"Saree, Not Saree" is a satirical novella that reimagines the ancient myth of Ravana through a cycle of reincarnation spanning millennia. Beginning with Ravana's defeat on the sands of Lanka, where he vows to pursue Komal Gupta's soul across lifetimes until she willingly chooses him, the story chronicles his repeated failures. In each incarnation?from a Himalayan hermit and Egyptian pharaoh to a Silicon Valley mogul, Martian tyrant, and quantum manipulator?Ravana abducts Komal, offering her power and immortality, only to be thwarted by her unwavering loyalty to her true love Sourav and ultimately slain in dramatic confrontations. The narrative blends historical, futuristic, and fantastical elements, emphasizing themes of ego, consent, and karmic repetition, with vivid sensory descriptions enhancing the absurdity and tragedy of Ravana's eternal quest.
In the 20th and final lifetime, the cosmic cycle glitches into modern-day absurdity. Ravana, now a struggling airline owner, mistakenly kidnaps Lakshya Malhotra?a Marwari businessman filming a drag transition video?instead of Komal. Chaos ensues as Lakshya negotiates his way out, turning the ordeal into viral content and a profitable fashion line. Ravana, humiliated and advised by his wife Mandodari, pivots to running Ravana Air, while Lakshya thrives in the creator economy. The story culminates in a peaceful resolution, with the former adversaries collaborating in business, breaking the curse through humor, compromise, and transactional savvy rather than violence.
The conclusion reflects on the "final balance sheet," where Lakshya (revealed as Komal's soul in disguise) and Ravana achieve closure. Their video call symbolizes the end of enmity, as they embrace mundane lives free from mythic drama. The novella cleverly satirizes modern capitalism, social media, and gender norms, ultimately suggesting that karma resolves not through grand heroism but everyday pragmatism and self-awareness.
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Chinmoy Mukherjee is the first Indian to author 100+ books in English, which includes 50+ Novellas. He has been working as solution architect for past 15 years. Over the past 25 years, he has contributed to 50 real-world software projects as an individual contributor. His experience has enabled him to design, develop, and deploy some of the most complex systems, handling millions of transactions per day. As both an AWS and GCP-certified architect, he has not only built 8 systems from scratch but has also successfully re-engineered 7 legacy systems, improving their performance by 15?30%.
His expertise in cybersecurity has led to incredible discoveries?some thrilling, some frustrating. He was listed among the top 100 security researchers in the world for Microsoft (Q4, 2022) and also in Google's Hall of Fame. He ethically hacked Baba Bank, retrieving its entire customer database, and even achieved remote code execution in JPMC & Solana. Over time, he has reported critical vulnerabilities to 50+ Australian companies and received bug bounties from Uber, Apple, Mastercard, Octopus Australia, MagicLeap, and Paysafe. One of his wildest exploits? He found a vulnerability that let him order a Porsche without paying?only to receive a meager $1050 bounty for the discovery.
His penchant for testing boundaries made him the first engineer among 500,000 in HCLTech to complete and download all 1,000 offered certificates. In the industry, he played a critical role in defeating Infosys in 3 major RFPs while being part of underdog teams. Beyond corporate challenges, he took the lead in India's first blockchain token deployment, successfully developing and listing tokens on the Ethereum network.
Innovation has been central to his career. He holds 3 patents, granted in the USA and Australia. Among them, he developed "Patient Analytics," a patented system that underwent successful clinical trials in India. He has published a technical book titled "Build Android-Based Smart Applications" via Springer. This book has been downloaded by 18000+ software professionals from single channel of Springer.