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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalP.D.Vaid is the author of Obsessive Associations: You Will Find Yourself Here which was his first novel. His second book is View through Slit. Retired though meant not the ending of work life. Doing what he can do the best to his wisdom. Would keep making things up and writing them down. Welcome. The author retired from active service a decade ago. Amidst the pandemic, he suddenly found that the spectre of uncertainty looms large. Writing is his passion; it revs up a kind of enthusiasm and helps him wear rose-tinted glasses, enabling him to see the world creatively. He has authored two bookRead More...
P.D.Vaid is the author of Obsessive Associations: You Will Find Yourself Here which was his first novel. His second book is View through Slit. Retired though meant not the ending of work life. Doing what he can do the best to his wisdom. Would keep making things up and writing them down. Welcome.
The author retired from active service a decade ago. Amidst the pandemic, he suddenly found that the spectre of uncertainty looms large. Writing is his passion; it revs up a kind of enthusiasm and helps him wear rose-tinted glasses, enabling him to see the world creatively. He has authored two books already: Obsessive Associations and View through Slit. Another story thus popped up in his mind, and he penned it down in the form of this book, presented to readers in all modesty.
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The protagonist is a genial person with inherited virtuous values. He happens to go on a work assignment to a country on the African continent. He has a fascination for flora and fauna; one can easily presume him to be nemophilist. He has spare time during the weekends, when he loves to wander in the woods. Once, while in solitude, vivid memories of Elis, his muse of yesteryear, emerge, to give him the desired company. He conjures up a picture of her, with an
The protagonist is a genial person with inherited virtuous values. He happens to go on a work assignment to a country on the African continent. He has a fascination for flora and fauna; one can easily presume him to be nemophilist. He has spare time during the weekends, when he loves to wander in the woods. Once, while in solitude, vivid memories of Elis, his muse of yesteryear, emerge, to give him the desired company. He conjures up a picture of her, with an enchanting smile on her face. She goads him to go across the lake for the wonderments waiting to unfold. There happens the strange encounter with an elegant white girl, Kate, on a weekend break, staying in her temporary abode in a portacabin on the lakeshore. She is svelte and sophisticated. As the story unfolds, his relationship with advances, from being an acquaintance to becoming her ardent admirer and, eventually, her benefactor. It is hard to say who is the benefactor for whom, as both hold each other in so high an esteem. Thus evolves a unique relationship between Vasu, the protagonist, and the angelic beauty, Kate. The book focuses heavily on Vasu’s relationship with Kate. Through gentle prose, their thoughts are reflected in the book.
Anuj had a brilliant mind on his young shoulders. He grew up without giving a damn about the vicissitudes of the future. He felt contented with his present; well qualified, a nice job compatible with his academic background and happily married. So, it is fair to say that he had a smooth sailing – a kind of life for which the stars had to be perfectly aligned.
Looking at humanity in action, fascinated him more than anything else. He found the
Anuj had a brilliant mind on his young shoulders. He grew up without giving a damn about the vicissitudes of the future. He felt contented with his present; well qualified, a nice job compatible with his academic background and happily married. So, it is fair to say that he had a smooth sailing – a kind of life for which the stars had to be perfectly aligned.
Looking at humanity in action, fascinated him more than anything else. He found the manifestation of God in those doing labour intensive work, in verdant sights and the growing plants in a nursery. He loved to draw parallels between the lives of varying socio-economic strata of the society.
He would try deciphering the notes of mesmerising flora, flocks of birds flying effortlessly and in uncanny acts of fauna in the wilderness, making him indeed a keen observer of the world surrounding him. Given the right ambience, he would occasionally introspect himself in a quest for his own identity and purpose in life.
While thinking of noble souls, a pertinent question pops up in his mind – of all the souls that have ever lived on the planet, why only a few were still alive in the forms of their qualified utterances to guide mankind? It was this question that set the tone of definitive thoughts in him that have been put together in View through Slit.
His most desired passion was to live each moment to the fullest before slipping into obliteration. His first crush was on the swimming coach. He remained at the threshold of falling in love with her. He reluctantly fell in love a second time and it culminated into marriage. He believed in the might of destiny and equally believed in his right to be in control of these moments. He resolved to ignore the all-powerful, invincible and mighty destiny.
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His most desired passion was to live each moment to the fullest before slipping into obliteration. His first crush was on the swimming coach. He remained at the threshold of falling in love with her. He reluctantly fell in love a second time and it culminated into marriage. He believed in the might of destiny and equally believed in his right to be in control of these moments. He resolved to ignore the all-powerful, invincible and mighty destiny.
Unlike in the present age, there is a growing tendency to capture moments, big or small, through the eyes of the lens. Back then, the options were more or less limited to living mindfully and preserving moments. There are memories of a childhood striving for the freedom of adulthood. Or when under the stress of adulthood, a longing for a comfortable life of retirement.
Surprisingly, he never thought of retiring from life. Every stage in his life had a unique charm of its own. To him, the magic of the moment was lost if desirable results were expected all the time. Outcomes fall in the domain of destiny. So he regretted or expected nothing from life except the prerequisite of feeling the distinct charm of living to the fullest. Frame by frame, pictures are conceived by the old man of his avant-garde heroine and the ‘life’ that remained his only true love. He was determined not to blame life for any of his miseries.
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