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Articles: Literature | English Teacher
- Ms. Sowmya V.B.
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On one fateful day, Krishnan and his wife Susila go out in search of a house to buy. Since that evening, a gloomy cloud casts its spell on their house. Whatever happened on that day when Susila complained of a slight illness, she never recovered ever since. Krishnan is very much worried and does everything he can to save her. After prolonged illness, she dies. Krishnan now seriously feels like dying but restrains.
As days pass on without anything happening, Krishnan gets a strange letter and here begins this some what hard to believe part of the story - about life after death. It becomes a regular affair for Krishnan to converse with his wife through a medium - a friend. The story ends with finally Krishnan being able to visualise his wife by himself without the help of that medium.
On looking at the story line, one cant help but wonder: what is there in this? That was precisely the reason why I never felt like reading this book. But, on reading, i understood i was wrong. The relationship between the couple is wonderfully potrayed. Krishnan's psyche is brilliantly and so lively potrayed that it makes us enter Krishnan's shoes .... in flesh and blood, in soul too.
Krishnan cries - we cry. Krishnan is elated, we are elated. Krishnan is hurt .. we are. such it the way it went. May be because this is a real experience for RKN. Frankly, this book is unputdownable. One night, I was desparately trying to sleep after reading the book...but couldnt, because thoughts about Krishnan's mental stress kept crossing my mind and I was myself feeling his pain.
The next night, I was feeling terribly sleepy, eyes closing....but i was battling with the blurred vision to read more of this book .... unable to contain myself. This book literally took charge of my emotions and commanded them. Ofcourse, again, it need not be the case with anybody who reads the book. Constantly, i was seeing parellels with the events in lives of Krishnan and Me. This was the reason for my experience with this book.
On the whole, at any rate, this is a touching book to read. It might tend to become a bit dramatical towards second half which infact it is but it never makes us feel it for RKN makes it look so real and 'story next door' :)) It is a sort of journey of a person through life, death and after.
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