह के लेखक प्रणव त्रिपाठी हैं जिनका यह प्रथम प्रकाशित संग्रह है। प्रणव, आईआईएम के स्वर्ण पदक विजेता और इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स इंजीनियर, औद्योगिक माइक्रोकंट्रोलर के लिए सॉफ्टवेयर प्रोग्राम मैनेजर के रूप में काम करते है, भारतीय उद्योग के प्रसिद्ध परिसंघ (सीआईआई) सहित उद्योग मंचों पर प्रणव एक नियमित प्रस्तोता हैं। उनकी यह साहित्यिक रचना अपने विविध अनुभव का पटाक्षेप है जो की उन्होंने अलग अलग देशों में रह कर प्राप्त की हैं। प्रणव ने बहुत बारीकी से विविध संस्कृति के अवलोकन किये हैं और उनकी यह रचना इसी अनुभव का प्रतिबिंब है। प्रणव की चार छोटी कहानियां प्रकाशित हो चुकी हैं।

’15 चमेलियोन्स’ १५ छोटी कहानियो का संकलन है, जो कि सामान्य सांसारिक और स्वीकृत मुद्दे हैं जिन पर हम सवाल करना भूल गए हैं, बल्कि हमने उन्हें हमारे जीवन का एक भाग के रूप में स्वीकार कर लिया है। इन कहानियों में समकालीन भारतीय समाज में हमारी रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी का एक व्यंग्य कार्टून को दर्शाती है। कहानियों के विषयों गुण, दोष, भावनाओं को जो हम सभी परिचित हैं – यश, शक्ति, धन, प्यार और अन्य मानवीय मूल्यों, और दिखाने के अलग-अलग वर्गों के लोगों की इच्छा के इन मूल्यों के चलते। प्रणव ने इसे एक अलंकार-रहित, कुंद शैली में प्रस्तुत किया है जो की दिखावों से रहित हैं। यह कहानियां सदमे घृणा का अनुभव और परेशान कराती हैं। यह कहानियां हमे गहन निद्रा से उठा कर यह दिखाती हैं कि स्वतंत्रता के पश्चात सामाजिक तंत्र का ढ़ांचा किस प्रकार बदल गया है। यह कहानियां हमारे सामूहिक विवेक को जागृत कर हमारे मूल्यों, व्यवहार, पूर्वाग्रहों और प्राथमिकताओं पर पुनर्विचार करने के लिए प्रेरित करती हैं। यह कहानी संग्रह हमारे वास्तविक जीवन में कई घटनाओं और कहानियों से प्रेरित है।

अब प्रणव एक काल्पनिक प्रेम कहानी “फॉरगेट मी. प्लीज” लिखने की दिशा मे अग्रसर है जो की एक पारलौकिक रहस्यमय प्रेमकथा है।

Review of 15 Chameleons

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Book review of 15 Chameleons by T Soumya, Chief Editor, YourStoryClub.com
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In 1943, in the midst of a raging world war, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami published his now beloved collection of short stories – ‘Malgudi Days’. The collection of 19 short stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi painted an idyllic picture of our society under the British Raj. To us, today, it paints a vivid image of a begone era.

A lot has changed since then. In the seven decades since India’s independence, the world saw the birth of a new country, its struggle through infancy and then, its growth to maturity. In these decades of long transformation, there is as much to be proud of as to resent. The spirit of community, brotherhood and unadulterated patriotism that characterised our founding fathers, have, slowly but alarmingly, given way to a volatile blend of cynicism, distrust and dogmatism. And that is what this book portrays.

Pranava Tripathi’s 15 Chameleons attempts the same to our contemporary society as ‘Malgudi Days’ did to our society then under the Raj. The stories in this collection are as much a satirical caricature of our everyday life as a blunt warning that a climate of decay has silently set in. They are presented in a stark, unembellished style, devoid of pretensions. They are meant to shock, sicken and disturb. They are meant to wake us up to think what has changed. And most importantly, it is a call for action to our collective conscience to rethink our values, attitudes, prejudices and priorities. This is about the real ‘us’.

I hope this book provokes you as much as it has provoked me to think. I hope it prompts you to bring about the change necessary to make bigger changes, the need of the hour in today’s society.

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T Soumya
Chief Editor, yourstoryclub.com

15 Chameleons Book Release

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15 Chameleons Book Release Invitation
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15 Chameleons written by Pranava Tripathi will be released on 30th Aug 2016, at 5pm in Delhi Book Fair, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

About the Book

’15 Chameleons’ is collection of 15 short stories that highlight the normal, the mundane and the accepted issues which we have become so immune to that we have forgotten to question them, rather we have accepted them as a part of our lives. These stories depict a satirical caricature of our everyday life in the contemporary Indian society. The themes of the stories are the virtues, vices, emotions which we are all familiar with – fame, power, wealth, love and other human values, and showcase the willingness of the people from different classes to let go of these values. They are presented in a stark, unembellished style, devoid of pretensions. They are meant to shock, sicken and disturb. They are meant to wake us up to think what has changed since we first celebrated our freedom. The stories call for action to our collective conscience to rethink our values, attitudes, prejudices and priorities. This is about the real ‘us’ inspired by many incidents and stories. (View Book)