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Chaos Theory TWO people among the many at the first year welcome party drifting across the garden and wandering out of the principal’s house happen upon each other. The moment these two people meet instead of apathy, ambiguity or tolerance there is a connection, an almost audible sound of them clicking. It began with Shakespeare, they traded words albeit another’s words. Regurgitating Hamlet at a party while others were simply regurgitating. They relish butting heads, trading jibes and exchanging unpleasantries. Soon their encounters become more than accidental as their investment in each other increases. Neither is willing to show their hand or admit their feelings and so the dance continues. Their interactions acting as waypoints for the story. The book is a chronicle of their points of contact. They come together, they are brought together, they stay apart and they are kept apart. Time and opportunity takes them from Delhi University to London and New York following their dreams and each other. But they are separated more times than not, Separated by words; a confession. They are separated by distance; an ocean. There are spaces in their togetherness and distance between their hearts. Can this attachment really form a lasting relationship? It is these very fluctuations and variations that result in instability but also provide uniqueness and unpredictability. The novelty and charm of their peculiar amorously tinted relationship doesn’t seem lost on them. The status quo is something rarely spoken of but much thought of. Remaining in the forefront of all decision making whether sudden reactive experiments with its fragility or deliberate ignorance. The speculation over ‘will they, won’t they’ not only engages the reader but seemingly also the protagonists themselves in their fictive world. Adapted from a play, it remains faithful to its source material. The dialogues smoothly transitioning into conversations. And these very conversations constantly change as their paradigms shift and personalities mature; but their familiarity never ceases. They connect deeply on an intellectual and emotional level but it is never quite tangible or permanent enough for anyone’s liking. Permanence however seems the most elusive of all things in their unpredictable and transient world.
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Full of liquid courage and himself, Mukesh has a proclivity for theatrical gestures and snap judgements. Sunita, on the other hand, is decidedly clever with a cool demeanour. When his usual bag of tricks proves ineffectual, he is intrigued and she becomes singularly interesting. They self identify heavily with their cities of origin. Mukesh fancies himself as a well-read, snobbish, wordy intellectual from Calcutta and Sunita is a territorial, proud and patriotic Delhiite. 