‘हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स’ हे ‘युनायटेड किंग्डम’ च्या संसदेमधील ‘कनिष्ठ सभागृह’ आहे. हाउस ऑफ लॉर्ड्स हे संसदेचे वरिष्ठ सभागृह असून, हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्सचे कामकाज लंडनमधील वेस्टमिन्स्टर राजवाड्यामध्ये भरते. ६५० संसद संख्या असलेल्या हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्सचे सदस्य मतदारसंघांमधून निवडून येतात. भारताच्या लोकसभेची रचना संपूर्णपणे हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्सवर आधारित आहे. संसदेमधील प्रमुख दोन पक्षांच्या आणि त्यांच्यातील अंतर्गत व पक्षीय चढाओढीची एक उत्कंठावर्धक आणि कथेत गुंतवून ठेवणारी, ‘जेफ्री आर्चर’ यांच्या उत्कृष्ट लेखनशैलीतून शब्दातीत झालेली कादंबरी म्हणजे ‘फर्स्ट अमंग इक्वल्स!’
JEFFREY ARCHER, WHOSE NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES INCLUDE THE CLIFTON CHRONICLES, KEN AND ABEL AND CAT O' NINE TALES, HAVE ACHIEVED WORLDWIDE FAME, SELLING OVER 275 MILLION COPIES. HE IS THE ONLY AUTHOR TO HAVE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST POPULARITY IN ALL THREE TERRITORIES: NOVELS, SHORT STORIES AND TRUE STORIES (THE PRISON DIARIES). HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS FOR OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. HIS WIFE IS DAME MARY ARCHER, AND THEY HAVE TWO SONS, TWO GRANDSONS AND A GRANDDAUGHTER.
MOHAN G.GOKHALE IS B.SC.LLB &D.B.M. AFTER WORKING IN ONE OF THE NATIONALISED BANKS FOR 39 YEARS, HE RETIRED AS A CHIEF MANAGER FROM THE BANK. HE IS AN AVID READER AND PROLIFIC TRANSLATOR.HE HAS HIS PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ABOUT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED BOOKS. HIS COLLECTION OF BOOKS INCLUDES, BESIDES MARATHI, ENGLISH LITERATURE, BOOKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS SUCH AS,TRAVELOGUES FROM EARLIER ERAS, SOUTH/NORTH POLES, HIMALAYAN EXPLORATIONS/EXPEDITIONS ACCOUNTS,BOOKS ON WORLD WARS 1&2,HISTORY,GEOGRAPHY,MAP MAKING,SCIENCE AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES. AS A NATURAL PROGRESSION, HIS VORACIOUS READING INSPIRED HIM TO TRY HIS HAND AT WRITING AND TRANSLATING ENGLISH BOOKS. HIS JOURNEY FROM ENTHUSIASTIC AND INQUISITIVE READER TO WRITER/TRANSLATOR OF SOME STANDING HAS BEEN REWARDING AND FULFILLING.