RAVINDER SINGH

Ravinder Singh ( born 4 February 1982) is an Indian Author. I didn’t know who he was till 2013. I met this writer at Ncell Literature Festival in 2013. He was interviewed by Nepali Actress Nisha Adhikari. After listening to him, I was curious to read his novel. He had said that he became a writer by luck and his lost love made him a writer. This was the main reason why I began to read his books.

I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY

In this modern age, it is difficult to find true love. Nowadays, people do have breakups and divorce. It’s difficult to find a 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 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 emails at the 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 on 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 on the website and had messaged her. She has sent a 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 on 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 birthplace 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 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 for 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 a romantic mood. They were about to kiss, Girish calls Khushi. This makes Ravin angry.

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

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

But one day, Ravin’s life changed in a 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.

The next day, he woke up at 6:30 am and was shocked that she didn’t call him. So, he calls Khushi’s mobile. He heard Girish’s voice. Later, he knew Khushi met with an 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 an 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 every 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 want to spend together for some time, Khushi's 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 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 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

In the beginning, the readers might feel bore to read but after the entry of Khushi, the readers feel interesting to read. When readers read the novel, they don’t feel bored 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 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 about the tribute to his girlfriend Khushi. After the death of Khushi, he doesn’t have anything to survive so he started writing their novel for survival.

CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE

Do you believe that love can happen twice?  If you think so, then you must read the novel “CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE?’’ by Ravinder Singh. If you don’t think that love cannot twice than also you must read ‘’CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE?’’. The novel might teach how to fall in love which is a true one.

The novel “CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE?’’ is the beginning of the story which ends in “I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY”. In other sense, it is the sequel of “I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY’’ in which the story begins after the death of Khushi.

On Valentine’s Day, a radio station in Chandigarh hosts a very special romantic chat show. Ravin and three best friends are invited as guests to talk about Ravin’s loves story. But surprisingly, everyone apart from Ravin turns up. As the show goes live, there is only one question on every listener’s mind. What happened to Ravin?

To answer this question, the three friends begin reading an unpublished book of Ravinder Singh ‘’CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE?”

After Khushi’s death, Ravin goes to Belgium for the change. Although, he changed his love for Khushi never changed. He couldn’t love anyone like that.

When he was in the gym after two weeks in Belgium, he saw one beautiful Indian girl in the mirror while he was running in the treadmill. At first, he thought she was looking at him but she wanted him to leave the treadmill. After ten minutes, he left the treadmill. She was behaving rudely with him.

The next day, she met with Ravin on the bus and said sorry to him for the rude behavior. 

When it was his birthday, he called most of the Indians who live in Belgium. He even called Simar on his birthday. She came when all the guests went. She came with her friend called Tanu. 

She sat for a few minutes as she was in a rush for the hostel. On the same day at night, they started playing truth and dare which they got the opportunity to know each other.

In this way, they started meeting each other, started to send messages and calls. Now, slowly he started changing.

After Ravin’s birthday, Simar again comes to Ravin’s room and he gives his unpublished book “I TOO HAD A LOVE STORY.” While reading, she leaves the room by telling me that she is getting late.

The next day, she messaged him and said she liked the book. She didn’t believe that Khushi is no more. Even she didn’t know that the love of Ravin towards Khushi. She didn’t believe he loved her so much. Moreover, she didn’t believe that they had kissed each other that’s why she left the room of Ravin.

Slowly and gradually, they started loving each other. Most of the time, they used to spend their weekend together.

One day, he has to go to India for office work. When he came to India, there was regular call and video chats with each other.

Slowly, she was changed and she used to talk differently. Due to this, they broke up.

For what reason they broke? Whose fault was behind the breakup? What happens to Ravin’s condition after they apart? Will she come back to his life? Did she listen to the Radio?

The story is simple and readers will enjoy the novel. After reading “I TOO HAD A LOVE  STORY,” readers will have curious about what has happened to Ravin’s life.

While reading the novel, readers can relate to their own lives. Besides, readers might feel sympathy for Ravin’s unluck love.

Moreover, the readers might feel the writing skills of Chetan Bhagat and like watching films.

According to me, I love the sequel of the book. Its because the sequel represents a modern love story where every youngster wants their career is more important than marriage and family.

So, the readers should once read the novel once to know what true love is and to know what the relationship means. While reading the novel, readers can say yes love can happen twice.

YOUR DREAMS AR MINE NOW

After the success of “I Too Had A Love Story” and “Can Love Happen Twice?”, Ravinder Singh came out with another book “Your Dreams Are Mine Now," which is about politics, love and drama.

 

The novel starts with the day marked by the arrival of a new batch of students in Delhi University [DU]. Just like the thousands of students in DU about to step into a brand new beginning, a whole new life was ready to welcome Rupali. And she was ready to embrace this life.

As mention above, the new life was ready to welcome Rupali, one of the scandals welcomes her. DU manager faculty, Mahajan exploits one of the female peon Raheema. On the one hand, this scandal changes the life of Rupali and on the other hand, Arjun who is a Delhi guy, seriously into youth politics in DU helps her to overcome this problem. This scandal brings them together, they begin to walk the same path and somewhere along, fall in love……… But their fight against evil comes at a heavy price, which becomes the ultimate test of their lives.

To be honest, I love the book as it covers love, politics, drama as well as it has a beautiful message to the youth to stand and refused to suffer in silence. But the fact is that the readers feel like they have heard the story. It’s like watching crime patrol and films. Rupali takes the video of Mahajan exploiting one of the female peons which are alike the film scene. Furthermore, some of the scenes are like Crime Patrol. When Rupali was rape and dies in the hospital, it makes the reader watching Crime Patrol and this scene also makes remember the case of Delhi gang-rape.

In addition to these, scenes like when Mahajan has taken to jail and after coming out from the jail, taking revenge on Rupali are like filmy. Hence, it makes it like watching filmy.

Ravinder Singh has tried for a different story than from these previous books which is the best part. Similarly, language is the second good aspects. Readers will find the language simple and easy to understand. The third part is that the readers won’t feel bored until the end.

Hence, lastly, I would suggest readers read the book for once. Some people may like it and some may not like it. If you have read Ravinder Singh's previous novels, I could tell they may like the new one. 

THIS LOVE THAT FEELS RIGHT

Naina Singhania is married to Siddharth Singhania- A husband who doesn't have time for his wife. She joins a gym. Thus begins her journey of self-realization. In the gym, she meets Malvika and Aarav. Aarav is a trainer in the gym. As time passes, three of them become good friends. Malvika, on one hand, Naina used to share everything with her and on the other hand, Aarav and Naina both fell in love with each other.

Naina finds Aarav caring and responsible. He used to care for her in small matters. Most of the time, she used to compare Aarav with her husband; why Siddharth cannot be like Aarav and she used to tell this to Aarav. At the end of the story both confess that both are madly in love but will they be together? Will Naina tells her husband about her extra-marital affair? 

CONCLUSION

The characters of this book are layered and are constantly evolving. The protagonist, Naina, is a typical Indian housewife, young, restless and bored with a husband who is lusting and running after money. Naina has hit her mid-life crisis pretty soon, so devoid of the materialistic gains, she longed for true love. The projection of her conservative demeanor is done remarkably and many rich and young housewives will be able to relate to her character.

The author starts with a very strong prologue. It is an honest confession from Naina. This sets a very exciting tone for the novel ahead. And the initial few chapters live up to these expectations. It is a delight to read them. The forte of this book is that the characters are developed very strongly. The almost dormant characters of Naina’s mother-in-law and father-in-law and her own parents, also have a healthy part to play. All characters do their job well. It's very rare that a narrative that has strong characters doesn’t farewell. The unusual part of this novel is that I fell in love with a supporting character – Manvika Thakral. The free-spirited, a bit controversial character that has been etched in the name of Manvika is a winner. Not everyone might agree with me, but then that is love. The thoughts that the author voices with her as the mouthpiece are thought-provoking. Not necessary that everyone will agree but it definitely starts churning different things in your head. The final chapters and the epilogue just take your heart away. Almost all questions, one has in their head are voiced by Naina and a very fresh approach has been given to it with this firecracker named Manvika.

My only complaint with this one is the middle chapters. They lose the pace, and that is where the book misses that chance of being an excellent and recommended read. The author has done a commendable job in opting to write on such a topic but I wish he would have got a little bolder and would have given it a different climax.

These are the books that I have read. ‘Will You Still Love Me,’ ‘The belated Bachelor Party,’ these books I have read till now. I have read these short stories but these novels are far better than stories.

The reason why I love books because of the simplicity which means language and story which easily touches the heart of the people. Whenever I read his books, I feel like watching movies. Moreover, whenever I read his book, I feel that true still exist like ‘I Too Had a Love Story,’ and ‘Can Love Happen Twice,’ is based on a true story and made me emotional.

‘Your Dreams are Mine Now,’ and ‘This Love That Feels Right’ too made me emotional and touched my heart. Another reason why I love his books is that I am moved with his emotions and stories and characters. Furthermore, I loved his characters and I am connected with his characters. I feel like he is writing my story.