Kamlesh Chauhanthewriter-gauri

I want to cry.. Yet something tells me Wait... I want to cry... Yet your excuse show me No Mercy.... I want to cry... Yet something hold me back Warning me that these tears would not Make you come to realization I feel I should do something... But I don't want to Hurt Unknown part of Life I imagin your Infidelity My mind goes blank I think numerous time.. I conditioned my emotions to remain where they belong somewhere buried deep Inside But I want to cry.. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITH KAMLESH CHAUHAN 2005

My Personal Chat With : Author Kamlesh Chauhan Prof. M.S.Verma Q. Ms Kamlesh what is it that convinces you that your book should be reviewed? Why should people be interested in reading your book? K. I have lived in this beautiful country for …….years and have done my best to keenly observe the culture here. I have particularly noticed the clash of American and Indian culture. Most people in India aspire to migrate to America or to some other western country. The life here as portrayed in Hollywood films or what they have heard about it from NRI's who occasionally visit America and paint very rosy picture of their own life here is mostly misleading. Though human feelings round the globe are similar and akin to each others’, the cultures are miles apart. Any foreigner who comes to America finds another world here and it is almost an uphill task to get adjusted here and assimilated into the western culture. I have attempted to give an idea of the problems the Indians who come h...

“There is a perception, particularly in India, that the streets in the U.S. are paved with gold,” maintains Kamlesh Chauhan, in a recent conversation with me, “but when reality bites, the truth is rather disturbing.” Kamlesh was talking about her novel in Hindi, “Saat Samundar Paar”, which was recently published by Unistar Publications of Chandigarh, India. The publication caused a stir in Indian literary circles for its innovative and bold approach in storytelling. The novel grips the reader from the very first sentence which finds Sundari, the protagonist, seated in front of a mirror, studying the crags of an ageing face, searching for meaning in a life spanning decades across three continents. And through her reminiscence is told the story of different characters of different generations – in India, Britain, Canada and the U.S. Kamlesh maintains that this is not an autobiographical novel, but is inspired by numerous encounters she had with people whose anecdotal stories and vigne...