The False Dreamers

The story in the novel hovers around the capital city of one South Asian country. Being an underdeveloped country, it is not sophisticated as the capital cities of Europe and North America. However, people in this capital city stay with their colorful dreams and lofty desires. Perhaps, it is only the city where people representing all districts of country come here for several reasons. Some people come here to study, some of them come to do their jobs, some for business and only a few for the purpose of public service. Some of the people are beggars and some are becoming rich overnight. However, everyone is on the path of being rich by hook and crook. Among more than two hundred thousand people, this is the novel of some elite people and their fake love. Moreover, some characters represent the middle class and few from the working class. Although there might be the difference in the lifestyles of people, they are common in their desires, especially in physical desires which are unavoidable. After food, shelter, clothes, and education, physical relation is the fifth basic need for every human being. The renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud has proposed the three states of mind. They are ID, Igo, and Super Igo. ID is such an unconscious level or state of our mind, where unfulfilled desires stay awaiting to come out if they got chance. Mostly, unfulfilled physical relation desires reside in the ID section of our mind. The major characters of this novel are Priya, Damber, Roshni, Pushpa, Kalpu, Rayan, Sahil, Shova, Bimal and Jhuma. Priya who is the leading character of this novel is a college girl who seems hot in the eyes of males. She is one of the most beautiful girls in college. So, everyone wants to approach her and some college guys along with few teachers want to exploit her youth. She also focuses on materialistic things rather than spiritual love. However, she has a boyfriend, and his name is Rayan. Rayan also studies in the same college with Priya. Another character Damber is a renowned business person of the city and travels to various countries monthly for his business purpose. The problem with him is that he cannot give sufficient time, care and love to his wife Roshni. Roshni is a housewife and she does not have much work at home and she spends most of her time chatting and talking to new and new friends when her husband goes abroad. She does so because his husband does not give her sufficient time and physical satisfaction in her need. Although she has everything but often she feels that she has nothing because of a lack of physical satisfaction from her husband. She says that if we lost everything nothing will be lost but if we lost physical relations in marriage life, everything will be lost. So, she has her own problem. Another major character of the novel is Pushpa. She is also a college girl. She is beautiful enough. However, she belongs to a middle-class family and she aims to go to Australia. Therefore, she needs such a wealthy guy who wants her and does the sponsorship to go to Australia for study and work. Kalpu is a female teacher who teaches in college. She is more famous in college not only intellectually but also because of her physical appearance. Interestingly enough, she is in an extramarital relationship with Sahil who is the principal of the same college. Shova is another key character of the novel who launches a restaurant and bar in the center of the capital city where she has kept some workers and many male customers come there to satisfy their physical needs. Jhuma is also one of the workers or waitress of her restaurant and bar who is supposed as the hottest and glamorous worker of the bar. Shova's husband is in a foreign country for earning money and she is in relation with Bimal who is a police officer by profession. There are some other characters in the novel but they have only minor roles. After a brief introduction of the characters, let's begin with the layers of love found in a city with various people especially because of physical and materialistic needs rather than spiritual needs. Priya and Rayan are college students. Priya belongs to a rich family but Rayan belongs to a middle-class family. However, both of them live in rent in the same city. Rayan lives in rent at the house of Damber and Roshni but Priya lives in another place. Moreover, Priya and Rayan are classmates. For the first time, they meet each other in their class at college. Their other friends used to tease them as lovers. Priya used to be happy listening to this. But, Rayan used to be afraid thinking that he belongs to a middle-class family and his parents had the dream of making him a medical doctor. Priya used to give hints of love several times to Rayan but Rayan did not focus on her intention and feelings. Rather he was fully concentrated on learning study. Although both of them were studying the Science stream, Rayan was more genius in the study than Priya. Rayan used to be the first in the class but Priya used to be just passed. Not only his friends but also teachers used to praise the honesty and intellectuality of Rayan. So, Rayan was popular in the college with his honesty and hardship for the study. Priya was also popular in the college but in different ways. She was the backbencher of the class. She was quite beautiful and hot by physical appearance. Even the male teachers used to praise her beauty in the class. She used to thank them frankly. However, Rayan was also fascinated with her beauty indirectly and Priya waiting the right time to share her emotions towards Rayan eagerly. Meanwhile, the day came. After college time, as valentine day i.e., February 14 was approaching soon, they meet on the college premises. "Rayan, I have an important thing to share with you," said Priya. "Please share it. It would be a moment of immense pleasure for me" Remarked Rayan. "May we stay at the garden of the college for five minutes?" Requested Priya. "Of course." Said Rayan. Both of them go the garden of the college and sat there. "Rayan, I want to meet you on the 14th February outside the college?" Proposed Priya. Rayan asked," Is there anything to say on Valentine Day to me?" "Big Yes," Priya responded. As they were late for home, Rayan said, "Okay. Then. Fine." "I will tell you the venue, menu, and time later on the chat, are you happy?" Asked Priya. "That's fine. Let's depart now." Said Rayan. They set their journey to their house and room on their own way dreaming to meet on forthcoming Valentine Day.