Review: The Storm In My Mind … Ami, Kolkata and Confessions.

• Book: The Strong in my Mind... Ami, Kolkata and Confessions. 
  
• Author: Ayaan Basu.
• Publication House: Srushti Publication House.
• Category: Fiction.
• Rating: *****

I do not understand what I should say about this book. Words will fall short if I describe this book with them. This spellbound book is just awesome! Well, it was sent to me by my friend and avid author, Ayaan Basu just three days back and from the moment it was delivered it has not been away from my hand. 

The novel basically brings-up a story of a teenager who falls in love with two girls and later faces betrayal. Depressions, frustration, tears, astonishment (bad and good) and lots of emoticons greet him step-by-step.

The novel introduces four characters – Aryan Roy, Anushka Banerjee, Kaira and Faiyaz Khan. Aryan is a boy who befriends a girl Anushka Banerjee on a Social Networking site. 

They exchange a few messages and finally meet-up. Aryan soon develops feelings for her and later realizes that he is in love with her. He thinks a lot of confessing his feelings and one fine day does that when an unexpected reply shatters him. He gets to know that she loves a boy Rupam who is four years older to her just because he is rich and has a good job at Infosys. Aryan enters into a brawl with Anushka and she says him a heart-touching sentence – ‘create your own identity before pointing at others.’ 

Aryan who wishes to pursue Mass Communication to be a journalist purposely takes-up Engineering just because he wanted to create his own identity to show it off to Anushka. 

• Author Ayaan Basu.

The Storm in my mind… Ami Kolkata and Confessions is one such book which brings a story which almost every teenager of the 21^st century goes through. In my verdict, it isn’t a novel but a teenager’s diary. It reveals his life. It reveals his struggle. It reveals the challenge that his love hurls upon him. It is the only Storm that won’t cause devastation. It is the Storm which fills heart with pleasance in the course of reading. Ayaan Basu I am damn impressed and so will the readers, I am sure. 

Aryan and Anushka again befriend after some years. But soon he gets to know about her affair with another boy. Here, Aryan brings a drastic control over his emotions and decides to place Anushka in his past. In the later days, Aryan gets close to Kaira. They start exchanging sweet, semi-hot and memorable messages. Aryan feels that he should go and propose her. 

Finally after utmost contemplations, Aryan keeps his feelings. Joy greets him as he gets to know that Kaira loved him too. 

But destiny gets a twist here. Kaira who shifts to Delhi for her studies intimates with a stranger and Aryan gets to know about it from Anushka, who was also in Delhi. Aryan’s heart breaks down. Tears roll out of his eyes. He feels betrayed. He feels angry. It is believed that ‘Every Incident of life teaches us a new lesson.’ Similarly, Aryan too learns a lesson that although he may not have a true girl-friend but he is eligible enough to spend his life alone. He comprehends that in the beginning it might be difficult to adjust but with time everything will return back to normalcy. 

He then focuses on his career and climbs further steps of his life. 

While reading this book, I felt as if I was watching a movie. It is no less than that. I am sure if film directors, known for love-based movies, read this book; they can come-up with an interesting movie in at Box Office. The story that this book unfolds is far, far and far better than the story that movies like ‘Student of the Year’ and ‘Ashiqui-2’ have splendored. 

Being an adorable book, it pleases its readers with crisp, heart-touching and memorable story.