ISBN: 9789381836187    Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2012     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 153        Language: English

Sharing they say is joyous, and the new breed of youth does this through social network sites, where they share and exchange details of their life with friends, regularly up-dating details of their social and sometimes emotional life...... Facebook is the inspiration for this novel "Status Updated". "Status Updated" is a story about how Sara, a fun loving, college girl, who has never used any social site before, gets hooked onto Facebook, meets Amay online through a friend request, which she reluctantly accepts. And then Facebook decides to act as cupid. Can a love relationship beginning on Facebook turn into a real life love story? Will the attraction be mutual and permanent? But how much should one reveal, share online and where does this lead? How will relationship develop for Sara and Amay? It is a story about life' and its dilemmas. "Status Updated" is a sensitive novel about love and relationships, fulfilled and unfulfilled, family traditions and relationships and the subtle twists that an online romance takes in the lives of Sara and Amay. A story that is relevant to youth who spend so much time on Facebook and other social network sites, many of them finding their love and friends there...
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Apurva Sanjeti (20 years) is in her third year of law BA.LLB (HONS.) at Dehradun Petroleum University. Born and brought up in Rajasthan, she has done her plus 2 from Mody Institute of Technology & Research. A hard-working person, she is a keen learner, with an ability to understand and solve problems in a logical manner. Her life's ambition which she hopes she can achieve is to be Chief Justice of India. Apart from reading and writing, she is also interested in music, playing basketball and travelling to new places. She also loves to capture the beauty of nature through her photography. Sandeep Jain (24 years) is a sales manager with Optus, a telecommunication company, in Australia. Born in a small town of Rajasthan, and after spending a good part of his life in Udaipur, he moved to Australia in 2008 to pursue M.S in IT and a management degree. His ambition is to be a successful business man, and he feels is almost on the verge of fulfilling this. Apart from reading and writing, he is interested in exploring adventurous places. He is also a party lover, and enjoys playing musical instruments.
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