Happy Birthday and Other Stories - As I turned 30

It was a different piece of cake this year. When one turns 30, there is a lot of life contemplation and well Happy Birthday, as a book only proves to be a perfect gift. “Years have passed; years will pass; the difference being, today we are together, tomorrow our memories will be together. Rightly said, every birthday calls for such wishes and life stories, and this book is full of such life instances but with a difference. Every story carries a myriad of human relations, feelings, expectations and realities. With her book, Meghna has subtly highlighted the truth real and blatant which generally hides behind every shining life of each one of us. Elderly people dealing with the changes that they see through their children is a theme across a few stories. As is changing relationships with time. Whether a friend who is pregnant and cannot afford it or a father who is also a father-in-law or may 2 adults who want to be together but can’t, every narrative is real – even t...