Lucknow Diaries: Of Love and Longing

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-93-5333-250-1
Pages: 188 pages
Date: 20 November 2018

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Dinesh, Feroze, and Rahul grow up together, playing cricket and cycling in the laidback ‘ganjs’ of Lucknow—their lives comfortably intertwined with the life of the city they live in. The author vividly portrays their everyday life and adventures, deftly sketching the parallel courses their lives move on as they grow into youth.

What happens when love crosses their path and they come face to face with life’s harsh realities? Will journalistic ethics be compromised at the altar of commerce and politics? Can the rosy dreams of IAS probationers surmount the rock of reality? Will politics of idealism survive that of intrigue and deceit? And above all, will love bridge the chasm of space, time, and circumstance? Find out in this story of friendship, love, and ambition.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma is an Indian Administrative Service Officer and has written articles, mainly travel pieces, for The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Discover India, Swagat, Rail Bandhu, and other periodicals. He also published a travelogue titled A Passage Across Europe in 2011 and Love Side by Side, his fiction novel, in 2015. Apart from his work and writing, Partha loves to spend time with his family. He is an avid traveller, having travelled to over twenty countries. He is a voracious reader and fluent in English, Hindi, and Bengali, and is a sport enthusiast. He has earlier authored Every Mile a Memory.