Life's Path

Life can sometimes throw challenges that can make one feel like one is working in a desert without any footwear and no water to drink. Kirth, a young man whose drunken father deserted the family (wife and three children), had to deal with such situations a number of times in his personal life. As the eldest son, he had to bear the responsibility of taking care of his family and hence left his small home town in search of a job in a bigger city.After struggling for nearly three months and his funds, generated by his mother selling her jewellery, almost depleting, he found a job in a marketing company. In one year, he started seeing greener pastures in his job and personal life wherein he found a blossoming friendship with a beautiful young woman. Fate however had different ideas because on the day his relationship could have been cemented, he was pulled away to his hometown because of his ailing mother.The second sojourn into joblessness pushed him into the path that he detested most because his father had hit that road - taking to alcohol as a panacea for his sufferings. His attraction to alcohol proved to be a boon as he found his business partner, a rich young man to revive his professional fortunes. How did he overcome the separation? Did he overcome her infatuation? Did he get married again? The book oscillates between the positives and the negatives of Kirth's life as the protagonist unburdens his heart.