Cupidity-Ping Me, Love -
By Kiren Rai

Close friends Tara, a much-married woman; Naina, recently divorced, and
Nihal, a transgender, are looking to breathe free in a conventional
society. Successful urban professionals, they live the good life, or so
it seems. Trapped in unfulfilling relationships, each one craves an
understanding companion. In search of an emotional connect, the three
explore their deepest selves in the gripping world of online dating and
chat rooms. As they get drawn deeper into the vortex of online chatting,
the virtual reality threatens to overshadow their ordinary, mundane
existence, and the idea of self-exploration laced with transgression,
takes root.Tara wishes to cast aside the shackles of domesticity and
tradition to explore all that is taboo. Naina takes baby steps towards
her independence. Nihal faces a terrible struggle about the revelation
of his secret to the world. Cupidity-Ping Me, Love is a tale of
three lonely souls who reinvent themselves in the virtual world,
breaking all social norms, without an inkling of the final outcome.Born
and brought up in Uganda, East Africa, Kiren migrated to India in her
early teens. She has been a newspaper reporter, college lecturer, media
relations specialist and an e-content writer. She has written The Sacred
Indian Tarot, a beautiful hand-drawn deck of tarot cards with
twenty-two Major Arcana cards, combining the traditional elements of the
tarot with a rich tapestry of Indian mythology and culture.Kiren
promotes upcoming and contemporary art, bringing together different
mediums, cultural hues and individual styles from across the globe. Madhvi
comes from a business management and stock-broking background. A
lifelong passion for writing, two creative writing courses at the
University of Oxford and at NYU, translated into a dream entrepreneurial
venture-her very own start-up firm, The Writer's Web.' She provides
content writing solutions for corporates and other professionals.Madhvi
is into fitness and is a trained Muay Thai fighter. She also has an
immense love for dogs, especially her golden lab, Maximus. Cupidity-Ping
Me, Love is the first novel she has co-authored.