On the Other Side: The Outsider

Moving to Bangalore with big dreams in his eyes, Aryan’s elusive search for something that is true and meaningful continues. Everything follows the normal course until he meets Anita. There is something about Anita that intrigues Aryan, and they get closer to each other. Her exuberance and zeal for life is infectious and makes Aryan look at life in a totally new light.

Life passes him in a flash, and it is not long before he realizes that life has a mind of its own and that things don’t always go according to plan. Gradually, things start to change, and Aryan finds himself getting enmeshed in a quagmire that he finds hard to break.

This is an engrossing tale of love, friendship, loyalty, respect, belief and alienation that will take you on a ride through the various layers of Aryan’s psyche.

Coming from the small town of Ranchi, Rakesh did his graduation in English from IGNOU. The writing bug bit him when he was doing his engineering, and his passion for writing continues unabated to this day.

He took up journalism to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and has worked as a subeditor for newspapers and magazines such as Bangalore Bias and CIO Review/Silicon India.

He is currently a senior content writer for Verbinden Communication and is based in Bangalore. This is his first venture as an author, and he plans to come out with many more novels in the near future.