Books by Mani

A retired Indian man visits his son in New Jersey. On a walk, he encounters aliens. Fantasy Planet is about their interaction.In Half-Knowledge: Zeeshan Ali, aka Zee, a young engineering student, is a genius. He creates a gadget which can read minds, but his experimental trials take him on some dangerous adventures. Can his intelligence save him?Himalayananda is a story of two greedy businessmen, Bhatia and Ved, who chance upon a hermit. They name him Himalayanada and try to make some money by auctioning him. But what quirk of fate leads Pushpa, a Tollywood heroine, to bid for him? In The Card Game, a group of retired couples decide to spend a day in a resort playing cards. But things take a turn as crimes unfold in the cottages around theirs and reach a climax when a dead body is found. Emotions run high as they discover that the games being played don't just involve a deck of cards!From property fights and human frailties and emotions to interactions with alien life and the link between God and aliens, this book holds much more within its pages. Hyderabad-Jersey Tales is an interesting, inspiring collection of stories and poems that have a backdrop of either Hyderabad or New Jersey.