Rubina Shaikh

Novoneel Chakraborty never fails to make justice to his novels. Sometimes, his novels are like love letters written for people who are in love and death note for people in despair. Do we not always connect ourselves to that one character who makes us feel like it was written only for us. Who we can relate to. But the questionable part is when you know there is nothing to relate to. Raisa, the little girl who sat alone by the park, was watching a group of boys play, among which there was a little boy named Nirmaan, who always eyed at a mango hanging from a tree, yet he struggled to strike it down Nirman and Raisas story began when Raisa knocked off that mango from the tree and presented it to Nirmaan who didn’t realise that he would have to carry the aroma of that mango for the rest of his life. But the story doesn’t just end with Raisa and Nirmaan but also with a language of love that had no words to it. A novel that questions the feeling of “love” and “loss” is a must-read for an adventurous roller coaster ride with a pinch of twist and a whole lot of suspense.