Category: Fiction

Makes History come alive again


The Chronicler of the Hooghly was recently reviewed by the forum ‘Deepan’s Bookshelf.

In it, Deepan Maitra writes:”……Through author Shakti Ghosal’s stories, I was able to travel once again to the history of this city, thriving and flourishing in new colours while still preserving the vintage hues of the age gone by.

‘The Chronicler of the Hooghly’ is a book that has deftly stayed away from the sparks of bewilderment or the colourful drama of intentional complexities. Different from putting forward a gaudy show of bright hues, the writing style preserves the beauty of simple colours, that interlink the heritage with commonality. The colours are a bit subdued and faded, but they carry lineage and ancestry.

The book houses stories that attempt to bridge the gap between today and yesterday. There remains always a linkage to the past, which makes the constructs in the book fascinating and lively. This kind of bridging not only serves as a vehicle to bring forth the contrast between the ages spoken about but also makes us wonder how several nuances remain just the same time after time…….”

The full review may be read here: https://deepansbookshelf.wordpress.com/…/makes-history…/

Available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and select bookstores.

http://www.shaktighosal.com

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A Reader in Massachusetts and a Contest winner in Bangalore


Debangshu K Gangopadhyay from Massachusetts says ‘Hi’ to the Chronicler.

The Chronicler of the Hooghly has been getting excellent ratings on Amazon US.

Back in Bangalore, Anita Nair exults at winning the ‘The Chronicler of the Hooghly’ contest.

Adjudged Book of the Month ( Mar ’21). Available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and Select Book stores.

http://www.shaktighosal,com

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The sadness, the tiredness, the irrelevance of it all


An excerpt from the story Ashtami.

‘It seemed disturbingly like a sound from the past trying to come to terms with that of an uncertain future. It ricocheted through the house and beyond, and failing to tug at the heartstrings of the folks around, carried to the heavens the sadness, tiredness and the irrelevance of it all.’

Now available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and select bookstores.

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Appellate Tribunal member engages with the Chronicler


Rajiv Misra , an IIM Ahmedabad alumni, is the Member Administration at UP Real Estate Appellate Tribunal at Lucknow.

Holding the belief that ‘every dark night is followed by the dawn’ he is now engaging with the crucible experiences in the Chronicler of the Hooghly and other stories.

Now available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and select bookstores.

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 with Rajiv Misra.

‘Reviews with Rakhi’ on The Chronicler of the Hooghly and other stories


The forum ‘Reviews with Rakhi’ has written thus about the Chronicler of the Hooghly in its blog.

QUOTE

The different eras, timelines, generations, characters, made this book the best. So if you want to read a story from the British Era to the times of coronavirus then this is the book that will amaze you to your core, written in a lucid language full of Indian facts, religions, places, and full of emotions, then this is the book for you. Overall most recommended Book by me. So click here and read now The Chronicler of the Hooghly written by Shakti Ghosal.- March 20, 2021

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The full review may be seen in the link below.https://www.newbooksreviewer.com/…/the-chronicler-of…

Now available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and Select Stores.

http://www.shaktighosal.com

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Professor Amlan engages with the Chronicler


Amlan Bhattacharya is feeling chill with Author Shakti Ghosal.

Professor Amlan Bhattacharya @ Aravali Bangalore writes:

Reading The Chronicler of the Hooghly …authored by my ex-boss Shakti Ghosal Sir (IIM Bangalore). Also, I feel obliged because Sir has agreed to teach at Aravali Bangalore as a guest faculty. What more would I wish for? Please read, and enjoy it. Available Worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and select Book Stores in both paperback as well as in kindle versions.

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The Chronicler Tales…….


The Chronicler of the Hooghly, and other stories, adjudged Book of the Month (March 2021) is available worldwide on Amazon, Flipkart and select bookstores.

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Book Recommendation by Booknerds!


New Book Alert !Four stories. Five crucible experiences.The Chronicler of the Hooghly by Author Shakti Ghosal

Grab a copy now : Amazon India https://amzn.to/2MtFhXO , Amazon international https://cutt.ly/Rl0XDzc, Flipkart https://cutt.ly/0l0XCnd

About the book : Four stories. Five crucible experiences.

As Samir embarks on a sunset cruise on the Hooghly, he meets the enigmatic Chronicler who takes him on a two and a half centuries journey surrounding the curse of a fabled pearl necklace, as mentioned by his dying mother.

Spanning between the pandemics of 1919 and 2020, Dipen and Indranil are confronted by tragedies under vastly different societal conditioning and development.

As the capital of the British Raj shifts to Delhi in 1912, Junior Clerk Sujit with wife Bina is forced to migrate. Shanti, born of a forceps delivery gone horribly wrong, comes into their lives.

Suffering severe injuries from a gas explosion, Anjan meets Savio who brings him face to face with the private demons from his past. But past demons do have a way to come into one’s present with life changing consequences. Who is Savio?

About the author : Shakti Ghosal is a new author of fiction on the block. He currently resides with his wife Sanchita in the city of Kolkata in India. Together, they are the proud parents of two lovely daughters. Passionate about exploring new places and cultures, Shakti has been a globetrotter. Shakti uses a wide angle narrative style in his writings into which he brings his rich global perspective and life experiences. He loves to explore relationships within emergent situations.

An engineer and MBA (Faculty Gold Medal 1984) from IIM Bangalore, Shakti has lived close to four decades of corporate life in India and abroad. A professional certified Coach, Mentor and Trainer, Shakti runs Leadership Workshop cum coaching programs for organisations as part of his commitment to develop and upgrade Leadership Incubation globally. He is a visiting professor at IIM Udaipur, IIM Kashipur and IIM Nagpur.

To know more about the author visithttps://www.shaktighosal.com/

Dr. Prasenjit Basu on the Chronicler of the Hooghly


Come! Embark with the Chronicler on a journey through Time and Transformation…..The Chronicler of the Hooghly and other stories is now available on Amazon and Flipkart.

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https://www.flipkart.com/the…/p/itm717ec89ceb50f…

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An Interview with an Author


An Artistic depiction by Srilekha Peddina

I had the privilege of being interviewed about my forthcoming book, ‘The Chronicler of the Hooghly and other stories’ by another author recently.

My interviewer was Sharon Swathi Gaddala, the author of, ‘I chose at 18 – True Chronicles on my choices, career and love’.  Apart from being an author, Sharon is also a Life Coach with the vision-

‘Become a better person than yesterday, simply because you can. You will leave this world and your loved ones, some day, until that day, be happy, live and keep getting better at it !! This is a one time shot, gotta nail it!’

The interview is featured in Sharon’s blogsite:

https://www.sharonswathigaddala.com/post/interview-with-author-shakti-ghosal

‘The Chronicler of the Hooghly and other stories’  is scheduled to release in February ‘21. For updates, do visit https://www.shaktighosal.com/

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