One of my readers
recently discussed my book Soulmates Never Part with me very energetically touching many aspects of the
story. She said that she liked it immensely and could almost identify with
Sheila Kumar’s feelings of longing and desperation. Life is busy and hectic but
there is always a space for a good, understanding and non-judgmental sort of friend.
Another reader said that she wished Abel Freeman was for real and not just a
fictional character and we had a nice, positive sort of laugh. Love is lovely, but it is neither easy nor funny. After all, it is the most sort-after emotion in the world.
Soulmates Never Part
highlights a special, long-distance relationship between two people who find
solace in each other’s company. Usually,
it is easy to relate to or love a person one has met physically, heard of from
others or even has seen in the magazines. But when one can relate to a
stranger whom neither she nor anyone she knows has met, and they still can
connect, trust and keep in constant touch so that their long-distance relationship
blooms into a special kind of love that stands its test of time, is in brief, what
the soulmates in Soulmates Never Part are
like.
To put it very briefly, two
people meet in a chat room on the internet and are piqued with each other. And
that is how it starts for them! Sheila Kumar, working in the capacity of
a personnel manager in Kolkata is miserable as she has been through a recent,
failed relationship and a consequent abortion. She distributes her time
between working in Nathan Paul’s office and looking after her ailing mother,
Belinda Gomes. Abel Freeman, in
Edinburgh, on the other hand, has just become a widower and he lacks the peace
of mind as he has a tiny hand in his hateful wife's death.
Over slow but continuous chats, they relate to each other and go through various emotions, ups and downs. As time passes, emotions and expectations churn up that result in the need for a meeting. After five years, Abel makes a trip to her city and Sheila makes it to his hotel room where they have an inevitable, passionate, love-filled union. Abel is now in no doubt that he has her absolute love and trust, and on an impulse, he discloses to her his most disturbing, hoping of course, that Sheila will understand him and his uneasy secret.
Over slow but continuous chats, they relate to each other and go through various emotions, ups and downs. As time passes, emotions and expectations churn up that result in the need for a meeting. After five years, Abel makes a trip to her city and Sheila makes it to his hotel room where they have an inevitable, passionate, love-filled union. Abel is now in no doubt that he has her absolute love and trust, and on an impulse, he discloses to her his most disturbing, hoping of course, that Sheila will understand him and his uneasy secret.
However, Sheila reacts too
hastily by walking out on him instantly. Later on, when she analyses him
calmly, she comes to the conclusion that Abel couldn’t have committed the crime
he claimed he did and regrets her impulsive reaction. He was probably only teasing her, a test which
she had miserably failed. She tries in vain to contact him again but gets
no response from him. She now realizes
that she loves him unconditionally, and yet, has wronged him. Having no choice,
she gets on with her life, never keeping him away from her heart.
Soon she gets an offer to act in a film and since she is desperately in need of a change, she takes it as a challenge and succeeds. It takes her to the UK for a premier show and she considers this as a God-given chance to visit Abel who she knows lives in Scotland. Sheila digs up Abel's Mumbai address with the help of her producer, Tom Mores and meets with the Robinsons, who are his family. She gets Abel’s Scotland address from them and lands up at his gate.
Abel is warm but maintains that he is now married to Susan, a woman she finds in his house. He hopes that Sheila will continue with her successful career and meet someone good enough for her.
Soon she gets an offer to act in a film and since she is desperately in need of a change, she takes it as a challenge and succeeds. It takes her to the UK for a premier show and she considers this as a God-given chance to visit Abel who she knows lives in Scotland. Sheila digs up Abel's Mumbai address with the help of her producer, Tom Mores and meets with the Robinsons, who are his family. She gets Abel’s Scotland address from them and lands up at his gate.
Abel is warm but maintains that he is now married to Susan, a woman she finds in his house. He hopes that Sheila will continue with her successful career and meet someone good enough for her.
Sheila throws herself into her work once she returns to
Mumbai, but her love for Abel doesn't decrease. Three years pass away again and
she is still a sought after actress, as also a spinster very much in silent
love with Abel.
Sheila wonders how long she can go on like this, when he suddenly lands up at her doorstep and they come together beautifully. Abel confesses that he had kept a track of her throughout and he has explanations for all his past actions, including why he had lied to her about having married Susan.
The story spans a decade and the narration brings out their continuous connection until the soulmates finally, socially, and everlastingly find each other.
http://soulmates-neverpart.weebly.com/
Sheila wonders how long she can go on like this, when he suddenly lands up at her doorstep and they come together beautifully. Abel confesses that he had kept a track of her throughout and he has explanations for all his past actions, including why he had lied to her about having married Susan.
The story spans a decade and the narration brings out their continuous connection until the soulmates finally, socially, and everlastingly find each other.
http://soulmates-neverpart.weebly.com/
