Book Review of The Waiting Lounge by Chet Kamal Parkash
The novel titled ‘The Waiting Lounge’ has been written by the debutant author Chet Kamal Parkash. The story has been set in Mumbai rains. Two people are destined to fall in love in the rains of Mumbai. They meet each other; things go well in their lives. They decide to get married but fate strikes unexpected events in their lives. The protagonist Akash's fiancée to be sweeps away in the notorious flood after the rains. There is no way to know about her.
Akash's colleague Dharti helps Akash in her whereabouts. They travel to Mumbai and look for her everywhere the possibilities lead them. One day, Dhartifinds the reality that she is no more. She finds it difficult to tell Akash understanding the grim situation of how he would react to the reality. Eventually she takes courage to tell him to face the truth.
This incident changes the entire perspective of life of Akash and he starts losing everything in the race of his life. The things start changing drastically in his life entirely to devastate him. In this course of situation of his life, he is in a state of mental trauma to which he loses everything right from his well paid job, the purpose of his life, and his vision in life.
