Positive Overtones

That Kiss in the Rain (Book Review)  ‘That Kiss in the Rain’ is a novel published in 2009 by Novoneel Charaborty. The story revolves around three central characters, namely, Pallavi, Swadha and Haasil. As these three search for what love is for them in their life their worlds collide bringing about a series of unexpected events that may or may not lead to the culmination of their search. Pallavi Vimani was Sarita Nehra at birth. She was born into a poor family who struggled to feed their children. The Vimani family was quite rich but they lacked one thing – the gift of a child in their house. Sarita was handed over to the Vimani family in exchange of two lakh rupees. Thus, Sarita Nehra became Pallavi Vimani. Pallavi was spoilt and her semi-parents would gift her with the best of clothes and toys. It was as if she had the world at her feet. Pallavi had grown to be a very talented young girl with a congenital intelligence. But, Pallavi experienced a change only when sh...

The Woman He Loved  It wasn’t the beautiful long brown locks that she gently tied into a bun every morning, nor was it the well ironed khaki uniform that she wore to work. Though she put some fairness cream on her face and sprayed some sweet rose scented perfume, Sachin admired the woman he loved because of the intimate relationship he shared with her. The woman was his mother, Radha. Radha was a single parent right from the time she conceived Sachin. During her college days she had a romantic fling with the captain of the basketball team. After many intimate encounters, she finally conceived a child. This is where the problems began as she had to soon drop out of college because of her health condition. She expected her boyfriend to do the same. However, afraid to take up the responsibility of parenthood, Sachin’s father left Radha to fend for herself and the child. Radha was soon left alone as her parents also disowned her after hearing about what had happened in...