In the novel Ideas And Events the narrator narrates the story of two sisters Vindhya and Dr. Sandhya as they dedicate themselves to pursue their academic goals in this complex world. Vindhya gets Ph.D. in Business Administration but her life is disturbed by Apurva Karan, the lecherous son of her supervisor Dr. Tayal. On the other hand, Dr. Sandhya uses her knowledge of medical science to produce a human figure. She succeeds in creating a giant like person Youngstein 7′ height, white teeth, black hair but creating a sense of fear. Youngstein wins her sympathy when he tells her that her father is alive, not dead. But then the ambitions of Youngstein continue to increase and he is out of his creator’s control. Finally, she finds herself tense as she had made misuse of her knowledge. Her father Surya Pratap is the symbol of patience and optimism and tolerates the conduct of Adheer in the village after his marriage with Anjali. Behind each event, there is an idea and the novelist confirms it here.
About the Author
Professor Vikas Sharma is already a well acclaimed author of both Hindi and English novels. Also a poet and researcher, Professor Sharma is currently working as Professor and Head at the Department of English of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (U.P.). When not writing or teaching, you can easily find him discussing politics, literature and culture in a gathering or re-reading his favourite writers in isolation. His first novel ‘Raah ke Patthar’ themed around Hindu – Muslim Unity released in the year 2021 and was well received by the readers. He has fifty research papers published in international and national journals and twenty five research scholars have successfully been awarded Ph.D. under his supervision. A member of editorial board of three international and national journals. Prof. Vikas Sharma has also published three anthologies titled ‘Epiphanies’ under his name. ‘Ideas and Events is his another novel after the successful novels I.A.S. Today, Love’s Not Time’s Fool, 498A : Fears and Dreams, Medicine : Light In Twilight, Ashes and Fire & Hope Against Hope’. Professor Sharma’s recently published book ‘Novel As An Art Form’ is useful for students, research scholars and teachers. His novels are prescribed in syllabi of undergraduate and postgraduate classes of several universities and research is also being done on his novels.
