About The Author: Sujit Banerjee has traveled across India and world since his birth. Head to his Good readsprofile as Sujit talk more about himself.About The Book:The Blurb:Twenty six stories flow - some into each other, some crossing one another and few charting their own path. Each breathe independently and fade away after reflecting on their own existence. Each story explore an independent emotion leaving you to make our own conclusion. If Farzana tries to deal with her own masochism then Hemakshi deals with her empty womb. If Gustav reflects on his two night stand then Palash comes face to face with his past lover only to realize he no longer loves him. Siraj's decision to sell his his child body comes to a clash with Manu's trial by God. Last but not the least - Zayan reminiscences on his life an hour before being hanged. Let them rain on you, soak you and take you on a roller coaster ride
The Cover:Vintage themed tree with falling leaves has done good amount of justice to the book and it's stories.
What I Felt About The Book:Short stories are always a gem and a delight to read on. The best part of short stories is that they take me to a different world and I come back in no time. ‘Rukhsat The Departure’, a collection of short stories titled on their main character name starting from A to Z took me to the real world. All the stories depict a life lesson which might be bitter or sweet - but at the end I realize that it does happens.The author has narrated different human emotions in the way they must have been felt. There are some stories which end without a note ad it’s absolutely fine – because those emotions cannot be explained. Some things can/might just be felt by putting yourself in the person’s shoe.
What I Liked:The little graphics with each title were an icing on the cake. I wanted to share some, but then I hate spoilers.The first story ‘Abhimanyu’ truly mesmerised me. I loved admiring one and hating other letter in ‘Bhusan’ and ‘Palash’.Stories ‘Karan’ and ‘Yasmin Bibi’ shook me from inside and I could not do anything about it except frowning on the bitter truth of society.
What I Did Not Like:The writing in one or two stories is so intense and author has created so much suspense that at the end, I honestly could not infer the zest of it. May be I lost track somewhere.
Story ‘Chitra’ would have been my favorite one if it had at least some lines, if not complete of poetry written by the lead.
To conclude I enjoyed reading each story and they are going to stay with me for some time. Congratulations to Sujit Banerjee for his debut.
