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“RIYA”… The girl next door. She is very much one among us. Born in a simple middle class family, in a small town of India, grew up with dreams and aspiration. She didn’t know the real name of life is ‘compromise’, ‘settle down with what you get easily’. And then she gets a ravishing opportunity interregnum she falls in love, a virtual one though. Life starts changing its colors… The story is going on in time line of the year 2009. Mesmerized she is with the colors of Holland but misses her country. Bored with the monotony of life she gets caught into her own emotional needs when she finds a friend request from NEEL, a Mumbai based software professional. Submerged in the guilt of getting indulged into this extramarital affair she makes him promise that they will never meet in the real world. The infatuation keeps of getting deeper as they felt they were so much compatible to each other’s emotional needs. When the life was getting colored, a test done just for curiosity, changes everything. She is broken mentally and emotionally. Is it her fault for which she is being punished? In the search of her question regarding where she got this HPV infection from, she explores some painful secrets. When her anger cools down she realizes that it was not RAGHAV’s fault, our society, traditions and mentality forced him to do what he was doing. She still wants to sort it out. Meanwhile Neel who is madly in love with her manages to see her and then feels irresistible to keep distances. Test done in India reveals that HPV infection has already caused much damage to Riya. She feels agonized with never ending hospital visits, test and anxious waiting periods for the reports. In her desperation she decides to get rid of her uterus, so that to bring this issue to an end. When Raghavtries to make her understand that this is not the right thinking, all her bitterness comes out, which she had hidden inside her. But this trigger was enough and more for the volcano to get erupted. The molehill becomes a big mountain and Riya discovers divorce papers on her table. She is still optimistic that even if everybody in this world is against her, there is Neel who will always stand for her. However Neel also tries to make her understand that her decision is impulsive. She feels more dejected when Neel tells her about a girl in his life. Does love really exists? Or expression of love also is just a matter of convenience? She is perplexed. Disappointed and shattered Riya goes in search of piece, solace and self-realization. She is trying her best however she is not able to forget Neel and time spent with him. One day out of the blue, searching her Neel appears. She feels agitated though tries to remain calm on seeing him there. Ignoring her bitterness, dramatically Neel reveals that the girl he mentioned in his life was none other than Riya. He was just waiting for the right time. Riya and Neel get married. His love and support makes her understand what is right for her. Things start settling down in her life. And with time supporting each other they are able to fulfill all their dreams. ***** The focus of this book is to create awareness about HPV and cervical cancer prevention among the young generation. It talks about vaccination, safe sexual practices, screening and consequences, which I feel every boy and girl in the society should know. Cervical cancer is unique as it is altogether preventable. The changes start much early in life (in the age group of 20-30s) progressing to cancer later in life. This is the tender age mostly when health issues are not in the priority list. The idea is to present the information in the form of a romantic fiction, so that message remains interesting, readable and better retained. *****