Stella

Stella is different from the other teenager girls in her chawl. At sixteen, while other girls are too busy whiling away the time, she has a dream—a dream of making it big in life. Her mother, Sheila, a maid-servant, wholeheartedly supports her and remains her backbone.Isn't it the way with all common people; each day facing new problems in even more perplexed situations. Out of nowhere, a new trouble brews up! An attempt by some of the hooligans in the chawl to outrage Stella's modesty leaves Sheila distressed. She is forced to shift to the servant quarters of Mr. Arya, in whose house Stella cooks to make a living. Stella, now all grown to be a beautiful young woman, unaware of life's sudden unfolding, falls prey to circumstances unavoidable! She gets romantically attached to Mr. Arya's son, Himanshu who craftily makes her believe that he will marry her one day. Destiny has something else in store for her. Soon to her horror she discovers that she is pregnant and that alarms her to no end. She then decides to commit suicide.Will Stella be able to come out of the distress that surrounds her? Read more to find out…Neelam Saxena Chandra, an author of thirty-six books, is a record holder with the Limca Book of Records for being the author having the highest number of publications in a year in English and Hindi (2015). She works as Joint Secretary (U.P.S.C.). She has won an award in a poetry contest by American Embassy, Premchand award by Ministry of Railways, Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry award, Freedom award by Radio City for her lyrics. She was listed in the Forbes list as one of the most popular seventy-eight authors in the country in 2014. She can be contacted at neelamsaxena27@hotmail.com.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ContentsPart – I1. Stella — 92. Sheila — 143. Love Story Goes Sour — 204. A Voyage — 255. A New Life — 306. A Harrowing Experience — 357. A New Beginning — 408. Love is in the Air — 469. Upheavals in Love — 5110. Negotiating the Way — 5611. Resilience — 6112. The Counsellor — 6613. Sheila's Rigid Refusal — 7114. Good News Finally! — 77Part – II15. A New Phase — 8516. The Tom-and-Jerry Chase — 9017. Elections — 9518. Prof. Soumik Sen — 10019. The Contests — 10520. The Attempts to Love — 11121. Himanshu — 11622. Stella's Stalemate — 12123. Repentance — 12624. Love Flowers — 13125. A Chance Encounter — 13626. A Twist in Tale — 14127. Life-changing Alterations — 14628. Riya — 15129. The Beans are Spilt — 15630. Threads of Relationships — 161Epilogue — 167