Out of Joint

How many, when they were young, had seen the Dance of Death on the streets of their cities? Not many, hopefully! Nayan was one of those who had seen it. He saw the Dance of Death striking millions of youth and leaving them dead, maimed and incapacitated. Its tools of decimation were the red and the white terror. What a Fire Game it was! That’s the story of Out of Joint, the sequel to Paradise Inappropriate - the first part - the story of Nayan’s personal suffering. He sees the paradise of his teenage years dwindling before his pain-stricken eyes - his first love getting poisoned by adult prejudice. It was like the serpent ensnaring Eve - although in a different context altogether. The cup of Nayan’s disenchantment, thus, was full… He did manage to come out of his ennui. As the novel ends, we find Nayan hopeful that there would be light at the end of the tunnel.