'Till The Last Breath' Summary of the book Going by the novel, it's narration is quirky as Durjoy's previous novels, there is love, there is friendships, and complication too, and lots and lots of drugs. Story: It is the story of two different personalities in the same room in the hospital, Room No. 509, perfectly di-pole, where the boy, named Dushyant Roy, an drug-alcoholic, who hate his life, is suffering from severe kidney failure, and on the other bed is an ever-smiling angel, Pihu, both destined to die, and how their life journey in the room to death is beautifully pictured by Durjoy Datta, who will stun you and surprise you, if you have read his initial books. The three other important characters is Dr. Armaan, who has a very bad past, which he'd grounded beneath himself. There is Zara, a beautiful intern, working under Armaan, who have been raped at the age of 15, that's why she hates her father, who didn't believed her, and hates man's creed. And there is Kajal, who is lovable, rich, and Dushyant loved her and had broken up with him, and involved with a rich friend. The story in short is the hate and friendship relation between Dushyant and Pihu, the love relation between Kajal and Dushyant and Zara, the love relation between Pihu and Armaan, and everybody's dark past, which make you to sail through the complete novel without stopping. Armaan want to save Pihu in any case, while Zara want to save Dushyant in any case. Who save whom? That forms the climax of the novel, that I won't tell, but ask you to read it once. Beware, you might cry at the end, so be brave while reading the novel. Narration is fast, although character development have killed few chapters initially, but still it is a very pleasing read. Read it and enjoy Folks. How was the novel, write me back.(mouthshut.com)
Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in Mehsana, Gujarat but grew up in New Delhi. He completed his schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura and went on to do mechanical engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering now known as Delhi Technological University. He did his post graduation from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and also from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany and majored in marketing and finance. He started writing while he was still in final year of his college. In 2011, he quit his job at American Express as a marketing analyst and turned a full-time writer. In 2012, he was one of the recipients of the Teacher's Achievement Awards. He has also spoken in various TEDx conferences in colleges across India. He served at NIIT Ltd. Siemens AG, and American Express until he co-founded the publishing house Grapevine India in September 2011. In 2009, he was recognized as the young achiever by The Times of India. He was also chosen as one of the two young achievers in the field of Media and Communications by Whistling Woods International in 2011. His debut show Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice won the Youth Show - fiction category at Zee Gold Awards in 2014 and at Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015. He got married to his long-term girlfriend Avantika Mohan, in March 2016 in her hometown, Dehradun. She lives in Dubai, and is a model and air-hostess by profession. She was crowned as Miss Uttarakhand in 2004. Their daughter, Rayna Datta was born in 29 July 2017.