Anish Ghimire’s ‘The Stardust In Us’ embodies unconditional love, poignant romance, and tragic reality. Reading this novel is like discovering a literary treasure. The book gives each character a distinct yet substantive story, catalysing the impressive storytelling pattern the author offers his readers.
What truly captivated me was the Nepali essence engraved in every aspect of the reading: mutton momo on a first date, typical Nepali names, highlights of our social orthodoxies, friendships that transcend professional hierarchy. While delving into each chapter, you’ll get an epiphany of how well the emotions are portrayed through the right selection of words in the sentences. Ghimire’s novel puts readers into such a persistent flow that it’ll leave us wanting to know more and then even more.
In ‘The Stardust In Us,’ the story revolves around the life of Apurva and Tejashwi, two young people committed to one another regardless of several mental turbulences and baffling situations that complicate their lives. The first chapter opens as Apurva expresses his inability to sleep all night as he waits for the date his friend/colleague, Dixita, set him up for. He is worried about how his impression on a stranger as a socially awkward person would go.
In the meantime, his other colleague, Abiral, notices his nervousness and tells him to just be who he is because, as Abiral puts it, “It’s a date, not a job interviews.” People often hide their true selves when appr.