That thing called LOVE
A male chauvinist who derives a strange kick out of cheating
on his wife;
A dutiful husband who waits patiently for his wife to shed
her emotional baggage from a past relationship;
A coquettish office receptionist who is actually a call girl;
An adventurous gay who is always on the prowl for soft targets…
Such indeed are some of the characters around Mayank Sahai,
29, the ad-sales manager of a leading matrimony website, the matchmaker.com.
Mayank, thus lives in disillusionment, aspiring, with diminishing
hope, to fall in love in all utopian earnestness and with his 'perfect woman'.
The irony eventually arises when he identifies the image of
his 'perfect woman' in an older happily married woman.
The dreamer in him sets aside ground realities to flow with
natural impulses, leading to a dangerously complicated relationship between
the woman and him.
That Mayank's relationship with Revathi unfolds during the
course of one Mumbai monsoon, the first that an anticipating Mayank, experiences
of the city, only makes this 'utopia' an even more surreal experience.
Will Mayank's life ever strike the right balance between utopian
fantasies and practical realities?
That thing called LOVE is Tuhin’s first novel. It explores
relationships in the contemporary, urban set-up of Mumbai, against the backdrop
of changing moralities…
About the Author
Tuhin A Sinha studied at Loyola school, Jamshedpur, Hindu College
Delhi and the National Institute of Advertising, New Delhi.
Tuhin is a script writer based in Mumbai. A tele film called
Phir Se, premiered on Sahara One last year and based on a story, conceived and
written by Tuhin won the RAPA award for the best tele-film, 2005.
Tuhin co-scripted Pyar Ki Kashti Mein on Star One. The show,
a first of its kind, was shot exclusively on a cruise. That apart, Tuhin has
scripted episodic screenplays of several other dailies across channels.
Apart from TV, Tuhin is presently working on two movie scripts
for directors, Onir and Subhash Sehgal respectively. He can be contacted at
thatthingcalledlove@gmail.com
