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Purvaja Yennamaneni’s, ‘INK DROP’  is an indefatigable attempt by ‘a child prodigy, who is no longer child’ to fathom the abyss of human emotions as a naturalist, as a philosopher, as a psychologist, as a child and more importantly, as a ‘human being’ who values ‘emotions’ in their inception, growth, maturity and death too. Purvaja’s INK DROP like that of  ‘Alexandre Osmoze Brakha’, a Japanese Director, tries to reach, capture and catapult the ‘reader’ in to  the ‘universe of human emotions’ .There are quite a few liners in her collection of 15 stories from ‘Rooftops’ to ‘In the heart of the City’, that make ‘reader’ realize that Purvaja wears an ‘old head over young shoulders’ and also of her deep understanding of human emotions. The liners are:

• Rooftops: Some things rot. Some things  stay  buried. And some things , if you are quite enough, you can almost hear them growing again’.

• The Moon Forgets Nothing: ‘You fed them me’ - all these years.

• The Weight of Blue: ‘Some friendships aren't made of words. Just space, and how you hold it.’

• Water Holds Memory: ‘Wonders whether hating the red one means he used to love it once.’

• The Night Market’s Lantern: ‘ It (lantern) revealed truths about herself- the fears she had buried, the hopes she refused to speaks aloud. It showed the choices she has made and the ones she still had to make.’

• The space Between Moments: ‘She wears age like a borrowed coat- oversized in some places, too tight in others.’

• The Archivist of Small Goodbyes: ‘ She looks around the room. It is full of other people’s sorrow. Other people’s love. Other people’s almost. She wonders if she ever had her own.’

• Please Leave a Message: ‘To remind you. That I  never left on my own’.

• Simmer with the lid tilted: ‘Kira’s love was always like that. Not aloud. Not easy. But real. She made space  for people like she made food- without recipe, without fanfare, just a quiet certainty that it mattered. That you mattered.’

• The endings: ‘It is not an ending. It is not a beginning. It is only the sound of something being remembered.’

• Two sides of a coin: ‘ But Death had seen this before. He had always known it was not his choice, only touch. He had never forced. He had never taken.’

• Shipwrecked: ‘Every visit was the same and never the same.’

• Annealing: ‘ The way her mother told it, the right vessel could carry a whole memory inside it, sealed tight, as if the past could be drunk like wine’.

• Wisps: ‘But her face was kind, unexpectedly so - the sort of kindness that bruises more than cruelty.’

• In the heart of the City: ‘ The heart is not ours, he said. ‘ It’s a prisoner. We keep it here because it gives us what we want rain, tides, warmth. But the pulse you hear? That’s not the city’s life. That’s is his own. And it’s dying because we’ve kept it caged. '

If any of these liners touch your emotions, go grab INK DROP, but read it slowly savour the language, expression, intent and more importantly ‘emotions’. INK DROP for sure would obliterate ‘emotional shallowness’ of younger generation, if they dare to dive deep in to INK DROP.

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Mr Ch.Diwakar k

Govt. Servant​

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Just completed the book and it was such a warm and comforting read. 
All the stories are really sweet and simple, and each chapter feels  more interesting than the last. The fifth chapter especially stayed with me — I didn’t fully understand the beginning, but as it progressed, everything started falling into place, and I ended up really loving it.

Some stories felt surprisingly relatable too. Honestly, when I first started reading, I expected straightforward fictional short stories with characters, but I was pleasantly surprised by how unique and engaging each chapter turned out to be. Overall, it was a truly enjoyable and interesting read.

Purvi did such a great job

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Nandini 
Marketing Analyst

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Purvaja’s debut book is an absolute delight, fresh, thoughtful, and written with a maturity beyond her years. Some of her stories are so heart-wrenching they gave me goosebumps, a true testament to the depth she brings to her writing.

I know Purvaja as a little child who always loved books and now for a first-time author, she shows remarkable promise and a natural talent for storytelling.

Wishing you the very best, young author!!! 

At this rate, I should probably get your autograph now… before the queue gets longer! 😉

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Shraddha
Entrepreneur , VACS