What Remained of Me is an intimate story about loving deeply–and learning to live with what love leaves behind.
The novel follows Raj Verma through the quiet seasons of growing up: friendships formed in classrooms and tea stalls, familiar cities passed through on long rides, dreams shared without guarantees, and a love that arrives gently but leaves without explanation. As life moves him from student days to responsibility, from closeness to distance, Raj learns that heartbreak is not always loud. Sometimes, it is simply silence.
Survival, he discovers, often means continuing anyway–showing up for work, for friends, for oneself–while the heart still lingers elsewhere.
Set against the rhythms of Pune and Mumbai, this is a deeply human story about sincere love,
friendships that hold you together, and the slow, unseen work of healing. It explores the parts
of us that don’t disappear when love leaves–only reshape themselves.
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Swatej Dhiwar
Swatej Dhiwar is an Indian writer and businessman from Pune, Maharashtra. His work explores love, loss, friendship, and emotional resilience with quiet honesty. Rooted in close observation of everyday relationships and spaces, his writing captures the silence between words and the emotions people carry while continuing to live, work, and hope.
What Remained of Me is his debut novel.
