SIMPLE, TOUCHING AND HONEST

In this modern age, it is difficult to find true love. Nowadays, people do have break ups and divorce. It’s difficult to find true partner. People are not able to understand the meaning of love. But after reading the novel “I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY” by Ravinder Singh, people will know what true love means.

PLOT

“I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY” is a story about Ravin’s love life; how he meets Khushi. The story starts with the reunion of four friends- Manpreet, Amardeep, Happy and Ravin. They gathered at Happy’s house. They were reunion after three years.  They started recollecting their past lives, the days they spend in the hostel. They discussed about past, present and future. While talking, Amardeep talks about Shaddi.com and its advantages. Manpreet gets convince and plans to try it.

After three weeks, while checking mails at office, Ravin noticed an ad flashing in the top-left corner. It was an ad for a matrimonial site-Shaadi.com- with a beautiful girl, smiling and looking for her perfect match. So, he clicked the hyperlink on the ad. He started searching and on the result page, he found many feminine pictures. Later, while checking the pictures, he had to register himself so he registers his profile.

After registering his profile in the website, he started getting messages and calls. Some girls rejected him and some girls he rejects.

But one day, when he was attending the conference call, he receives one message. It was from Khushi whom he found in the website and had messaged her. She has sent message to call him to call back to her. So, he quickly sends her message that he shall call her half an hour.

So, after half an hour, they started talking in the phone. This call made them know each other. The most interesting part was that most of the things were in common like both were born in the month of February, the birth place and both have learned classical music. Besides that, they touched on the base on various things; latest movies, college days, music, families, friends and other areas of interest.

After this call, they were in touch. They were in love after many phone calls. They used to call at night time which they used to make romantic nights by talking about love. Moreover, when there was rainfall, they used to imagine things that they were dancing with each other and imagine their romance in the rain.  

Khushi family knew about him because she has already mentioned about him but Ravin hasn’t yet told about her. So, one day he promised her that he will tell about her and finally tells about her and shows her photo. His parents were happy that he searched the girl.

Till now, they haven’t seen each other but had heard the voice. So, they planned to meet each other. Both fell nervous. Both used to call and ask about each other feelings.

It was afternoon; she came to receive him in Delhi Airport. She was with her sister and sister’s husband. They went to the hotel to chat. At first, they just smile. But later, they were in the romantic mood. They were about to kiss, Girish calls Khushi. This makes Ravin angry.

They started meeting in the regular way. Moreover, their families met and planned for the marriage and both Khushi and Ravin were happy. Their engagement was fixed in 14^th February as planned by the couples.

They both were happy that they were supposed to get married. But Khushi gets more excitement about engagement and gets mad about it. She used to say my engagement, my engagement.

But one day, Ravin’s life changed in drastic way.

One day, before their engagement, they were talking on the phone. Still, she was in the office and was doing her urgent task. She promised him to wake up at around five in the morning but she didn’t.

Next day, he woke up at 6:30 am and was shocked that she didn’t call him. So, he calls at Khushi’s mobile. He heard Girish’s voice. Later, he knew Khushi met with accident and was kept in ICU. While returning back from office, her cab met with a suffered a lot of blood loss.

Although, the blood was managed, there was improvement and she was taken to another hospital, she couldn’t survive at last. All of a sudden her blood pressure fell down drastically. The impact was so much that it led to her collapse.

Although, he was survived, he died every day. Without her, he felt so alone. Her memories were kept alive. He missed her very moment of her life.

CHARACTERS

The main characters are Ravin and Khushi. Ravin’s friends and their families are mentioned little. 

The character of Khushi’s sister is nice. When Khushi and Ravin wants to spend together for some times, Khushi second sister cheats her mother that she is in the class and her class been delayed for twenty minutes. But due to rain, they were in trapped in the middle of the road and couldn’t reach home. Khushi’s sister managed the situation so beautifully.

The families are mentioned little but also the characters are not exaggerated. They are mentioned little but whatever mentioned about them, it is portrayed nicely.

Khushi and Ravin’s characters are so natural and realistic. The main characters seem natural because the novel is based on true love about Ravin and Khushi’s love life.

OVERALL

At the beginning, the readers might feel bore to read but after the entry of Khushi, the readers feel interesting to read. When readers reads the novel, they don’t feel bore to read it. Readers might cry, feel romantic and feel curious to read the book ahead. Moreover, there are beautiful lines which really touch the heart of the readers.

The writer Ravinder Singh has written in simple language that everyone understands and the story touches the heart of the readers. Moreover, the story has been written in the honesty. The readers must once read the novel to know what the meaning of love is. The readers won’t feel regrets after reading the novel.

The story is the real story of Ravinder Singh’s life. The novel is tribute his girlfriend Khushi. After the death of Khushi, he doesn’t have any thing to survive so he started writing their novel for the survival.