Deepa Agarwal

The Hangover of Choices Deepa Agarwal

"Nidhi Verma, finds herself having an extraordinary experience, whilst she is on her death bed under unexpected circumstances. As the doctors work furiously to identify the underlying causes that led to her sudden collapse, her mind starts to take a walk down

memory lane, to find its own reasons. With each increasing dosage of medication, she slips

deeper and deeper into the storehouse of her memories, many of which she had kept

carefully buried. She desperately tries to shut them out, but one unwanted scene continues

to play after another. She is forced to now watch the movie of her entire life, only this time,

as a viewer and not the actor.

Each vision raises uncomfortable questions and reveals aspects of her personality that she

had denied. Forced to now confront issues related to her forgotten sexuality, jealously and

the complicated relationships with her best friend, Ziya and husband, Kumar, Nidhi begins

to see herself in a new light. As illusions start to fade, she is keen to live a more authentic

life and become a better version of herself, while equally embracing her flaws and

vulnerabilities, knowing none of these define her.

The question remains- Will she make it alive to life differently?

The Hangover of Choices is an engaging story, which will surely make the readers ask- If I

was on my deathbed, what would I see? "