Bhrigu Mahesh PhD The Return Of Damayanti by Nisha Singh is a
lightweight thriller that might appear so in the beginning. But as you
go on it becomes more gripping in terms of characterization and
storyline. The author has a good art of storytelling and knows well when
to gear up and slow down during the journey of mystery and suspense. At
no place driving down the pages, you find yourself out of tune. The
story is about a retired senior clerk from Public Works Department
Nataraj Bhakti who lives in a village in a joint family living together
in a big house having multi floors. Within a short period after his wife
Damayanti dies she starts haunting him as a ghost. Nataraj Bhakti is
around 60 years of age. At this age, it becomes quite difficult to
handle any such kind of situation.
And thus after reaching the
breakeven point of his tolerance and fear, Nataraj approaches Bhrigu
Mahesh to resolve this mystery for him. Bhrigu Mahesh PhD The Return Of
Damayanti is a well-crafted story by Nisha Singh. The development of all
the characters evolves in a manner that you get a fair picture of each
character of the story. It is quite interesting to learn about various
characters as you turn pages. In fact, Sutte, Bhrigu's assistant is a
completely funny entity on his own. You will find quite an interesting conversation between the two at various instances. Besides the two and
Nataraj, there are ample characters in the story to engage you and keep
your nerves exercising. Though there are many members living in the same
house.
But they are able to keep away from each other as
Nataraj's ancestral house is quite huge. Bhrigu and his assistant Sutte
come to stay in the same house after Bhrigu accepts Nataraj's request
and invitation to solve this mystery. There they meet at all the other
family members and get to know them in person. The ancestral house, in
fact, is in the name of many persons like Nataraj, his younger brother
Chiranjeev, his younger sister Savita, etc. Nataraj's elder brother, who
is eldest in the family, lives in the city and visits them once in a
year. His eldest sister died two years ago. Savita is the youngest of all
the siblings. So it is Chiranjeev's family and Savita's fifteen-year-old
son that lives in the same house. The name of the village is Krishna
Dwar and has quite a significant heritage value with it.
Then we
meet a new character in the story. He is Manjunath Gupta. Manjunath is
Nataraj's childhood friend and belongs to one of the most affluent
families in the village. In fact, during their childhood, Manjunath
falls in love with Savita, but the latter never likes him. Hence, she
rejects the offer when the former's family approaches the latter's family with
their marriage proposal. Later Savita married a man of her own choice
and came back to her ancestral home after few years of her marriage
declaring the demise of her husband. The mystery takes a number of turns
subsequently getting the things to a serious turn. Gradually there are
more characters to encounter. It is interesting to see if it is really a
haunting by Damayanti after she dies or there is something else to it.
If
it is a gameplay then who would do it and who would be beneficial? When
it comes to someone playing tricks in the name of Damayanti, the finger
points to many. But then who is the real culprit? What is his or her
motive behind it? Is it somebody within the family or someone outside?
Or, in fact, it is a real haunting case? How easy or difficult it would
become your Bhrigu to resolve this mystery and suspense is interesting
to see as you move along this story having a number of climaxes. Though
the story of Bhrigu Mahesh PhD The Return Of Damayanti by Nisha Singh is
interesting but at some moment of time you feel there is some unnecessary
lingering of the story thus making it a long read of 430 odd pages.
Could it not be with half of the pages and making it crisper and
shorter?
But then a lot depends on the story, characters, and
author. Rather it depends on more of the author how much space he or she
wants to give to each character and instance. On the other hand, it
might be the demand of a character and incidence. Finally, the reader is
the best judge. Overall, I find it quite an interesting read with a
sense of relaxation.
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