Review: ‘Unsettled’ is a journey of unsettled souls to the ‘Scrolls of Love’
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
The story begins as ‘Divya’ finds her husband – ‘Raghav’, consoling one of his old friends, whom she considers his girlfriend. The very sight of her husband embracing another woman takes her back to the old memory lane, when these were in deep true love with each other and leaves her – ‘Unsettled’.The fire within provokes her to regain her lost love. When one of her society friends suggests her to visit a famous psychiatrist (who turns out to be a marriage counsellor for her) Dr. Ray, she does so.Divya, has a belief that the ‘Scrolls of Love’ that are protected by a woman in white-sari, are hidden somewhere, in a 100-room house that is located in her maternal village – Cherakad, could save her endangered marriage. Her belief is, based on the folklore she heard from her maternal relatives during her childhood.Dr. Ray convinces Raghav to accompany her wife to her maternal village. Therefore, left with no other choice, the duo visits the village looking for that house. Till-date, rumours are famous ‘Thatri’, who safeguards those ‘Scrolls of Love’ (what they are looking for) haunts the house.Will they be able to gather the courage to visit the haunted palace? How will the villagers react on knowing their visit? How will they both react on experiencing the aura there and above all, how will this affect their personal relationship? What has these scrolls to do with their lives? Will they get what they are looking for? Does it really exist? What is the basis of the folklore? Are there ghosts and a ghostly experience waiting to give a deadly turn to their lives? There are so many unsettling questions that make this novella a worthy read. Try on!She has not drafted a simple ghost-based story with haunting ghosts rather she has made a nerve-ranching story to re-ignite love in unsettled minds and unsettled love. She has respectfully made an attempt to give voice to the inner desire of a woman who is far away from the real world and is totally misunderstood.