ASTITVA By SUDHA MURTY

MUKESH WAS LEADING A NORMAL LIFE, HAPPY, CONTENTED. SUDDENLY, THERE APPEARED A STORM IN HIS LIFE. THE STORM WAS LIKE A HURRICANE. IT SHATTERED EVERYTHING, IT CHANGED EVERYTHING RELATED TO HIS LIFE. IT ACTUALLY CHANGED HIS LIFE. TILL THEN HE WAS STRONGLY AND FIRMLY TIED UP TO HIS FAMILY. BUT THE STORM BROKE THE VERY CORD THAT HAD TIED HIM TO HIS FAMILY. WHO WAS HE? WHICH RELATIONS WERE REAL? THE BLOOD RELATIONS OR THE RELATIONS WHICH WERE BUILT UP? HE SET FOR A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, IN A WAY, HE WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT ANSWER TO HIS BEING ITSELF. A VERY LONGING, EXCITING NOVEL BY SUDHA MURTI, THE FAMOUS KANNADA AUTHOR, IN HER ELUCIDATING STYLE.