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Obsessed (Book Review)

Obsessed by Ruchi Kokcha My rating: 2 of 5 stars Publisher: Harper Black Price: Rs. 199 Pages: 232 Genre: Fiction Also available as an e-book ISBN: 9789352779178 The review has also appeared in The Free Press Journal: http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/c/2... Imagine a seed planted with love. With proper water and sunlight, it slowly pops its head out and looks at the huge and seemingly vast world that greets it. There starts its growth story. Now imagine the sprout from the seed going back and joining the seed again. It’s a kind of suicide. Isn’t it? Why? Why not? Obsessed by Ruchi Kokcha, a new author on the block, is both impressive and lacking. Impressive because she has delved into an area that Indians would rather not tread into. Parental love is considered to be supreme and the purest of emotions. There is nothing that can compete with it. However, who decides what love is? Also, who decides love’s kinds? Is love not love, after all? Or, is it...