A PREPLANNED AFFAIR

Author : ABHISHEK KUMAR SHANDILYA

From the outside, Abhi, the protagonist of A planned Affair, appears to have it all: a desire to become a respected writer, a devoted wife, with loving children, and a beautiful life. What happens that, he feels crushingly alone—and bored with the routine of her stable life. As her dissatisfaction spirals into depression, thoughts of radical changes begin to excite him the way. When a colleague from his company comes into his life, he becomes overwhelmed with impulses and urges that have lain dormant for months. Seized by desires of becoming a writer, he goes down a path that he never wished he would take, destabilizing the comfortable life he has created for himself and his family. With stunningly rendered prose and nuanced character portraits, A planned Affair is an accomplished story that explores the moral and psychological questions that make people think over the extramarital affair and the responsibility towards family.