Chirag Jain

In Search of Another Life Chirag Jain

"Remember! We all have that uncomfortableness in us, urging us to walk away; away in search of another life; away in search of things mightier than us, only to make us realize that these mightier things dwell in ourselves, not in society. They lie in deepening of the valleys, shallows of the brooks, narrow stretches of the trees, voids of the wilderness. They lie deep inside you; on the plains of the knowledge, in the vastness of the love and fountains of the youth." This is the story of finding freedom, of breaking shackles, and of how life experiences are far beyond enriching and educating. This is about a fourteen-year-old boy, inspired by Tolstoy and Twain, staggering in search of another life. Leaving a miserable life full of unanswered questions and loneliness, an orphan begins a journey. A journey traversing through the hilly terrains of Pachmarhi - the Queen of the Satpura, wherein a child gets lost and finds himself as a grown human This travelogue cum diary is written from the perspective of a child who has nothing and no one to rely on. And how the words of long-gone authors etched in ink, inspire him to set his foot out of the boundaries created by society. Walking with Roli, join him on his journey between life and death, happiness and sorrow, societal and secluded life.