Destined by Rubina Ramesh
Which is better marriage: love or arranged? Nobody knows for
sure. Common sense says that love marriage is better. Two people fall in love,
have a courtship period and know each other. Then they decide to take it one
level up. That is marriage. But what happens to arranged marriage couples. Do
they suffer a loveless marriage forever? Is it inflicted on the hapless
couples?
What is marriage? Is it a holy bond or just a legal contract
between two parties? Religion says this is a bond till death do them apart. Law
says this is just a contract between two consenting adults.
This book tries to answer these questions. What is the
answer? For that you have to buy the book and read it for yourself. Here is the
amazon link:
Esha is desperate because she has to arrange money for
treatment of her father. She has lost her mother to cancer and now the same
monster is afflicting her father. She tries to get a loan from her relatives
who mercilessly refuse. Her childhood sweet heart and fiancée Ayush is also not
helpful. Ayush and his mother come out as selfish, heartless people who think
only for themselves. When she become dejected from everywhere, her boss Rohan
is only the only ray of hope. He agrees to take care of all the expenditure but
have a bizarre, humiliating and ridiculous condition. Will she agree?
The book has good emotional quotient. Esha feeling for her
father are pure gold. But her feelings for Rohan are love or lust. Rohan gives
her electric shocks every time which poor Ayush can’t. is love the name of
electric shocks.
The book worked for me but only in parts. Plot device known
as McGuffin is good if it is used once. But it is used too many times and that
takes away too much from book. Say for instance why Zaira married Rohan’s
father? If she was gold digger, then it makes more sense to marry Rohan because
then she has all the property rights. As his mother she has to share property
with him. Then why Rohan has to marry Esha (or any other girl for that matter)
if ultimately he has to give Zaira her share. But everything else falls flat
because of the poor and wafer thin plot. In the end no matter how hard Rubina
tried to salvage Esha and Rohan conditions, they come out like doing it only
for money. Live in has been better. And Ayush has been treated unfairly because
if Esha knew him from school days; then either she is an idiot (which she is
not as per her portrayal) or Ayush is a better actor than SRK.
3/ 5 stars for the effort.
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