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She Stood By Me

She Stood By Me

From the Bestselling Author of The Right Guy | A Modern Indian Romance About Love, Distance And Destiny | Emotional, Honest And Deeply Relatable

Tarun Vikash
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Raised in an upper-middle class family, Aparna was taught to build a successful career, to prioritise her work, and not get distracted by trivial things like love.

Abhishek comes from humbler beginnings, and like Aparna, he too, hopes to build a good life for himself. But unlike Aparna, he still believes in love.

As fate will have it, they fall for each other, but their troubles are just beginning. As college draws to an end, they find themselves working on opposite ends of the country, trying to get by with long-distance phone calls and annual meetings.

Abhishek loves Aparna. Aparna loves Abhishek. Then why are all the forces of the universe hellbent on making sure they stay apart?

She Stood By Me is a story of love, of family and friendship, and most importantly, of what it means to fall in love for the Indian middle-class.

Imprint: India Penguin Metro Reads

Published: Jul/2025

ISBN: 9780143476207 (Paperback)

Length : 240 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

She Stood By Me

From the Bestselling Author of The Right Guy | A Modern Indian Romance About Love, Distance And Destiny | Emotional, Honest And Deeply Relatable

Tarun Vikash

Raised in an upper-middle class family, Aparna was taught to build a successful career, to prioritise her work, and not get distracted by trivial things like love.

Abhishek comes from humbler beginnings, and like Aparna, he too, hopes to build a good life for himself. But unlike Aparna, he still believes in love.

As fate will have it, they fall for each other, but their troubles are just beginning. As college draws to an end, they find themselves working on opposite ends of the country, trying to get by with long-distance phone calls and annual meetings.

Abhishek loves Aparna. Aparna loves Abhishek. Then why are all the forces of the universe hellbent on making sure they stay apart?

She Stood By Me is a story of love, of family and friendship, and most importantly, of what it means to fall in love for the Indian middle-class.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Tarun Vikash

Tarun Vikash hails from Patna, from where he finished his schooling. He pursued his graduation from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, and is currently working as a Senior Technical lead in a reputed information technology (IT) firm in the same city.

Tarun was a theatre artist in his college days, participating in several plays and performing in inter-college competitions. When writing became a passion for him, he sought to author books that would resonate with every household in India.

He aims to bring many more real love stories to his audience, which spans the world. Tarun believes that real stories have the power to change society. Besides, reading about them also gives us some time off from our mobile phones so we can connect with ourselves.
She Stood by Me and The Right Guy are his bestselling novels, inspired by true events.

In his latest romance novel, He Stood By Me, Tarun tries to keep the characters and story genuine and authentic—as with his previous two novels. This novel takes readers back to their college days and shows them another side of the world we live in, the fact that love is not easy in any part of the world. This is a true love story.

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