Kesari 3

Stories are warriors in disguise. The third chapter of Kesari is in love with a story, finds it a fable and then struggles to write 'real' fiction stories. The gist of the sixth visit of the narrator to Shree Ram Bhakt Tarot Reader's office is that truth is the 'harbinger of pain'. Truth was a black serpent that was swallowing whole his world. Everyday, it was devouring a piece of his home. Everything was changing faster than his imagination. He thought it was the very worst until one day, he found himself stuck inside a cobweb of deceit. A town steeped in stories, a king idolized by everyone and a magnificent fort; Kesari 3 is the story of a truth-seeker. He could live with pain but not without truth. His soul was in deep agony. World erased somebody's name without leaving a trace. There was an unmarked grave chained to darkness. He needed to break those shackles. He needed an ally. One very dark night, his most terrifying fear knocked on the door and brutally killed his old life. He escaped and found himself inside a bus travelling on a long, winding serpent like road. He was so busy living in his past that he didn't realize that destiny was meticulously planning a different future for him. His whole life abandoned him. Only the black serpent agreed to accompany him on the voyage. Pain blessed him with wisdom. He decided to shed his old skin. He traversed the burning hot desert of life with the belief that universe had his back. This book is an arduous journey someone made to release a 'foreigner' from dying a hundred deaths. He befriended someone whose best friend was a 'sewing needle'. They started writing together with the belief that nothing reveals the truth better than a story. Kesari 3 surrenders to the 'different' in each one of us and celebrates it honestly. It is a truth-seeker, voyager and a story-teller. Often, more often than not; stories reveal the truth that everyone wants to conceal.