{"product_id":"9781482800845","title":"PastPresent (PagePerfect NOOK Book)","description":"Authored by Amruta Dongray, PASTPRESENT is a book of verses. These verses are her 'take' on socio-political, economic and environmental issues. Amruta conveys her messages through commonplace objects, people and the environment. A reader describes her writing as 'simple to understand'¦ reality with rhythm' .\u003cbr\u003eWhile Amruta was comfortably placed in the role of a wife, a mother and a homemaker, the comforts that were handed to her made her increasingly uncomfortable, leading to, as she describes it 'erosion of her intelligence' . Having grown up with the teachings of how man needs to experience the new, learn and evolve, a four-year-long period of abundance and thus, stagnation, brought her to the brink of unhappiness.\u003cbr\u003eShe thanks Dr. Diwan, a friend, for gently waking her up from her forced hibernation. \u003cbr\u003eIn her poem 'Cycle' she says'¦'not only did the two-wheeler mock me for not knowing how to cycle, but also made me question how long will it be before I master the art of balancing daily life'¦balancing emotions, mind, body and soul.","brand":"Partridge India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126453616880,"sku":"9781482800845","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781482800845_p0.jpg?v=1763624752","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482800845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}