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If It’s Not Foreever It Is Not Love
by Durjoy Datta
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The book ‘If It’s Not Forever’ was published in 2012 and is a romantic novel. The plot of this book revolves around the bomb blasts that had happened at Chandni Chowk, Delhi in 2011. The novel has a strong story line, which captivates the reader from the start till the end. The story moves around main character Deb, whose world is shaken up when bombs blasts at Chandni Chowk on a fateful day in 2011. Though he manages to escape and survive the bomb blasts but the memories of that day continue to haunt him day and night. Later in life returning to the spot where the bomb blasts had happened, Deb finds a personal diary of a man who had died in the blast. He then sets on a journey to return this personal diary to the loved ones of that man. A strange belief overtakes him that that would be the only way he will be able to achieve redemption and closure of that horrifying incident. On this quest he is accompanied by Tiya his girlfriend and Shrey his best friend. Together they try to return the diary to its rightful owners. The readers stay spell bound while reading this novel and that only goes to prove why this novel is such a huge best seller.
About The Author
Durjoy Datta is an Indian novelist, screenwriter and entrepreneur. He has four shows, Sadda Haq – My Life, My Choice, Million Dollar Girl – From Banaras to Paris on Channel V India, Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi on Sony TV and Ek Veer Ki Ardaas…Veera on Star Plus to his credit.
Durjoy Datta’s first novel, Of Course I Love You! (co-authored with Maanvi Ahuja) was released in 2008 while he was still in college. In August 2009, his second novel, the sequel to the first book, Now That You’re Rich!, was released. In the summer of 2010, his third novel, She Broke Up, I Didn’t!, released. His fourth novel was written while he was in Europe for four months in the winter of 2010.
The book was named Ohh Yes, I Am Single!, borrowed heavily from Durjoy’s life and was written jointly by Neeti Rustagi and Durjoy Datta. After graduating from from MDI, Gurgaon, in 2011, he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers. His fifth novel, You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. It peaked at No. 3 on the Hindustan Times Bestseller list. If It’s Not Forever!, his sixth novel, was released on 1 February 2012 and was inspired from the September 2011 blasts in Delhi high court. The book opened at the No. 6 spot at the Hindustan Times In the same year, Till the Last Breath…, hit the book stands; the novel was about two young people, a girl suffering from ALS, and guy whose systems are shutting down after years of drug abuse; the novel charts the last few months of their lives. it opened at No.3 on the Hindustan Times Bestseller list.
The English Teacher, a short story written by him was released in August 2012 which outlines the dangerous obsession of a young, brilliant student with his English teacher. On 4 February 2013, Someone Like You, a novel he co-wrote with Nikita Singh, was released by Penguin India. It debuted at No. 5 at Hindustan Times Bestseller list. It was Durjoy’s first book written from a female character’s perspective. His ninth novel Hold My Hand released on 5 August 2013. The book was commissioned by Hong Kong Tourism Board. His tenth novel When Only Love Remains released on 19 June 2014. When Only Love Remains is another love story from Durjoy Datta, this one set in the troubled world of an aspiring young singer Devvrat and revolving around a young woman Avanti who has been obsessed with him for a long time.
His eleventh novel World’s Best Boyfriend released on 24 April 2015. Dhruv and Aranya spend a good part of their lives trying to figure out why they want to destroy each other, why they hurt each other so deeply, and why they can’t stay away from each other. The answer is just as difficult each time…yet there is something that tells them: This is not it. His twelfth novel is Our Impossible Love released in January 2016. He has co-authored his books with Maanvi Ahuja, Neeti Rustagi, Orvana Ghai and Nikita Singh. He is one among the best selling writers in contemporary India. He is a regular at TEDx talks and conferences in colleges pan-India and often invited as a guest speaker across the country. He has also written for blogs like Miss Malini and That’s So Gloss.
Skryf Review
If It’s Not Foreever It Is Not Love is about Deb, (The protagonist of the story) who seems to be hyper-sexual and thinks too much from his sexual encounters with her girl to the MYSTERIOUS diary he found. Avantika – A hot girl (*as mentioned*) who is a control-freak and is in love with Deb. Shrey and Tiya- Two unnecessary characters, Shrey a friend of Deb and Tiya the girlfriend of Shrey. Still don’t know why the author dedicated so much pages to them. Ritam, he used to keep a dairy and was obsessed with the line ‘I wish I could see her tomorrow’. He has feelings for a girl but he kept it to himself. Ragini , a cute girl who seems to have relationship with every boys in her college. The story is intriguing, right from the word go. The characters of Deb, Avantika, Shrey and Tiya are beautifully sketched. The writers have done full justice to the supporting characters like – Piyush, Nivedita, Sumi, RD and Ragini. The story starts on a strong note, and continues effortlessly till the end. The scenes, the dialogues, the expressions and the emotions are perfectly expressed. The humor is witty, and will make you smile and laugh. The emotional scenes are well written, and will make you sad (weak-hearts may cry).