Why the Silhouette?

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About the book

What happens when you are born in a small town to a working class family, and like your idol Shah Rukh Khan, dream of reaching for the stars? How do you feel when you realize that you get manic depressions, when you cut your body to see blood drip from your flesh? What do you do when you want to do an MBA from a top business school, but you don’t have money to fund your education? How do you feel when you are a passionate artist and want to join National School of Drama, but they reject you? Do you enjoy when you get to become a travel writer, but inwardly you know that your family wants you to join the acclaimed Civil Services? Which friend will you share your secret with when you discover that you have a fetish for buying red colored lingerie? What do you do when you find out that you have a rare problem in your throat and that you may never be able to fulfill your dream of studying for master’s degree from a top university in the US?
In the chaos of life, seven strangers meet with each other in unexpected ways. They get embroiled with the happenings of unknown events in their lives. They fall, they rise, they laugh, they cry, they fight, they love and they struggle to live their lives. Will they achieve their dreams and goals in life? Will they remain friends forever? Why the silhouette?

About the author

Avijeet Das is a poet and a writer from New Delhi, India. He loves traveling and discovering new places, cultures, and languages and is a firm believer in the spreading of peace and love for creating a better world. He ardently supports causes relating to environment, girl child education, women’s empowerment, and equality in the world. He respects all the religions and celebrates the festivals of diverse faiths. He is a passionate writer, who believes that his writing is a necessity for him. It is his Mojo. He writes from a primordial urge emanating from within him to create and to breathe life into characters inspired from people, whom he knows and meets in his everyday life. His work has been published in acclaimed journals and magazines. His poetry book “A Handful of Shiulis” was published, in September 2017, by Clare Songbirds Publishing House, New York. An art film “Muse” infusing his poetry with the digital artistry of Harvard University Artist, Carla Ciuffo, received applause in film festivals in 2018. Further in 2018, he made it to the Wild Card Number 6th position in the long list of Saboteur Awards UK, affiliated to the UK Arts Council. His poetry amalgamating with the photography of Vanessa Thomas of Dublin Arts Collective, featured in “Worth 1000 Words Art Exhibition-2019” in Bankhead Theater, California. He loves teaching English and Creative Writing to emerging poets and writers. He can be reached at his Instagram account avijeetdas.