Author: Sachin Garg
Publisher: Grapevine India
Pages:223
Price: 100/-
My Rating: 3/5
The story is about Saumya Kapoor, from Delhi, who is just out of her MBA. She gets an offer from a steel company and in the last minute she comes to know that her posting is in Toranagalu, a small village in Karnataka. She couldn’t imagine her life without shopping malls and short skirts in that village that too with Amit (her college mate whom she hates for various reasons). But as she did not have another option she accepts it and lands in Toranagalu.
In Toranagalu, she meets Malappa, another new joinee in the plant. He is an interesting guy and Saumya was attracted to him. She gets posted in Safety section of the company where she is required to handle tough jobs. Just when you are about to think that a love story was coming up between Saumya and Malappa, some unexpected incidents in the plant make Saumya’s life more tragic than she imagined.
At the time when Saumya was in a dilemma whether she could handle the pressure, her relation with Shubhrodeep develops. Saumya met Shubro during her initial days in Toranagalu, in a trip with Amit and Malappa to nearby place. Shubro moves on from place to place for every three months, that is his life style. For three months he stays in Toranagalu in the steel plant with Saumya’s help.
Saumya likes Shubro but doesn’t reveal it as she fears he may reject her and move on to another place following his move-on theory.
The rest of story is about how the character Shubro unfolds, Can Saumya handle her job after the disturbing incidents? Did she express her love to Shubro? Will Shubro stay back for Saumya? What is the reason behind his life style?
If you are wondering what happened to Malappa…well, that is another twist in the tale!!
The way the book started with the author meeting Saumya in a journey and Saumya telling her story to him reminds me of the CB style. This story will be refreshing for those who got bored with the routine college love stories. The story isn’t predictable...it is gripping till the end. The writing style is good…made this an easy to read. The discussions between Saumya and her friend Varthika are entertaining.
The thing which attracted me to this book other than the legs on the cover page is that Sachin Garg wrote the story from a girl’s perspective. But unfortunately he is not completely successful in portraying a girl before reader. The emotions of a girl are surely missing.
More than Saumya, it is the character Shubro that I liked a lot, author did a good job in developing this character. The way author handled Malappa’s character is a bit disappointing. It would have been better if Malappa has more scope in the story.
Overall, a decent work by Sachin.
Overall, a decent work by Sachin.
About the Author: Sachin is an Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and did his MBA from MDI, Gurgaon. Apart from books, he has a keen interest in strength training activities and travelling. In 2011, he quit his day job to start his own venture in print media.
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