Hello Readers!
It is back to the blog entry on the novel 'Love is Complicated.' Hope all is well with you all. Also I hope the week so far has been good for you. It has been a busy week for myself. Obviously I had 2 blog entries last week...one was on Shah Rukh Khan and the other was the return of the OffBeat Fun Topic, which was a review on the first 6 months of Bollywood films in 2008. Now I return to the novel topic.
The topic that I am about to discuss today is Death. This is one subject that people may think twice about reading...possibly because this is seen as a 'bad' event in our lives. Of course, it is a sad moment in our lives but what matters is how we cope with the loss. Death is always a sad moment in life but what matters is what we learn from the ones we love, we cherish and respect. We pray that one day we can hopefully do justice to what they wanted or preached.
Now it comes to the novel. There is a chapter where Death is dealt with...well it is felt and has its impact surround you. Now which character dies...is something I cannot tell you but it won't surprise you. It shouldn't even shock you. What will shock you is the way I wrote it. I am sorry that you will have to wait to read it!
I remember the time I wrote it and from that day till now I have felt it's effects. This is obviously the after-effects of becoming the character! However, I just feel that there is a lot of loss in 'Rahul's' life that I feel at times at loss. Possibly the fact that this person's death affects a lot of the way the story takes. Infact, the death opens doors rather than closes doors. This is the lesson that the chapter shows. The chapter shows that it is about inner-strength and that death should be accepted.
As 'Rahul' is a believer in God, he does look up to God but not for answers. He doesn't question the death, 'Rahul' knows that it had to happen. But what 'Rahul' does not expect is the help he receives before the actual death. The way his mind is at a crossroad and has to make a quick decision. A decision which would possibly affect his future but this is what makes it interesting.
Before the death takes place and it is the meeting with a new character that influences 'Rahul' to accept that he cannot change anything and that acceptance will see him through! This new character is beautiful and is totally unexpected but let's just say that this character is going to be in the climax to the novel too!
So the question arises. What is the best way to deal with Death? The best way is to just accept it and not fear it. Why fear something that you know you cannot avoid? Why not accept something when it is the biggest fact in the world? This is the way 'Rahul' sees it and he becomes the support system but the affects of being the support system is that deep down inside it is evident that 'Rahul' still is not over the death! 'Rahul' is not scared of death...he knows it comes unexpected. However, the drive in his life is to achieve Naina's love and until then he does not want death to come to him. He has achieved everything except for her love. So will he get her to love him back? Will his sacrifice lead things to change in his favour? Well...you have to wait to find that out!
Thanks everyone for reading and especially with the continuous support on the blog! It has been really inspirational and I hope I can keep doing justice to your expectations.
Lots of love,
Rahul N. Singh
