Trance

A Novel Based on a Himalayan Legend

In a Himalayan village, Anirudha, the clan's medium, waits for his successor. He has mastered the fading Himalayan art of going into the trance and connecting with the higher dimensions of the universe. Endowed with supernatural powers and telepathy, he needs to find someone who can enter a trance and uncover the hidden path and secrets of the ascetics. Two ascetics have left from Kamakhya to the Mani Mahesh Kailash with a secret wish fulfilling herb.

Different life is unfolding on the beaches of Goa. Amay, an orphan migrant, is now managing the beach restaurant at Baga owned by the childless Dicosta couple. Amay bumps into Shaina while studying together at the Goa University. Both silently fell in love with each other. Amay's modest background pushes him towards the stock market. He becomes a reckless the-future-and-options trader.

The weird events start unfolding. They say it's corona, the incurable virus - what impact it will have on the life, nobody knows...Will Anirudha find someone capable? Where would the silent romance between Amay and Shaina go? How was Anirudha's clan connected to the secret wish-fulfilling herb brought by the two ascetics? Does life have a deeper purpose?

Discover romance fusing with the Western Existentialism and the Himalayan Mysticism in this novel based on a Himalayan legend prevailing in the Chamba Hills.