[Book Review] “The Secrets We Keep” By Sudeep Nagarkar

The story is about a family that has two brothers. The elder one’s name is Karan, and the younger one’s name is Rahul. So, Karan was studious while Rahul was carefree. Their parents treat both of them differently; they care for Karan and do not give importance to Rahul. But our story is about Rahul, who is our hero in the story.

So, in his childhood days, Rahul developed a crush on Trisha. He tried to become her friend; he succeeded and confessed his love to her, but one day, because he stole money to buy a gift for Trisha, his parents found out and told him to leave the house. He left after taking his friend’s advice and never met with Trisha. Okay, Rahul faced lots of difficulty living alone. At times, he used to sell newspapers to earn a living, but he also worked at a restaurant to earn money for a living. This is very insensitive of Rahul’s parents; had they not been his parents like this, he could have been at home. Throughout the story, I felt the pain and trauma of Rahul. So one fine day, a Gujarati businessman came to a restaurant where Rahul worked. He questioned little Rahul about his stay and doing dishes in a restaurant, and he told him everything. That person took him to his house and introduced him to his family, and that businessman had a son too, whose name was Neerav. They became Rahul’s second family, and Neerav became his best buddy. Rahul was very grateful that day.

Talking about Trisha, she was very happy that she finally loved someone at the age of 14, but when Rahul did not meet her, she got really sad, and what happened to her made the whole story thrilling.

Rahul and Neerav went to the same school, studied till graduation, and became intelligence officers at INA, which was the Intelligent Network Agency. So, they both were on a mission to protect a girl, but it seems something comes out of Rahul’s past, which you will understand when you read the book, which makes the whole story engaging, interesting, and thrilling. So, the book talks about how your past can influence your present life; if you have left something incomplete, you can only have in your hands your present to make things correct and make the future better. Also, you will read about character developments in the story, which is very interesting to read.