A Dilli-Mumbai Story ...when Love Won Over Terror by Abhimanyu Jha
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Another new author to India Writers Bandwagon from the IIT/IIM Club.

The story starts with the flashback of The Taj Mahal Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai and ends with the narration of the love story, in the same hotel. It’s all about two passionate lovers, who were well-educated with two different family backgrounds and cultures falling in love and getting married against the wishes of the boy’s family but end up in a tragic climax wherein the boy loses his life in order to save his wife from the terrorist attack.
Aparajita, a middle class IITian, from Goa is a Christian girl who falls in love, (undoubtedly, love at first sight), with Aniruddh, a rich flamboyant youngster studying Economics in Delhi University, who hails from a traditional Sindhi family. The story revolves around these two just like scores of mature love stories across the world and ultimately get married against the wishes of Aniruddh’s parents. Aniruddh separates himself from his family on this pretext and leads a humble life along with his wife who later becomes pregnant. All went well until one day Aniruddh gets into a small duel with Apu (Aparijita) which leads to her walking out of the house to her friend’s place in Mumbai which in turn, turns out to be her deadly day of running into terrorist attack she and her friend were outing at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Aniruddh realizes his mistake and makes a desperate attempt to save his beloved wife from death, but in the meanwhile, meets his own while Apu is rescued.
The love story though is not new is narrated in rather a different tone with lot of local jargon and not-so witty humour. Somehow the narration could not garner enough tempo for an active page turning experience, though the synchronization was alright. The feeling of love was not so ecstatic and passionate to be remembered for long after closing the book.
Congratulations to the author in bringing out this book successfully but wish him more success and fan-following in his forthcoming releases.


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