Sangramdeb Chakrabarti, born and raised in the city of joy, Kolkata, currently lives in New Barrackpur. He, aged 22, is an English Literature student who is obsessed with reading literature and creating stories in his mind. His love for literature dawned on him after he passed high school and since then he has devoted himself to the world of literature. The eminent and pioneer figures of literature started to haunt and inspire him. During the Corona pandemic, sitting idly in his home in the lockdown situation, he had enough time to look into his true self. Since childhood, he has often suffered from anxiety and worry due to excessive thinking. Ever since he diverted his thoughts to create stories in his mind, he found himself happy and at peace. One day he took out a piece of paper and started penning down his stories. And that’s how his journey into the field of literature began.
His novel In Search of Why, which won the ‘best male character’ award, was published by Ukiyoto when almost every publisher turned down his proposal due to its length. This story is based on a real-life experience as every author is driven to write by some real-life motivation, no story is absolute fiction. He was inspired by one of his intimate friends whose actual identity was kept hidden by him. It is this boy’s life that drove Sangram to change his whole life and never fails to inspire him. That boy’s life taught him the definition of life.
The following story revolves around two bosom friends, Suryansh who belongs to a middle-class, well-educated family, while Aayansh is from a poor, underprivileged family. Both have their understanding of reality and dreams. They continuously push and motivate each other to pursue their dreams. This journey shows the struggle and conflicts of the two strata of our society. Aayansh’s story shows the daily life of a poor family and how they strive every day for a meal to eat. Despite all the pain and suffering, they never give up on life. They struggle from the day they are born until they lose their breath for the very basic needs of life easily available for others like Suryansh. Many times, they are forced to detach from each other’s life despite their strong friendship. But every time fate brings them closer time and again until destiny pushes them to their limits that would change their lives completely and fate would finally seal their destiny together for the rest of their life. The story shows how one of them will strive to fulfill his own and also his friend’s dreams, despite the absence of the latter. In the course of achieving their dreams, Suryansh, the narrator of the story, will lose everything that he holds dear. With every step closer to his dreams, a precious thing will be lost from his life. Fate will cease everything from him. Despite losing everything, he would never give up on what he has started. He has to finish the journey that he had started which he will but at a great cost.
With each passing chapter of their life, both of them will become mature and experienced. From childhood to old age to death, this story depicts their entire journey. Every chapter brings up a new story and a new moral of life. He hopes that every single chapter of this story will inspire all the readers to dream, live and look at life differently.
With many moral teachings, one will find that even in death a man can be successful; losing but winning at the same time. We shall perish but not our soul, not our work. What we will leave behind forever is our work towards humanity. What we do for people will never be forgotten. It will remain in the hearts of people for all eternity like a song, a melody. It’ll echo in eternity.
Sangramdeb believes that this story should be pitched for films/OTT as most of us have to sacrifice our dreams in the due course of life and can relate to the book. This story will bestow the readers with the courage to dream higher. This is the sole reason that makes it unique. Apart from that, it will provide the reader with insights to look into the world and life from a different viewpoint.
Two of his friends, Triparna Roy Chowdhury and Ankan Sen, assist and aid him in every project that he undertakes. To them, he is indebted forever.
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