AQuaintEssences : A Collection Of Short Stories

Some Encounters, Relationships And Friendships Go Beyond Definition. In The Food Server, Rashmi Seeks To Find Closure At An Ex-BoyfriendS Wedding, Finding Redemption In An Unexpected Source. Nine Years After Losing His Son, Government Employee Abdul In Photocopy Begins To Confront His Grief When Faced With Another Bereft Soul. A Luxury Dubai Hotel Is The Setting For A Jaded Pr ManagerS Conversation With The Guest. Meanwhile, Octogenarian Ramaiah And 20-Something Shahzadi Swap Perspectives About The Hyderabadi Haveli They Work In Under This Old Mango Tree. In Body Mind Index, Two Gym-Mates Find That ThereS More To Magnetism Than Meets The Eye. Amidst A Swarm Of Engineering Aspirants, Venkatesh Learns To Like The Career Path His Parents Pick For Him In Future Perfect. A Retired Adman CanT Sleep Till He Encounters Strangers Every Night. Touring Edinburgh And London, A Successful Theatre Couple Try To Go Back To The Beginning. An Unnamed Street Urchin Finds God In Her Own Way In Grace Is She. And Finally, During Self-Isolation, Film Actress Asha Takes An Inward Journey Into What It Means To Be Alone. A-Quaint-Essences Is A Short Collection Of Stories About These Connections, Forged Over Years Or Over Instants, Twisting, Upturning, Or Simply Adding A Brushstroke Of Meaning To Our Lives, Leaving Us Different From The People We Were Before.