Book – Child/Currency by Ketan Bhagat
Title – Child/Currency
Author – Ketan Bhagat
Publisher – Rian Bhagat Entertainment (22 April 2021)
About the book
“Five years old is not big, Papa.”
“Really… then what is big?”
“Eighteen years.”
“Eighteen… why eighteen?”
“Because then mama can’t stop me from meeting you.”
Kanha’s words haunt Shreyas Kapoor. Shreyas hasn’t met his son in months because his estranged wife Prakriti treats Kanha like currency to be exchanged rather than as a child to be cared for.
Shreyas is alone, broke, and helpless. The law, society, and her family (maybe even his) all unjustly favor Prakriti. Destiny plummets Shreyas into a legal battle he’s bound to lose.
Enter faith—a higher power that follows no laws and has no bias. Shreyas takes refuge in his practice of the Holy Geeta and the words of Sathya Sai Baba, “Why fear when I am here?”
Will Shreyas have to wait until Kanha is eighteen to meet him again? Or will God have mercy on His devotee and deliver a miracle?
About the author
From the outside, Ketan is a typical 35 year old middle class common man living in Mumbai. Other than being the brother of India’s and probably the world’s most influential writer and often being complimented for his sense of humor, Ketan’s persona is so common that he doesn’t even need to describe it.. just look around and you will see someone like him… protruding waistline, fast receding hairline, limping middle management professional position, honeymoon time with the child (anywhere between 1 – 5 years), marriage which is just beginning to get old and ‘itchy’, stressed at work, struggling at gym and bored at home. Still getting used to being called an ‘uncle’, forgetting Valentine’s Day but always remembering to catch up with old friends over drinks…. often found discussing salaries of others (esp those of bosses and other ‘lucky’ colleagues), the current price of the match box sized 2 or 3 bhk he accidentally ‘bought’ few years ago, new housing projects coming up nearby or the sexy executive assistant of some vice president in office …. That’s Ketan Bhagat! present everywhere, noticed nowhere. Follow him on X, Instagram, LinkedIn
Source – https://www.amazon.in/Child-Currency-Ketan-Bhagat-ebook/dp/B093CNTD9M/
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