Manjula Padmanabhan's 'Stolen Hours': A Look at Altered Worlds

Manjula Padmanabhan's new book, 'Stolen Hours', is a collection of sci-fi stories.

They are like looking at our world through a funhouse mirror, showing us things that are familiar but twisted in surprising ways.

One story might have a world without pain, or a future where machines revolt.

The author, who has lived in many countries, uses sci-fi to explore what it means to be human and how we all relate to each other.

The book makes us think about our world in new and interesting ways.