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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
They say it’s better to fail in love than to never fall in love. The author is a true Cancerian, with an insatiable appetite for love, who has failed twice but is relentless in his quest for a lifetime partner in laziness and craziness. These poems delve into the journey that started with him going down on his knees on a hot June evening to a cold breakup on a warm March night. Musings over Malt is an attempt to come to terms with what could have been but thankfully wasn’t. It’s also a promise to fall in love and give happiness another shot!
These poems are straight from the heart and, at times, needed a nudge from glasses of single malt to ensure only the purest and most heartfelt emotions were captured for the readers. The photos—all clicked by yours truly—are a window to what the heart was visualizing at that juncture.
P.S. This book is best enjoyed with Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game and John Legend’s All Of Me playing on loop with single malt on the rocks for company.
Rudra Prosad Daw
Rudra Prosad Daw did his MBA in Business Finance and Management at the University of Liverpool. He heads a multiplex chain aimed at reviving the cinema exhibition business of Bengal. Handling his corporate job and helping his family manage their pre-independence era’s cinema exhibition business—Udayan Cinema—along with a private school, Stepping Stone School, Rishra keeps this fun-loving extrovert on his toes 365 days a year. Nothing gives him a bigger high than redefining how the audience experience films on the big screen though.
He’s described as crazy by close friends for choosing a daily four-hour-to-and-fro drive to his ancestral home in Rishra to be with family, especially his four-legged sibling, Tigalu. Apparently, it’s this long commute that keeps him focused, grounded and connected to everyone around him. This ‘me time’ helped him come up with Musings over Malt and several other ideas with which he is trying to touch the lives of people in Bengal. While most people meditate, this guy drives around to introspect his past, balance his present and plan his future.
Good music, fast cars, capturing memories, venting his feelings on paper or at the gym and dancing like no one’s watching are the main ingredients of his otherwise mundane life. His future plans include expansion into the hospitality sector, opening an old-age home and a dog shelter. Also, to write some more books, travelogues while backpacking solo and to produce short films on love! Like the hopeless romantic in him says, “What's life without a companion to sip single malts with, take long walks on cobbled streets and drive on winding roads across the globe!”
Shoot your feelings and feedback to rudradaw@gmail.com to get a personalized reply and a chance to discuss his next book over single malt.
