Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls (Pb) (Paperback)

“Bombay Rains, Bombay Girls” the debut novel of Anirban bose draws inspiration from real life. He is a doctor by profession but the inclination and passion towards writing made him a author. Bose's story revolves around a small town boy Adi, who comes to Bombay to pursue medicine. The story describes the challenges he faces in the new city and at Grant Medical College in Bombay. He gets depressed by the first day in college followed by ragging but later he makes new friends and starts living up the life. Then, he is stuck in complex emotional vortex that changes his life completely. The descriptions of Bombay weather, girls, buildings, culture and the people through the eyes of a eighteen year old, small town boy is appealing. The prose is simple and easy to understand. This book is not just a campus novel but it also reveals the adjustments one has to make in order to survive in metro cities. Bose has tried to weave in the issues of minorityism, of cultural alienation and he succeeds in this, for me at least. The book may not be successful in terms of sale, but it satisfies a reader’s urge perfectly. If you read this book keeping in mind that it’s the debut novel, you will surely admire it just the way I did. A decent attempt by Anirban Bose to venture into writing.

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