The Unwanted Shadow. I by Bhaskaryya Deka.

• Book: The Unwanted Shadow. 
• Author: Bhaskaryya Deka.
• Publication House: Half Baked Beans. 
• Category: Fiction/Thriller. 
• Rating: 4/5.

 

Story-in-Short:

Mohan, a small town boy, is nothing but hopeful when he moves to Delhi to complete his education. After all, this is what he had always planned to do, to take a leap towards his big dreams. And for once he finds his new life to be absolutely lovely, like he has often pictured it would be.

But this good phase doesn’t last long. His life is soon shattered to pieces when his first relationship meets a tragic end. A sadness like he had never known before overwhelms him, keeping him wide awake at nights. 

But it is just the beginning, beginning to a terrible chain of events that would lead him to a deadly confrontation with his own dark past.

Will Mohan be able to overcome this darkness? Will he ever get solace? Or will his innocence be lost in the intense colour of blood?

In my view:

Shadow – this is nothing new for us, is it? In the hot afternoon, while walking on streets, one can look at his own shadow. Shadow of vehicles, buildings, objects, etc. is so very common for us. But which is this shadow that the writer calls unwanted?

Here I am done reading The Unwanted Shadow by Bhaskaryya Deka. And I must say that this book has an amazing story for readers. 

The protagonist of the story Mohan Sharma belongs to a little known town of Assam. Being the only boy, among his three elder sisters, utmost love and affection is showered upon him by his family members. But as Mohan grows up and acquaints himself to the family realities, he develops a different feeling. Father catches up one of his sister kissing a boy and then she gets a good bashing. Mohan is unable to see the pains that his sister goes through. Neither Mohan nor his sisters talk to their father after this incident. 

Finally, she is married off to a boy father chooses. And soon after her marriage, one day, father goes missing. A week later, tree of difficulties collapses on the family as father’s body is found. Meanwhile, Mohan secures an admission into a Delhi college. He moves there and accustoms himself according to the city life. He goes through two relationships which later break-up but the third one turns out to be a successful one. They marry off and then something happens which turns everything upside down. There comes a drastic twist in the story thereafter. Also, some shadows turn Mohan’s nights into worst. But I won’t reveal anything more than this as the further part you will yourself have to find out from the book. 

From my side, I can guarantee this that the book delivers an awesome story and every reader will surely enjoy it. 

Over-all: A man above and a shadow below catches eye balls and the title sends a chill down the spine. Untill and unless I engrossed myself in the story, I kept on thinking about the title The Unwanted Shadow. But it was only after I completed reading the novel that got to know about which Unwanted Shadow the author talks about. The narration of the book is also perfect. Plots of the story and the storylines, both go well. The author could have given a tempting start to the story. Also, at some places, I did feel the story a bit inflated. Otherwise, the story is interestingly. 

Thus, recommending it to my readers, I would rate the book with 4/5. Congratulations to the author for his debut novel and hope he comes up with more such interesting novels!  

NOTE: A review copy of the book was provided by the author. 

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