Beyond Tragedies

by Saradia Chatterjee

“Look beyond the clouds, Rads, there’s sunshine…,” ~ Andy says to Rads when she’s lying in bed, in a cold and dark hospital room. She nods silently. That’s always been their shared motto.
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THE HOLIDAY ROMANCE: Andy wants to experience fanatical love. Radhika Christine does not like hyperbole. She wants to find Mr. Ordinary and share her life with him. When they meet, magic happens—they fall in love. While holidaying in Seychelles, this love pulls at their heartstrings. They get completely overpowered by the feeling and in a matter of seven days, decide that they’re going to make a future together.

MARRIAGE MESS-UP: The smug couple gets married and spends a happy year together. Gradually, however, dark clouds infest their world. Some abstract force, some unsaid differences begin to draw them apart and they confront the reality—the love that had dragged them to the altar has now altered a great deal. They separate.

THE OTHER ‘SPECIAL SOMEONE’: Radhika goes back to her hometown, Boston, and takes up a reckless lifestyle. She also gets involved in a not-so-legit relationship with Ryan, who is engaged to an actress. Andy dates a painter, adopts a little girl and is apparently satisfied.

So what lies beyond the clouds? Beyond the tragedy of their divorce? Will Andy find the same happiness in his relationship with Ness that he’d found initially with Radhika? Will Radhika remain a shadow in Ryan’s life or will he break his engagement for her sake? Will they see the sunshine or will there be more tragedies?

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 27, 2015

About the author

Saradia is a student of literature. She writes short stories and a little bit of poetry when she isn't writing assignments. Her bookshelf has a plethora of titles from many genres ranging from thrillers to memoirs. Her own writing circumnavigates various themes. However, her works primarily deal with human psychology and the world as we see it. She is not a very big fan of fantasy though she does have interest in the preternatural.
As she is also a human rights advocate and a supporter of animal rights, she spends much of her time spreading awareness about the omnipresent cruelty that defines the world of today. She enjoys instrumental music and long walks because they help her in conjuring up ideas in her mind.