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An Expression of Two Eyes
The day Geeta was married two men came into her life. One was her husband Rajesh Chawla who denied her nothing and loved her passionately. The second was an acquaintance friend of his she never chanced to meet. The first time she heard of him was at her marriage reception when her in-laws wondered why he had not come. Subsequently she often heard about him at the parties she attended with her husband. What intrigued her was that no one ever spoke adversely of him. More than a year had gone by she still did not know who Anup Khanna was.
Then suddenly one rainy night in July at a small party, a man entered whom she had never seen before. Instinctively she knew that it was he.
Nevertheless, Geeta was not convinced with what people said about him. Though he was always socially correct, she found him somewhat odd and had an uneasy feeling that his attitude towards her was ostensibly different from the others. So much so, he never ventured to touch her even within the norms of social acceptability, although he had no qualms in shaking hands with her closest friend. Quite innocently, she was lured to him wanting to know more about him with little success.
Finally one day, a series of unplanned events lead to a situation that found her confronting Anup Khanna on his idiosyncrasies. What she would discover was not something she had bargained for, or ever dreamt of.
Set in the seventies, An Expression of Two Eyes is about four months in the life of Geeta Chawla following her meeting Anup Khanna. At the end of it all, she finds herself standing alone at the crossroads, one full of passion and happiness and the other of suffering and loneliness, as she discovers a new dimension to the meaning of love that would change her thinking and outlook of human relationships.
Then suddenly one rainy night in July at a small party, a man entered whom she had never seen before. Instinctively she knew that it was he.
Nevertheless, Geeta was not convinced with what people said about him. Though he was always socially correct, she found him somewhat odd and had an uneasy feeling that his attitude towards her was ostensibly different from the others. So much so, he never ventured to touch her even within the norms of social acceptability, although he had no qualms in shaking hands with her closest friend. Quite innocently, she was lured to him wanting to know more about him with little success.
Finally one day, a series of unplanned events lead to a situation that found her confronting Anup Khanna on his idiosyncrasies. What she would discover was not something she had bargained for, or ever dreamt of.
Set in the seventies, An Expression of Two Eyes is about four months in the life of Geeta Chawla following her meeting Anup Khanna. At the end of it all, she finds herself standing alone at the crossroads, one full of passion and happiness and the other of suffering and loneliness, as she discovers a new dimension to the meaning of love that would change her thinking and outlook of human relationships.
386 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 19, 2016
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January 3, 2018
An Expression of Two Eyes is my second read by the author, Pali Reen, the first being Letter From Dad. I definitely liked this one better than the first, yet, I have some mixed feelings about this one.
The story is set in the 70s in Delhi. Geeta is newly married to Rajesh and is just settling down when she meets the ever popular, Anup Khanna. She had only heard of Anup from people but when she lays eyes on him, something changes. Same is the case with Anup. The charmer that he is, Anup finds himself being conscious and different in front of Geeta. So smitten is he that he cannot resist offering a job to her at his firm. A married woman, a single but popular man, the husband and their emotional circumstances is what the story is about.
I shall get straight to the point. What I liked about the book was the depth of emotions displayed by the characters. Certainly, the author has dwelled into the characters to have put up such an extensive array of emotions. The story line is not much but the thoughts and feelings, those are what makes the story. A well thought out book, in my opinion.
The story revolves around three main characters – Geeta, Anup and Rajesh. At first, I wondered why there was so much stress and detailing along their love lives but later realized that it was required to showcase the characters.
Having said that, I, personally, am not a big admirer of too many sentiments and emotions being discussed (am a bit impatient, like that!). The story, for me, was a cobweb of emotions running through the character’s minds, and it was a bit too much for the fast paced admirer in me. Nevertheless, the book was never boring at any point.
Since I have read two books from the author, I think I can safely say that Pali Reen is a writer who loves to linger in and around human emotions and that is great. So if you are a reader who lives for these kind of stories, then An Expression of Two Eyes is for you!
The story is set in the 70s in Delhi. Geeta is newly married to Rajesh and is just settling down when she meets the ever popular, Anup Khanna. She had only heard of Anup from people but when she lays eyes on him, something changes. Same is the case with Anup. The charmer that he is, Anup finds himself being conscious and different in front of Geeta. So smitten is he that he cannot resist offering a job to her at his firm. A married woman, a single but popular man, the husband and their emotional circumstances is what the story is about.
I shall get straight to the point. What I liked about the book was the depth of emotions displayed by the characters. Certainly, the author has dwelled into the characters to have put up such an extensive array of emotions. The story line is not much but the thoughts and feelings, those are what makes the story. A well thought out book, in my opinion.
The story revolves around three main characters – Geeta, Anup and Rajesh. At first, I wondered why there was so much stress and detailing along their love lives but later realized that it was required to showcase the characters.
Having said that, I, personally, am not a big admirer of too many sentiments and emotions being discussed (am a bit impatient, like that!). The story, for me, was a cobweb of emotions running through the character’s minds, and it was a bit too much for the fast paced admirer in me. Nevertheless, the book was never boring at any point.
Since I have read two books from the author, I think I can safely say that Pali Reen is a writer who loves to linger in and around human emotions and that is great. So if you are a reader who lives for these kind of stories, then An Expression of Two Eyes is for you!
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