A Shadow Under the Light

Description

It is a very poignant story which elucidates about the struggle of a helpless woman who succumbed to battling poverty in a metropolitan city of India.

Despite being in last phage of pregnancy, the crisis of drinking water compelled feeble Pushpvathi to make a move out of her dwelling carrying a child in her lap which led to bleeding profusely. She collapsed on the way while moving from one corner of the park to another for collecting drinking water. But this collapsing in a bustling city like Bangalore couldn’t bother anyone to rush her hospital in time. That movement was her last movement which restricted her forever......

About the Author

Amit kumar writes romantic fiction and social issues-laced stories. Born and raised in Bihar, Amit Kumar, has observed poverty, social-inequality, gender-inequality and ill-effects of politics very keenly, now lives in Mumbai, where he beholds rich class, western culture, slums and bordello.
Despite being an engineer, Amit kumar inclined towards observing social issues. He wants his voice to be heard through his pen. His debut novel ‘A Shadow Under the Light’ depicts extreme poverty and misery of a woman in a cosmopolitan city. His stories collections ‘Unseasoned Rains’ and Unclouded Rains’ contains stories having themes love, lust, inequality and poverty. They are good reads and available on Flipkart, Amazon and Bokscamel.

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