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Tall Man Small Shadow: Vipin Behri Goyal

Tall Man Small Shadow by Vipin Behari Goyal an unveiling fable of creative writing exercise an unreal notion of plunging in adore with an outline in a classic Indian set, pleasantly merge beliefs and saga wonderfully as well as adroitly parley in relation to a variety of subjects pertaining to youth, existence, adore, feelings, culture affairs, matrimony, falling apart, self-esteem, bareness in the nuptials, conjugal sadism, being taken for granted, regarding dictating and passive cohorts, poise in fixed matrimony, controlling spouses and so on endow with an idealistic insight into the shaman of existence with survival.


The volume spins around the beings of Salil, Aalya, Seema and their relations with the writer elucidate tricky state of affairs and concerns in the verve with this plain petty piece of our life, that the tome look at in detail, which effects in this petite syrupy narrative of an older gentleman, a flourishing lass, a content woman, and an at ease aged duo.

The key raconteur is the central character Anupam invent beliefs for day to day mundane dealings in a park seat beneath his beloved jacaranda tree, concerned for his offspring Aalya's upcoming and desires her to get hitched to a fine bloke and reside blissfully save for is as well anxious of his individual verve following his spawn's wedding and feels that she is the individual who crams the void in his verve.

His thinking hubs on the next central character his other half, Sulekha, an unwell bedridden asthmatic aware fast feeler strapping and clever lady fairly dynamic on social networks and draw on internet to bond with folks of her picking and is a plotter of sorts and deems chances ensue with sly manoeuvrings devoid of being excessively apparent on it. It is she who links the space among what is publicly improper to what is tolerable to certify her offspring’s bliss while observing their daughter tenderly, administer her relations with their fresh fellow Salil.

Salil a recluse boasting commercial ambitions has had a sad precedent where he attempted to commit suicide subsequent to losing the adore of his being the most attractive lass in the academy Nasrin, who is compelled to tie the knot with her cousin by her close relatives but discover he is plummeting in adore with the tiny shade of the pretty lass next door, Aalya but aren’t vocal on it, scared to dig profound into a liaison with her.

Bonbon, caring, youthful, bright, conventional yet contemporary, reserved yet uneasy Aalya, swotting up for her doctoral notion, explore jagged dealings in English literature is as well ensnared by Salil, but gets into an extremely warm, sexual bond a lot hot, other than brisk and calming to her lecturer, an elder sterile, lady Seema, conjugal to an eminent body in the globe of Arts being a theatre essayist and director Paul.

Seema quarry on her youthful green learner lasses to please her sexual needs, by enticing them into having lesbian affairs with her save for is as a fine kind self when she allow leaving Aalya once she notify her about her beliefs for Salil.  A call to a fecundity hospital ultimately effect in Seema’s giving delivery to doppelgangers, whose natal blood relations are Salil and Aalya while Paul constantly show full trust in his spouse and certainly not query the pedigree of his twins, though he is on form conscious they cannot be his in nature.

Salil and Aalya in due course get conjugal, but an ill-timed mishap makes Salil inept of fathering a kid. However, Salil and Aalya will shortly locate themselves loaded in all that is most essential in existence, and will present novel connotation to the notion of celestial intercession.

Short on dialogue and protracted on feelings, as the scheme grows ground the writer seize a practical loom by means of a typical bland weave at the conclusion which upsurges a lot of conjectures put up down the way with convention endearing out in the finish  Sulekha recounts this episode and you are stunned, amazed, startled, shocked at the eye-openers.

The most astonishing facet of the book is the sturdy notable description deepness recounted finely staying in wits with subject of the tome with each and every temperament do act together with the booklovers every now and then and direct to feel in relation to the similar event in a fresh apparition and stare from an unlike view with all rise distant and you at once unite with them and identify with, commiserate, reflect and sense for them who remain shifting on their irregular chaotic trails except in the end mend for a less frenzied side of their being, fused with the verve of others around them in total concord.

By means of a bright saccharine tempo and silver-tongued flowing elegant out of the ordinary lingo chock-a-block of striking stimulating axioms the exciting paperback is a bliss to interpret which to really appreciate the dreamy facts absorbed among the contours, you need to interpret it at an unhurried speed, maybe just a few sections at an instance, and after that repeat the dealings in your wits with your ogle stopped.

All in all, extremely chalk and cheese, emblematic luminous inscription this stunning work of fiction is a pleasant and rewarding interpret which edify a small number of modules down the way where we can craft twist of fates come about save for still there are stuff away from our run.

Format: Paperback ♥ Pages: 152 ♥ Published: July 2013 ♥ Publisher: cyberwit.net ♥ ISBN 13: 9788182534124 ♥ Language: English

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Book Review~Tall man small shadow By Vipin Behari Goyal~Shadows can make you fall in love.

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3:51 pm 20 April 2014

wow..it is an amazing story..its not actually a series of events..instead feelings of 5 different human beings mentioned..the way the author has mentioned their emotions..actually creates a beautiful love story of 3 different persons..whose lives are entwined in a very beautiful way!!..yes..full of coincidences..being a software engineer..i really loved the character of Salil and his ambitious attitude..and of course who can forget Anupam!!this story will make you pause for a moment and make you wonder that life is indeed very beautiful..yes because through this story the author has taught us that life is very precious and it can be lead in a very beautiful manner by respecting the value of life!! the story is told in a very impressive manner..full of beautiful phrases!!..and the ease and clarity with which the author explains difficult situations and issues of life is really very very impressive!..
Finally recommended to all my friends!!


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The most thoughtful piece of fiction ~ Tall man small shadow~gaelikaa's diary

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Indian Fiction Review - TALL MAN, SMALL SHADOW by Vipin Behari Goyal

TALL MAN, SMALL SHADOW is a work of fiction by Indian author Vipin Behari Goyal.  It's published by Cyberwit.net and is internationally available on Amazon as an ebook.

It's the most thoughtful piece of fiction I've read in ages.  Short on dialogue and long on thoughts. The narrator/main character is a family man, husband of the chronically unwell Sulekha and father of the young, intelligent and marriageable Aalya.  The main character (hereafter designated 'the MC') doesn't introduce himself and we only come to learn his name towards the end.  So I'd rather not reveal his name to potential readers.

It's not an excessively long read at 150 or so pages, but it's not the sort of read you devour in a free afternoon either.  Well, it wasn't for me.  I had to stop reading every so often to digest the story. Not that I didn't find it an enjoyable read.  I did.  It just gave me a lot to think about.

The 'tall man' is an enigmatic young man who has just moved into the MC's neighbourhood, This young man, Salil, arouses the interest of various people in the neighbourhood.  The MC visits him with a parcel which has been left by a courier at the wrong house (his).  He discovers on his visit that the young man reads books by such worthy writers as Nietzsche, revealing himself to be a thoughtful reader, interested in philosophy.  The MC's daughter Aalya also develops an interest in the new neighbour, as does the MC's wife, Sulekha.  Salil himself is, naturally, attracted to Aalya, taking an enormous interest in her shadow.  He seems to covet it for some reason. I thought we were going into the areas of magic realism here, But the book didn't ultimately seem to do that, so maybe I had a perception of the novel which wasn't quite what the author had intended.

The MC contemplates various matters, such as the nature of truth and why suicide is an offence under the Indian Penal Code.  After all, one's life is one's own,so  why should trying to throw it away be considered an offence?  The MC and the chronically ill Sulekha watch over their daughter protectively, supervising her interactions with Salil. The story, however, takes on a different aspect when young Aalya, on studying for her doctoral thesis, gets into a very intimate, almost sexual relationship with her professor, a childless, married woman named Seema.  Seema seems to have been affected by the sterility of her marriage to a man involved in the creative arts and tends to prey on her young students.

I'm not sure if this piece of fiction could be classified as LGBT literature.  Seema, although displaying bisexual tendencies, is not exactly a paid up member of the LGBT community, she's more of a closet member, with somewhat predatory tendencies.  The relationship, from Aalya's side at least, is a pure, loving admiration, as relationships between students and teachers so often are in a culture which reveres education.  It doesn't seem to get in the way of her growing relationship with Salil. Seema has access to the young and attractive Aalya because her father and the MC were once comrades in a communist party group.  The MC and his ailing Sulekha may suspect something is amiss with the guru/chela (student/teacher) relationship, but in my humble opinion, they're far more tolerant of it than most western parents would tend to be.

The wheel turns in a full circle and in the spirit of karma, the characters sow as they reap.  The ending of the story could be described as satisfying, with tradition winning out in the end.  As it usually does in India.

I had a few issues with the novel.  The author jumped from first person to third person and back again many times.  Although the MC is the main character through whose eyes the story is seen, there are things happening to which he could not possibly be a party.  Like the scenes of intimacy between his daughter and the professor, for example.  I found it a little incongruous to read a male voice describing a totally female experience.  There are some grammatical feats which I had to stop short of describing as errors.  It is merely English as it is spoken by Indian people and as such, a language all of its own.  Indian English is generally very pleasing and enjoyable to read.

All in all, an enjoyable and satisfying read which teaches a few lessons along the way.

The book is available in both print and virtual form, at the usual outlets, such as Flipkart and Amazon and the rest.
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Book Review: Tall Man Small Shadow: A Game of Coincidences-Jaideep

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Book Review: Tall Man Small Shadow: A Game of Coincidences

Tall Man Small Shadow written by Vipin Behari Goyal is a debut novel from the writer but not his first published work. Prior to this he has two good books to his credit. He has written a useful travel handbook on "TirthRaj Pushkar" which is about a holy place in Ajmer district in Rajasthan, India. After that Vipin wrote a poetry book in Hindi Tej Dhoop Ka Safar. And now his third work is a love story woven in a very different style in fiction genre. Vipin has also an award winning short film Mines are Mine to his credits.

The cover of Tall Man Small Shadow is quite neat and matches well with the theme of story. A tall male straight standing shadow in black with a small shadow of a female standing with a style. Best part of this  book is multi-narrative style. Each character narrates his/ her own experience as the story goes along. The main characters of this story are Aalya and Salil who are young living in neighborhood. Aalya is the only daughter of Anupam and Sulekha. Aalya is doing her research under her guide Seema. Salil lives alone in the same vicinity where Aalya lives with her parents. Characterization is quite strongly done by Vipin.

Salil in his college days fell in love with Nasrin who was the most beautiful girl in the college. Salil is quite serious, introvert and studious kind of guy. This love, being inter caste is not well taken by Nasrin's parents and she is forced to marry with her cousin by her parents. This gives a jolt of his life to Salil who goes into deep depression and tries to attempt suicide by taking overdose of sleeping pills. But he survives due to timely medical attention. Though he could not comes back to normal even after his survival, but his life goes on as he joins a job after that.

Aalya's mother Sulekha is quite active on social networks and uses internet to connect to people of her choice to drive the story of Tall Man Small Shadow. Sulekha's husband Anupam is having a good hold in society, bearing a good amount of influence of top brass of the city. Seema's husband Paul is a well known figure in the world of Arts being a Drama writer and director. Paul and Seema, though are married for long, are childless and have some differences between them, and appear a good couple to external world around them. Aalya gets attracted to Salil and they get married with the blessings of both their parent's consent and blessings.

The story has a number of twists that keep interest alive throughout. Eventually story has two strong factors that keep it alive right since beginning till end. First is the narrative style of writing by Vipin where each character has his own chance to narrate story in its own voice. Second is the number of twists woven in the story that keeps it alive and interesting throughout.

Regarding 'characterization' of the characters of this story, there was no need to show some characters, and that too the main ones, as shabby by highlighting their dark side. 'Character' of a character of a story or a novel  totally depends on the writer of that story as he is the sole creator of them. In my opinion there was no need to show Seema and Aalya as lesbians and even at some moment of time in the story, Aalya's mother, Sulekha, vetting for it. The story would have gone well in the same manner, even without this part. At some moment of time reader might get hurt by the 'looseness' of Salil (when he has sex with Nasreen after she getting married to someone else), Aalya falling pray to Seema's pull due to being lesbian, Seema herself being so successful in her carrier and being lesbian etc.

Overall Tall Man Small Shadow is an interesting read. The last twist in the story is a Pandora box for the readers of this book.  

 

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