The Soul Dictator

About the Book

Sexagenarian Nalini retired from service and was a lonely man. He was living a monotonous life despite all comforts available with his family. He had never travelled outside his own city, yet one day he left home with two friends for a journey. Spooky events haunted them during their travels, while back home everyone considered Nalini to be dead.

However, all did not go according to plan and he was stranded by his two companions at Kedarnath, a pilgrimage spot in India. Despite all odds, he started enjoying the companionship of the plethora of mendicants who were living all around the Himalayas. Nalini was mesmerized to witness the strength and power inherent in the ascetics.

From there, Nalini started out on a winding journey with an illustrious sage. He witnessed the beauty of nature hidden in the deep of the Himalayas. As he travelled along with the sage, he met many people, delved into the labyrinth of their minds and acquired knowledge. At the end, a change came over him, transforming a simple naïve old man into a soul dictator.

About the Author

Ashish Banerjee has been a seasoned traveler. He started his career modestly, first in the hospitality sector and soon he moved to the administrative divisions of the Government of India. With his quest for experience in the running of the government over, his desire for travel overwhelmed him. Before, his passions were moving around the corridors of several offices which afterward took transformation which led him to visiting places like Haridwar, Varanasi, Kedarnath, Kashmir, Kolkata, Mumbai, Madras and umpteen number of places in India. The places of pilgrimage and the people there had an impact on the minds of the author. Over the years, he travelled to the lanes and bylanes of Algiers, Amman, Gaborone, London, Paris, Brussels and many others to gain knowledge of human relationship. On meeting people, he engrossed himself in understanding their behavior, idiosyncrasies and virtues. Although the passion for writing has been there since young age, he was mostly involved in telling stories of his experience to his acquaintances. People known to him always insisted him to write them on paper or in diary. Finally, reaching fifty, he grabbed the white sheets and filled them up with three novels, several novellettes and scores of short stories.