Book: Mehrun
Author: Najia Rizvi
Publisher: Half Baked
Beans
Do you believe in
the concept of fate, of people meeting each other for a reason?
Do you believe that
everything that happens in our life, happens for a reason?
“Mehrun” is the story of Mehrun Khan, an aspiring Healthcare Manager who enrolls
in a course in a college in Indore and how her choices impact the direction of
lives of Mehrun and all those attached to her. The book opens in the year 2004
when Mehrun joins her course in Indore. With the usual anecdotes of college
life of introductions to seniors, freshers party, birthday celebrations, group
outings and hostel life, we experience different emotions of Mehrun and get
introduced to her thinking and her thought processes. We also get to meet her
classmates and friends who become an indispensable part of her life as it
becomes evident as the story progresses. Meera, Mehrun’s classmate is from the
same town, Bhilai, that Mehrun is from. Her roommate is Neetu, who was the
first person she met on the campus when she arrived. On the next day, we are
introduced to other people in her class, Divya, the loud one, Mudit is the one
who sketches amazing portraits and is extremely handsome. Nishan is the comedic
one whereas Puneet looks exactly like Nishan but has a feminine voice.
Lastly, we are
introduced to Aarush Nair. In Mehrun’s own words, “His sarcasm and wits keep
us entertained between breaks. He walks as if he rules the world. He never
initiates any conversation and you could easily mistake him to be arrogant, but
he has deep, kind eyes. There is definitely more to his personality than what
he is trying to project.”
As the story moves
forward, it comes to light that Mehrun is a practical person, for whom reality
comes before emotions. Her motto is to “follow logic” rather than “falling
for emotions”. Despite other people around her who seem to be falling in
and put of relationships, Mehrun keeps her distance from it. However, it is
Aarush that seems to change her logic. What he means to her is what she cannot
comprehend yet she always wants him around.
When Mehrun decides to move out of the country, and is in a dilemma, she
wants to reach out to Aarush.
What happens next?
Has Mehrun given up
her logic and fallen for Aarush?
Mehrun is a story of
coming of age and how emotions drive is to certain decisions. Aarush and
Mehrun, the two protagonists of the story meet each other and walk away
multiple times during the course of the plot that spans from 2004 to 2016 and
from locations from Bhilai, Indore, Jaipur, Delhi & Doha. As the time
passes, we see Mehrun’s emotions changing. With a storm in her personal as well
as the professional life, she now has to juggle a tsunami in her emotional life
as well. Battling with multiple emotions, Mehrun is a roller coaster ride with
unexpected twists and turns. A wonderful reminder of college times and young
romance, it is also a story of how belief in the idea of love and soulmates
still holds water in todays times.
Najia Rizvi has
debuted with a 4 star story. A definite read.
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