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Karan Bajaj

Karan Bajaj

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Karan Bajaj is the author of Keep off the Grass,which has been on bestseller lists in India since its release in 2008. The bookwas a semi-finalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and was shortlistedfor the Indiaplaza Golden Quill Award, among other honors. Johnny Gone Down ishis second novel.

Born in 1979 into an Army family, Karan is anengineering graduate from BIT Ranchi and an MBA from the Indian Institute ofManagement, Bangalore. Besides writing, he pursues his Brand Management careerwith Kraft Foods, New York on the side and was named a ‘Top 40 under 40Marketer in the US’ byAdvertisingAge in 2007. He can be reached at [email protected]. 

The Magic Word

The Magic Word

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span>  </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span>  </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span>  </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span>  </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span>  </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span>  </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;">&quot;The Pulp fiction novel of the summer!&quot;</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;"> </span></span><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><em><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">-</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Financial Express</span></strong><br /><br /></span></em><span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;">“Set to make publishing history”</span></span><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">- IANS</span></strong><br /></span></em><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;"><br /><span>“Johnny rises and shines! Wild, bizarre and satisfying”</span><br /><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">- Deccan Chronicle</span></em></strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><br /></span></em><span>“Restores one’s faith in the pace of a thriller”</span><br /><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">- Asian Age</span></em></strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /></span></em><br /><span>“Raw and powerful”</span><br /><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">- Indiaplaza</span></em></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"> </span></em></strong></span><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><br /></span></em><span>&quot;A taut gripping saga&quot;</span><br /><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">-</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"> </span></em></strong></span><strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">Hindustan Times</span></em></strong><em><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">&quot;</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em><span>A stunning adventure of the human spirit from one of the freshest, most exciting voices in Indian literature in years”</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><span>-</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">Ben Rekhi</span></strong><span>,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">Waterborne</span></strong></em><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;">.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /></span></strong><span>“Visceral. Stunning. Pure entertainment without pretensions”</span><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">- Vir Das, Film Actor</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br /></span></strong><span>&quot;This is the greatest novel I have ever read in my life...I can't get this book and the cover out of my head.&quot;</span><strong><span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">-</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">Flipkart</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><em> </em></span></span></strong></span></p>