SUBIN BHATTARAI

Subin Bhattarai (born 5 November 1982) is a Nepali Author and Columnist. Summer Love is the first novel that I read of his. After reading this novel, I became his fan. Although he had the writing style similar to Chetan Bhagat, the story connects with the readers. Summer Love plot concerns about the college students at the Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES) at Tribhuwan University falling in love. The concept was no so new but it holds to the end.  The novel won’t bore the reader. The language is very simple not that complex. As simple as the language is, the story is also simple. We don’t need to spend lots of time for thinking. It’s a very simple story not that complex. Youth might like it because of its simple story and is targeted to the youth.  The language used in this novel is the language used by today’s youth. After starting, the reader doesn’t want to leave the novel up to the end.

Moreover, the ending made me very curious that what will happen after that incident. The ending is an open ending which made a think a lot and had many questions. The ending made me think why the writer didn’t write in a different way. If he had made more suspense and mystery than it could be more fun to read. Furthermore, what I felt after reading the novel is whether the story is based on true or not. The characters were touched till the end.

Even when I completed reading the novel, I felt like I am watching the film. The male character Atit Sharma made me remember Raj Ballav Koirala, a Nepali film actor and felt he is playing the character.

A year later a sequel titled Saaya was released in September 2014, which concerns how the misunderstanding in Summer Love cleared and how they convince their family. Furthermore, it is based on the point of view of the narrator, Atit, Saya and Susmita. According to the story, the narrator takes the responsibility to mend the things between Atit and Saya. To be honest, I didn’t like the sequel as the first one. I had a great expectation but it failed my impression. The story goes round and round which made me bored. There was no newness in the subject. The sequel seemed that he was focused to write the second part. I was not able to connect with the story.

Monsoon, the next novel of Subin Bhattarai is average. The story is simple with a simple language. More than that, the story is like watching the movie. Although the story is a kind of similar to his previous book with an open ending, I loved the characters of the novel. Not only this, the friendship between Rameshwor, Sundar and Shuban is natural. The argument, ego and fight between them can be relevant to nowadays friendship. Falling in love with the same girl, getting rejection with the same girl and with the ego not speaking with best friends is so natural and has been presented well.

The story is a simple love story. It makes curiosity to the readers what will happen next. Why Monsoon was behaving like that? Why she hates Shuban and loves him at the same time? This makes curiosity. More than that, will Shuban still love her by knowing the behavior of her?

 

I really love the character of Rameshwor and Sundar. They are humor and make the readers laugh. Shuban’s character shows the craziness and nowadays youth character. He cannot get angry for a long time with Monsoon. He loves her and wants to be with her all the time. At the same time, with her behavior, he gets tried too sometimes. On the other hand, Monsoon is moody. She is a confused character and a frustrated character. At the same time, she can be happy and sad too. Sometimes, a reader hates her for her behavior: why was she doing like that? Why didn’t she accept Shuban’s love who was there whenever she needed it? 

Priya Surfi is another novel of his. After Summer Love, this is the novel that I loved his. The novel is a motivational story about sisters. Considering the rise in suicide rates, the author tries to address issues related to suicide. Subin Bhattarai hoped to enlighten the youths about the true aspects of living. Story development is amazing. This book really touched my heart. It made me so emotional. It gave the feel like once you hit the rock bottom of your life, the only thing you can do is rise and shine bright. I loved the sisters’ relationship most. How Sada's outlook about her family and society, about love changed. Her struggles to understand things are really heartfelt.

Subin Bhattarai is one of the finest writers. Although he has written a light novel, he has the capacity to write the serious one. After reading Summer Love, Saya, and Monsoon Love, I thought he can only write light stories only but he proved me wrong with Priya Surfi. He can really write serious stories too. Moreover, he has the capacity for good writing. He knows his audience and takes his audiences to comment seriously. 

Not only his books, I love his articles in the newspapers. He writes that is related to youth and shares his personal experiences. Furthemore, in personal level, he is down to earth and listens to his audiences carefully and  loves to interact with his fans.