What would happen if you got stuck at a place with dreaded Bollywood villains like Gulshan Grover and Ranjeet, and they actually rescue you from being harassed?
What would your reaction be if Madhuri Dixit said I Am Sorry to you?
Which Ambani could have possibly reported the Author to the moral, if not the actual police?
How did Hrithik Roshan fool a city editor?
To find out answers to these questions and more, pick up a copy of the Bestselling Memoir – ‘Hotel Adventures with the Stars,’ penned by the International Hospitality Writer, L Aruna Dhir, who calls Dehradun her forever Home.
Hotel Adventures with the Stars is a delightful compendium of delicious stories based on L Aruna Dhir’s encounters with celebrities from different walks of life, spanning the world of cinema, arts, music, sports, politics and literature.
As a four year old, growing up in the verdant Doon Valley, Aruna would prance about the garden while the great sitar maestro Vilayat Khan held his music soirees. Who knew that would set the shape of things to follow. At 19, Aruna had Bollywood’s sexiest hero of the time, Sanjay Dutt, say I Love You to her. By the time she began working with international Five Star hotels, Aruna had stars from Bollywood and Hollywood orbiting her galaxy.
Hotel Adventures with the Stars is truly one of a kind book that chronicles several of Aruna’s engrossing encounters with a gamut of celebrities.
Funny, thrilling and heartwarming in equal measure, Aruna vividly recounts cherished memories of when Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan gave her a personal concert, Kapil Dev bowled her over and what it is to actually shake Sunny Deol’s Dhai Kilo Ka Haath amongst many other equally endearing incidents involving Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Ruskin Bond, Sharmila Tagore, Maneka Gandhi, Kiran Bedi, Khushwant Singh and several others, in this collector’s edition.
The Foreword for this enchanting Memoir has been written by the famous Master Storyteller, Ruskin Bond, who calls this unique recollection “Immensely readable.” L Aruna Dhir is today a recognised International Hospitality Writer with her insights presented in the number 1 ranked global hospitality publication. She is on the Board of the Association of Commonwealth Leaders’ Conferences (ACLC)– a Commonwealth Body and a Member of the World Tourism Network (WTN). A nationalpoll winning Communications Specialist, she has launched hospitality brands. As a Hotel PR Strategist, Aruna has worked with some of the world’s finest hotels such as the Hyatt, the Oberoi Group and The Imperial.
Dhir has represented India before a select group of opinionmakers in the United States, as a Cultural Ambassador under the GSE Program of Rotary International. She has also participated in the IXth Commonwealth Study Conference held in Australia and chaired by Princess Anne.
During the course of her exciting career, Aruna has brushed shoulders with a scintillating set of well-known personalities, including royalty. A clutch of them feature in highly entertaining anecdotal stories in Hotel Adventures with the Stars.
The quintessential Girl from Clement Town, Aruna grew up in Dehradun and spent her formative, school-going and collegiate years in the Valley Town. Quite naturally so, the Memoir is sprinkled with reminiscences of life in Doon in the 70s, 80s and the 90s. As a young girl, Aruna would attend many a Kavi Sammelan held at the Town Hall or the Doon Club to participate in poetry recitals in the company of notable poets of the region. Unsurprisingly then, she graduated to become a poet par excellence, and has to her credit two published poetry anthologies. Aruna has the distinction of being India’s first-ever Creative Writer with Archies Greetings, with several series of cards sold under her byline – an unprecedented feat that has not been repeated since. The milestone puts her in the league of Helen Steiner Rice, Susan Polis Schutz and Amanda Bradley.
Hotel Adventures with the Stars is her third Book, but her Debut Non-fiction.
In less than 24 hours of its pre-order link being put up, “Hotel Adventures with the Stars” debuted at the number 2 spot on the Hot New Releases and at number 25 spot on the Bestseller List of Biographies, Autobiographies and True Accounts, in a list that had President APJ Abdul Kalam’s Autobiography at number 1!
Since its launch, Hotel Adventures with the Stars has continuously popped up on the Bestseller list, to sit as a neighbour with the Man of the Hour, Elon Musk’s Biography and to be ahead of other popular biographies such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Unfinished and Dr NR Narayana Murthy’s Biography.
It has received exceptionally noteworthy endorsements from a string of superstars.
“Lucid, Witty & Engrossing…Aruna’s sharp writing makes this book a captivating read!” is how the Superstar Jackie Shroff describes the Memoir.
“L Aruna Dhir is an extremely engaging writer. She involves you in her stories and entrances you with her beautiful writing. What a fine time travel the Memoir allows into nostalgia!” affirms the Super Cop, Dr Kiran Bedi.
“Aruna is a Master-weaver. She has woven a colourful tapestry with gossamer threads to create a design of sensitive beauty,” says Sonal Mansingh, Padma Vibhushan Odissi classical dancer and Cultural Icon of India. Sanjeev Kapoor, Internationally acclaimed Indian Masterchef, Restaurateur and the Khana Khazana TV Star has this to say about Hotel Adventures with the Stars, “A fun, honest, memorable portrayal of personalities interwoven with anecdotal slices of nostalgia! Readers will find themselves in the stories and come away with a pleasing sense of warmth and realism.” Hotel Adventures with the Stars, not only takes you on a nostalgia ride but also gives you a close peep into the lives and personas of famous people you usually see across the big screen, bringing them to you up, close and personal.
