Being in Love... (Bliss or Curse)

Alok's debut work, "Being in Love... (Bliss or Curse)" is a book that has a purpose and moral attached with. Alok has tried to reflect in his work the horror shadow of our society. The growing crimse of Honor Killing has been an ache in our hearts for years. Still the sin is repeated eveyday; not only in towns but also in small villages it has been done!
Alok, in his debut book, has tried to tell the conditions under which the crime is committed. How a child, who has been given birth by his/her parents, is killed by their hands? The factors and the most common logic has been given very well. The other side, a sweet and simple love story runs to give the book a fine touch. The book is embellished with poems, love story, and a purpose of exposing a sin with its remedies. A very different book, and the first book in India that deals with Honor Killing, it is.
Book description as on the book:
Dhruv and Geet are college sweethearts. They want to get married but Geet has a deep-founded fear which stops her from making the final act of commitment to Dhruv. Will Geet and Dhruv get married? Will their love be strong enough to withstand the situation that Geet fears? Under what circumstances do parents become insane enough to take the lives of their own children? Who's right - they or the child? Read 'Being in Love (Bliss or Curse)' to learn about Dhruv and Geet's story... learn about the stigma that Indian society faces today - honour killing.