A-Quaint-Essences

<p>Some encounters relationships and friendships go beyond definition. </p><p>In &lsquo;The Food Server&rsquo; Rashmi seeks to find closure at an ex-boyfriend&rsquo;s wedding finding redemption in an unexpected source. Nine years after losing his son government employee Abdul in &lsquo;Photocopy&rsquo; begins to confront his grief when faced with another bereft soul. A luxury Dubai hotel is the setting for a jaded PR Manager&rsquo;s conversation with &lsquo;The Guest&rsquo;. Meanwhile octogenarian Ramaiah and 20-something Shahzadi swap perspectives about the Hyderabadi haveli they work in under &lsquo;This Old Mango Tree&rsquo;. In &rsquo;Body Mind Index&rsquo; two gym-mates find that there&rsquo;s more to magnetism than meets the eye. Amidst a swarm of engineering aspirants Venkatesh learns to like the career path his parents pick for him in &lsquo;Future Perfect&rsquo;. A retired adman can&rsquo;t sleep till he encounters &rsquo;Strangers Every Night&rsquo;. Touring Edinburgh and London a successful theatre couple try to go &lsquo;Back to the Beginning&rsquo;. An unnamed street urchin finds God in her own way in 'Grace is She'. And finally during self-isolation film actress Asha takes an inward journey into what it means to be &lsquo;Alone&rsquo;.</p><p>&lsquo;A-Quaint-Essences&rsquo; is a short collection of stories about these connections forged over years or over instants twisting upturning or simply adding a brushstroke of meaning to our lives leaving us different from the people we were before. </p>