Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A Rejected Rose : Story by Satyam Mahato "Satluj" in Crush 2

REVIEW

Another story straight from the classroom. Story of a boy, Arjun, an introvert, falling in love of his classmate, Niharika, an extrovert girl. She is tasked as a monitor to mind the class and ends up giving his name along with a few other boys as trouble makers to the teacher. Was it a mistake or was he creating a nuisance in real? To Know, read Crush 2 and turn the page no 58.

Merits:
It always starts like that. Than she/he feels sorry. And this is the beginning of age old longing called crush. About girls, I can't say, but it always happens with boys--developing a crush for someone in the class, changing of this crush into love, nurturing this love in their hearts silently, missing their classes, losing their sleep and hunger, disturbing of their concentration, daydreaming and what not. Hesitation to tell about their feelings to their love interest keeps spoiling their composure and even their exams for sure and the poor boys end up losing the girl most of the time. All this has been beautifully described by the writer in this story- A Rejected Rose. Pity on the boy in the story!

Lines I liked:
This is the pitch of the story, "Love knocks at the door of your heart without any notice and it happens when you least expect it."

Demerits:
The character of the girl Niharika is ambiguous. It's not clarified by the writer that despite Arjun's nice behavior towards her throughout, why did she end up breaking all the contacts with him and even blocking him on Facebook and why did she call him to say a Happy Valentine Day and even invite him to her place to play Holi, that too after a long time? Perhaps, she too was in dilemma and had tender feelings for him, I guess.


Rating : 4.5/5

Satluj, you've great potential to become a good story-teller. Keep it up! I wish a bright future for you.
Looking forward for more from his heart.

Rajeev Pundir

2 comments:

  1. Thanks sir for such an honest review. I'll surely work upon the points you have mentioned.

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