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Dabi Aas by Shaikh Sarafat Ali is a sequel to his previous novel Dabi Aas (Diary). The story continues with the same set of characters that were left in the previous part. At the outset of this novel, John is seen being a famous painter. His pain of yesteryears that he endured while bein in love with Ishita transformed him drastically. As John's fame grows as painter, his memories of earlier days of college and job haunts him. Though he knows he cannot go back in the time yet the wounds that he got will remain with him. Against the tide of time, John longs for Ishita's love. But things have changed a lot at Ishita's side. She was married when John became her companion during a job. That love was different and John did not dare to disturb her family life. Thus, both could not reciprocate that. However, feelings were strong at both sides. It was John who retreated. What all happened with their love story had already described in the first part – Dabi Aas Diary. Much part of t...

Dabi Aas (Diary) is Shaikh Sarafat Ali's debut novel written in Hindi. The subjective theme of the novel takes a dig at the emphatic feelings on lost love, swaying friendship, and self-expectations in the course of life. The story follows the flashback technique to list out a chronicle of youthful expectations and emotional turmoil through its central characters that are intertwined in the ambience. Like a Bollywood college driven kind of movie, the novel’s storyline mostly is about young characters that have yet to take the course of life. As we read, we get to know Harsh Godbole, John, and Ishita in the mainstream narrative. The novel is back staged against Goa and central India region. As Harsh being an engineer struggles and jolts for jobs in plants, the geography of the area inevitably gets painted along the canvas of the storyline. John takes the center stage in the novel. Harsh and he are college friends pursuing engineering with tensions building related to their placement....