Sunday 2 December 2012

"When Love and Hate Collide- my entry to the GetPublished contest’’



The synopsis:
They say opposites attract. And that’s exactly what happened to them. Joseph Conrad and Madhumita Reddy had a chance encounter in a local bar, when sparks began to fly literally and figuratively. He was from England and she was from Andhra Pradesh.  He was everything that she detested in a man. He was chauvinistic, swore like a truck driver, was sloppy and believed that he was always right. And her independence frightened him. He could not resist her dimpled smile and compassionate liquid brown eyes. He liked his women smoking hot, and she managed to score a miserable 3 on the hotness scale.  She was short, slightly plump and a perfectionist. She abhorred untidiness and everything that was flashy.   And Joseph was exactly that. A flashy Casanova.

As one meeting led to other chance encounters they could not free themselves from the forces of attraction. They realised that inspite of their individual detestable traits, they still had some common ground on which they could tread upon without getting at each others throats. They loved the same kind of music, were passionate about books, action movies, animals and loved to experiment with different cuisines.

And so they chucked their indifferences and decided to dip their toes into an ocean called LOVE. And what a roller coaster ride it was for them. Like a whirlpool they were sucked into a rigmarole of passion, curses, fights and making up sessions. But through this all, their love for each other never diminished until the day she discovered a dark secret about him. And that’s when love collided with hate.  
How do Joseph and Madhumita, cope with this ultimate upheaval?  Read on to discover who won the final contest….Love or Hate……

Where the story strikes a chord:
This story is about the following dilemmas that most of us face at some point in our lives:  what is more important:  love or hate? Should people be judged by their mistakes or by their willingness to correct their mistakes?

A sneak peek:

“Josh, why can’t you put things in their proper places? Is it so hard for you to differentiate between a pair of socks and underwear?
“Of course I know the difference Maddy.  One is for the butt and the other for the feet.  But baby, you look absolutely ravishing when you are angry”, he replied smilingly and threw a sock at me.
He looked so boyish and full on impishness that my anger dissolved in a jiffy and I threw back the sock at him.
And thus the clothes from the drawer flew like missiles and as I threw the last piece, it hit bull’s eye.  I rubbed my hands in glee and said, “Now sort them and put it back neatly my love.”
“Awww…’”, he started, but I wagged a finger, flashed my dimples and went out of the room.

This is my entry for the HarperCollins–IndiBlogger Get Published contest, which is run with inputs from Yashodhara Lal and HarperCollins India.

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