Vinod Mukhi

A story about a girl named Gul who starts her journey to the `city of dreams` - Mumbai - for success from her hometown. When she is leaving from home her mother gives her a diary to record her day to day activities. She also gives her a note which has some meaningful lines. Once in Mumbai, Gul finds work at a Fashion House. She stays with her friends Piya, an accountant at the same Fashion House and Carol, a spa owner. Soon she becomes complacent about the things she has been gifted with, using people to reach to the top. Until the point when she realises her grave mistake of having hurt the many people who cared about her causing them to drift away gradually. To amend her past actions, she decides to read the diary her mother gave her from the start just to check who she treated the worst. She decides to undo what she has done by apologizing to everyone who she trampled to move ahead only to find the truth about the city of Mumbai and the corporate world. But the shocking revelation teaches her to remain the same arrogant and reckless person she had become to continue her journey to attain more success but on her own terms.

Arjun is a contract killer executing people on the orders of his boss, who treats him more like a younger brother. On successfully completing an execution, the boss rewards him a night with Naina, a bar dancer. During this night, Arjun and Naina fall in love with each-other, and wish to settle in a better life together, away from their current professions. However, both of their bosses deny to relieve them, having them elope. But, it is not as easy to evade the past as they thought it would be!

"Lost in Abroad" explores the life of an African man living in a foreign country. While away from Africa, he managed to acquire good education, a rewarding career, and a beautiful family. However, he was never content with his life in a foreign land and he found himself divided with a mind in Africa but physically abroad. He faced different challenges trying to raise his children the "African way." His African friends faced similar challenges. Eventually, he made up his mind to move back to Africa; but it did not set well with his wife and some of his kinsmen. He is then faced with tough decisions that many Africans abroad would have to make.