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PERHAPS IMPERFECT EQUATIONS WERE THE ONES THAT REALLY WORKED.
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EXCESS BAGGAGE 
by
Richa S. Mukherjee.

300+ pages.
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➡This book sure AROUSED CURIOSITY within my family !
The reason being;
✨there was a CONSTANT SMILE plastered on my face..
✨sometimes I was GUFFAWING..
✨sometimes banging my hand on my forehead..
✨& at other moments..lost deep in thought.
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READ  THIS BOOK if you want a LIGHT READ, full of FUN & ENTERTAINMENT, wanna FORGET all your WORRIES & WANT TO LAUGH your heart out & also LEARN FEW LIFE LESSONS in the process.
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➡There are 2 MAIN LEADS here;
⭕ANVIKSHA, 30 yrs old, an anthropologist, going through her 2nd divorce.
She is always ready to fold into her shell like a crab 呂, every time she senses an uncomfortable situation.
⭕SMITA PUNJABI, 67 yrs old, Anviksha’s mom.
Known as “@designerdadi”.
An independent, loud, vivacious lady.
As Anviksha puts it,
S-strong headed
M-manipulative藍
I-incorrigible
T-tyrant
A-Adolf Hitler✌.
Married to Dhiraj Punjabi, a scholar who is always on the go. The couple doesn’t live together.

⭕A typical #Sindhi family.
For Anviksha, her father was a painful memory that she always pushed out of her head.
THEY WERE A MOTHER DAUGHTER DUO, WHO COULD NOT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER & SHARED A HOME BUT WERE STILL STRANGERS..

✨Anviksha wanted to run away from all this, inspired from the  #zindaginamilegidobara on a solo trip but her mom’s persuasion tactics got her a ticket alongwith her daughter.
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➡I found Anviksha, to be hot headed, impulsive & someone, who was looking for relationships to fill a void inside her.
She had pain buried deep in her heart,  anger & grudges..
Detachment was what she was gifting herself with this trip & that was of utmost importance.
I could relate to her somewhere.

➡Smita Punjabi’s character is one I totally loved!
A person who had all the problems in the world from health issues, to being single, weird rapport with daughter, childhood pain but still SHE HAD LEARNT TO LOVE & LIVE LIFE PERFECTLY.

Believable & interesting characters.
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✨ From nudists to dog psychiatrist, anthropologist to adult diapers, excessive food to isabgol, from WWE to tv soaps..there are innumerable elements in the read, which KEEP YOU HOOKED.
Anviksha’s mother is like an over energetic child, one which you cannot leave alone for a second.

With her mom along, on her solo trip, it’s wonderful to experience Anviksha’s journey WHERE SHE EVENTUALLY LEARNS TO SHED THE EXCESS BAGGAGE.

The vocabulary is good with quite a few new words.
Vernacular language is peppered here & there.

For me, it was a PERFECT LAUGHTER RIOT.
P. S. There are 2 dogs named, Mutton & Bhindi

Spoiler alert: It has a Happy Ending.
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✅Life lesson: HOPE FLOATS ON GRATITUDE.

Other books by the author:
I didn’t expect to be expecting
Kanpur Khoofiya Pvt. Ltd.
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