LIFELINE- a novella by Chetan Maheshwari

 

This is a new age novella written by Chetan Maheshwari. A mechanical engineer by profession and a writer by passion. This is all about a start-up firm. At the same time, this is more than that and you could ask me how it was different from the rest of all. Yes, in many ways. Plot was woven around corporate office politics, ambitious battle for success and human relations. The way he portrayed characters with balance indicated his craftmanship. 

 Well, Akhil was working in Newark Consultancy, an automobile company in Pune. An young and energetic engineer with workaholic nature. His immediate boss Raghav who turned egoistic caused the resignation of Akhil as the latter was novice of in-house battle. Teesha , an ambitious marketing executive and independent girl was, once, his school mate and she was also a victim of dirty games of her superior at the office. They became good friends and eventually lovers.

Rati, a single mother with a myriad hopes of her skill in app making. She was Akhil's sister and they have been leading their lives well  though their parents were dead in their childhood. Rati was anxious about her son's future. These three people had to start their own firm for their livelihood. For their success, they struggled a lot  and they had been taught many good lessons in their journey of business.

Reader would get immersed in the story. Because it's a story of present age problems and struggle to succeed. All the circumstances writer portrayed were nearer to factual and existential situation. App making details and its intricacies described very well. And working ambiance at corporate offices made reader enthusiastic. And at the same time , importance of human relations and emotions portrayed in an interesting way. Chetan Maheshwari maintained the magical precision of suspense, thrilling and corporate in-things all through the novella, it's his neck of woods as he worked for several automobile companies, no boring at all. He can be a promising writer in future, with a little more effort.

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----Reviewed by Murthy Kvvs