Black | Syed Mashud Hashmi

Certainly there are several ways I could start the introduction but why not start by introducing you to my writing style. I’ve used something that I’ve coined as a “Progressive narrative” and “Loop narrative” here to construct this novel. The root cause is – to emphasize the mechanism of conditioning, chain of thoughts and our acceptance of it. Certainly, you will find some words with spelling or grammar mistakes, but don’t mistake these mistakes as mistakes. Read that again if you have to, as intentionally they’re repeated, they may seem like a mistake but not ‘mean’ like one. Semantics, symbolisms, societal structures and how we are all connected. This novel will bring it all out at your picnic tables, just sit down and be prepared. With deeply hidden symbolic treasures and definitions to explore, only the true detectives or readers that pay attention will uncover these treasures and embrace its riches untold. But, what is “true”, you should ask yourself first before asking this novel; as our definitions of what’s “true” differs from goals to tolls. Holding that in mind, I hope you not only turn these pages and turn sore, instead enrich yourself with its deep plots and explore them more and more. Use your imaginative painting brushes, as I’ve only drawn borders and you’ve got to fill the colors. Unravel l the rainbows behind Our BLACK. If you’re looking for a novel with an easy and straight forward narrative, certainly, this is not one. Like our compound and complex lives and the loop that repeats itself, this novel will certainly make you feel like you’re on a “bungee jumping” ride, a psychedelic one, a capitalistic one, a spiritual one even; all you have to do is read and testify. Testify what? If you may ask, well let’s find out together, hoping the 17 days I put in this novel with 17 million years of knowledge that string it together, help us unravel ourselves and the protagonist’s life. Till then, God bless and with a smile, keep reading.