Never Had A Chance To Say Goodbye
by A Mohit
With dawn breaking, Henna and Osman leave their home for a pleasant drive to Sakrand, but by day’s end they find themselves lost in a dense jungle with a near-empty gas tank and no clear direction. Plowing ahead with only a full moon to guide them, a palace set in an expansive clearing appears miraculously. There they meet the vacationing Undersecretary His Highness Al Kindy of Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Department, who offers Osman a job at the Department.
Osman arrives in Abu Dhabi alone, but soon befriends three other expatriate engineers. Though the men embrace four different religions their close relationship continues to flourish after their families arrive. When Osman meets with a great tragedy, he is devastated. Soon after, a power crisis threatens to cripple the country. Can Osman overcome his grief and save his adopted country’s officials from humiliation, and his coworkers from losing their jobs?
In his first book, One God in You and Me, Mohit explores the damage caused in the world in the name of God as some religions gain more and more dangerous footholds that literally affect everyone. This deeply spiritual and intellectual work begs us to ask questions about ourselves, our beliefs and our world. Originally released in 1996 and later re-released in updated form, this book has received wide acclaim by reviewers and readers alike.
His success with his first book pushed him to write another about something he has always fought against… the exploitation of women across societal boundaries. The book, For Our Daughters, was an extension of this line of thought. In this book, Mohit graphically exposes the weakness in the assertion held by many that men and women have equal status in modern society and blames the practices of various religions and other institutions for the prolonged prejudice against and mistreatment of women. In his blog, this is a point he returns to from time to time. After all, he has plenty of news stories that support his beliefs. To read his latest writings, visit http://www.onegod-mohit.blogspot.com.
As Mohit puts it, his strongest emotions arise from the tears of the weakest. From this point of view, Mohit creates deeply feeling and very rich characters with whom we can all resonate. The author dips into philosophy and religion to find solace in today’s very troubling times. The result is his writings, which give us a probing and disturbing look into the very depths of the collective societal soul. Such is the case of Mohit’s latest book, Never Had a Chance to Say Goodbye, a fictional tale based in reality that follows a Pakistani man Osman through the intricacies of life. We watch as Osman finds love in Henna, a beautiful and spiritually robust Pakistani woman, lifelong friendships that cross cultural lines, and a rewarding professional life that starts in a secret palace in the forests of Pakistan and leads him to Abu Dhabi and beyond.
Though his first books are non-fiction, Mohit says he always wanted to try his hand at a more fictional work. The result is his 2012 release Never Had a Chance to Say Goodbye. By nature Mohit is a realist, but in his heart he is a poet, philosopher and intellectual. His books are a feast for the brain. An engineer by profession, Mohit lives in Northwest Indiana with his wife and daughter. As he ages, he continues to ask questions relative to us all and to life itself.
Check out Mohit’s blog at http://onegod-mohit.blogspot.com/.
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