SOMETHING ABOUT HER EYES: THAT HAS AN AURA OF ROMANCE (Part – II)

A’S PREDICAMENT – PART 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Riya was dressed in a navy-blue silk saree and sky-blue-colored blouse. She sat on the seat of coach number A-3 of Howrah-Mumbai Mail. It was past 8 pm and the train was about to leave Howrah station. Riya saw no other passenger in the coach she boarded and noticed the people moving outside the train on the platform hastily. She was reflecting upon her life in Dhaka where she had been teaching at the premiere university for more than a decade. Her life was a roller-coaster ride so far. The rhythmic clatter of the train wheels against the tracks was the only audible sound in the dimly lit compartment. Riya’s thoughts, however, echoed louder than the train’s steady cadence. The journey from Dhaka to Kolkata felt like a passage through the corridors of memories, each compartment housing fragments of her tumultuous past. Riya’s gaze was fixed outside the window, where the lights from the village lamp posts blurred into streaks as the superfast train sped through the night. She was lost in contemplation, replaying the chapters of her life like scenes from a bittersweet movie. The first chapter, tainted with betrayal, unfolds when Kamaldeep, the charismatic businessman, sweeps into her life. Her youthful naivety was shattered when she discovered the deception woven into their brief marriage. The wounds from that betrayal still lingered, leaving her cautious and guarded. Determined to rebuild, Riya sought solace in academia, taking up a position as a lecturer at Dhaka University. Her decision marked the beginning of a journey toward self-discovery and independence. Divorced and resilient, she carved a niche for herself, far away from the shadows of the past. As Riya was reminiscing about her past, elsewhere, her lover he was once, Rajesh Saigal was busy in an altogether different zone. He wanted to get rid of the hectic life associated with an investigative cop’s profession after his awful experience in Bengal, but this profession did not leave him. He had to go to Europe in connection with his old investigations. What was in store for her on the adventurous ride in the Indian Ocean, landing on an unknown island and the course of her life after she went to London was what concerned this story. This was “Riya’s Predicament” as the time unfolded. —- ISBN: 9798322015222