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One Hundred Days: Her
Quest, My Cure
Normally people leave their jobs when they get better avenues or hit the jackpot but Neel, an engineer by profession, who is also the protagonist of the book, liberates herself from the clutches of the corporate world. She wants to get rid of the tedium of 9 to 6 routine job. Though she is not a shirker, but she wants to try something different and live her life. She is totally a bohemian who wants to convert her dreams into reality. Neel's best friend and author of the book, Shweta Modgill decides to record her queer journey. She supports Neel with passion and unbeatable perseverance. The writer herself undertakes her maiden journey of writing in the allotted hundred days. On the other hand, it is Neel who provides a platform for Shweta to write about her flight. In fact, both of them prove to be a support to each other. Both of them have studied together in school and college, therefore they have a great understanding in recognising their pursuits. Neel's father is a retired engineer and her mother is a school principal while her brother is a doctor in the USA. Her mother does not approve of her daughter's idea of experimenting with imaginary things. Her brother who is a role model of the family wants her sister to take GMAT but Neel detests the thought of jumping into another white-collar job.
What changes Neel's life is the play Fiddler on the Roof. She senses a potential job opportunity in the theatre but it is against the echelons of her family dynasty. Everyone has one question in mind whether her maiden appearance is going to be dazzling or a damp squib. Her performance receives a standing ovation. Neel then decides to take admission in Lee Strasberg, an eminent institute of acting in New York. When Shweta finishes her writing regarding her friend's journey, she gets the face of Buddha meditating under 'Bodh tree' tattooed on her arm. Writer has beautifully connoted the image of Buddha, since Buddha is widely known as 'The Enlightened One'. Similarly, Neel through the mouth piece of the writer has been awakened by introspection and she makes a right choice. Life is full of uncertainties, doubts, and convictions, ethical and professional dilemmas resulting from the overreaching process of globalisation. The burden of conflicting values has been beautifully illustrated through the binoculars of writer. She weaves the text around the mundane affairs of life. The writer tries to tackle one of the greatest mysteries of modern life about the paradox of choices through this book.
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Neel's decision of leaving her job symbolises nirvana. Being jobless,
her cash starts draining soon and she has to pay bills of drinking,
smoking, shopping and travelling. So she starts working as a
freelancer.