Title: Les Just Not Be Friendz
Author: Vikash Sharma
About the book:
Les jus not
be only friendz (1) is based on relationships and various phases of a graduate
student’s life. The novel is set in Noida (NCR) in the time-period of 2009 -
2011.
The novel
tells the story of a young, average performer and simple middle-class guy, who
in desperate bid to not join his father's profession of selling mechanical
spare parts in a small town, comes to Delhi after graduation to study in a Film
school, hoping to make it big and become successful in a short time span.
Aakash opts
to stay with his old school friend Dhiru and his trouble making friends, who
were perusing engineering from Noida. Before he could sink with the feel of
Delhi NCR, he falls for a girl named Neha and finds him swept away by love and
varied emotions. Dhiru does not like the progress in Aakash and Neha's blooming
relationship and consistently tries to act as second fiddle.
In order to
save his friendship with Dhiru and in seeking Neha’s love, Aakash goes through
various troublesome phases, which test him over time and eventually changes him
from a shy and simple person to a completely different kind.
Towards the
end, in order to prove his true love to Neha, Aakash accidentally ends up doing
something that he had never dreamed of. The incident terribly jeopardizes their
relationship. Will they ever get back to each other?
About the author:
Vikash
Sharma was born in Haryana in 1987. He has travelled various states of India, to
explore about the lives of people, places, languages, cultural differences,
festivals, religions, and the rest.
He currently
lives in Mumbai. He is a freelance writer, photographer, traveller, producer
and a filmmaker. He believes in wandering, seeking happiness in small things, and
sharing it with people.
‘Les just
not be only Friendz (I)’ is his first novel. He is currently working on the
second part of the trilogy of ‘Les just not be only Friendz.’
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