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The Fractured Solitude unfolds on top of a road protection concrete barrier, where a young woman teeters on the edge, contemplating suicide. Just in a nick of time, an old Army Veteran intervenes, preventing her leap. This sets the stage for a collision of two profoundly different worlds, encompassing contrasting socio-economic classes, backgrounds, and lifestyles; as well as similar circumstances, beliefs, and perspectives. Despite these disparities, this unexpected encounter leads to some pure and simple human connections.
The book delves into the dark zones of depression and loneliness with the hope of finding happiness and love in our lives and offering the readers emotionally intricate, intriguing, and thought-provoking experiences and insights. It exposes the human psyche, shedding light on the struggles, challenges, and aspirations of three individuals who, under normal circumstances, would never cross paths but find a unique connection in the most unlikely of places and their shared humanity.
Fractured Solitude by Badal Verma is a powerful and inspiring exploration of healing, resilience, and beauty that can emerge from our endeavour to overcome the pain and suffering of the loss of loved ones. Sometimes, the hardest climb is against the mountain within. You don’t need a map; you need resilience. You often stand there, broken but whole. The mountain will still be there. But you will be climbing.
- Mishmi Verma Rao
Badal Verma
Badal Verma is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. An Infantry Veteran, he grew up with the best of humans in the lap of nature and drew strength from them to face the challenges of living with grace and honour. He has extensive experience in CI Ops in J&K and in NE where he had several trysts with death including being shot at point-blank range in the chest and abdomen. His favourite subject is life and he practices happiness as a tenet of military discipline. His fondness for the randomness of the pandemonium of life motivated him to adopt a positive bias towards life and he believed in it even when life was unkind to him. Badal Verma is as fearless, unhindered, and free as his namesake in the sky! He lives in Jaipur with the memories of his beautiful wife Varsha.
