{"id":533,"date":"2017-11-04T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayatrigadre.com\/blog\/?p=533"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:10:05","slug":"book-review-rukhsat-the-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gayatrigadre.com\/blog\/book-review-rukhsat-the-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review : Rukhsat The Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This post is written as part of the 6th anniversary celebration of my blog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rukhsat The Departure is a collection of 26 short stories with interwoven characters. The book explores those unexplored dark\u00a0corners inside human minds. Some stories were so intense that I had to take breaks in between.<\/p>\n<p>The author has balanced rich language with simplicity wonderfully. I enjoyed\u00a0those unannounced connections between the stories when suddenly I discovered the connection with another story. Although the stories dwell in a dark space, there are no two stories with any similarity.<\/p>\n<p>I took this book with me on a train journey in second class compartment jampacked with people travelling for Diwali holidays and as I progressed through the book I could see a connection between the characters and those around me.<\/p>\n<p>These are stories of common people like you and me and yet the edge in each of them hits you in the face.<\/p>\n<p>My most favourite stories were Karan, Omi, Palash, Qamar, Reena, Thammaiah &amp; Yasmin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">Rating : 4 \/ 5<\/h4>\n<h3 data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: left;\">About Author &#8211; Sujit Banerjee<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>A post-graduate in Psychology from Patna University,\u00a0Sujit has combined his understanding of human minds with his exploration of the world as a tour operator in this book. He has done a commendable job even though this is his first work of fiction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Connect with Sujit &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taalib-taalib.blogspot.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sujitrukhsat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Read all posts from the 6th anniversary celebration of the blog \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gayatrigadre.com\/blog\/tag\/6yrsofhappiness\/\">#6YrsOfHappiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is written as part of the 6th anniversary celebration of my blog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &nbsp; Rukhsat The Departure is a collection of 26 short stories with interwoven characters. 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