Vignettes of Life by Sujit Dutta
Reading this book by Sujit Dutta is like a tour, starting
with the sighting of a mysterious woman in a deserted cottage right to the fourteenth
story that ends on a tantalizing note, and a rare pearl. The author lauds the
magnificence of India through descriptions of his protagonists’ lives, knotted
through emotions veering between hope, love, loyalty, friendship and ambition.
The Army connection is palpable. The stories travel from
the ice-capped Himalayas in Ladakh and the allure of Guwahati, to the “haunting
whistle of the steam engine” in the Delhi Rail Museum, and lost memories in Kolkata.
As the river flows silently in Puducherry, the poignancy of the loss of parents
comes out in Barmer, even as a sister waits for her brother’s homecoming in
Bhopal. A hopeful couple meet in a Mumbai suburban train and rise above the vicissitudes
of life.
Two stories touch upon the war in Jaffna and a natural
disaster in Canada, events which cause the protagonists to change the course of
their lives. The author has researched extensively, given the statistics. The
brilliant book cover in yellow beguiles.
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Book Title: Vignettes of Life
Genre: Fiction, Short Stories
Author: Sujit Dutta
Published by Evincepub Publishing
(I was offered a copy of the book by Literoma Publishing Services in exchange for an honest review.)
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