NEW BOOK: MOHAMMED A MECHANIC & MARY A MAID

Author B L GAUTAM breaks societal barriers in novel

Mohammed A Mechanic and Mary A Maid' offers a powerful story of empowerment, awareness and freedom'

INDIA - For author B L GAUTAM, a story is an imaginary curve reality sought to follow but failed. Watching life

happening and not happening, he always wanted to intervene and twist the ways of God. He strongly feels that

some people deserve a second chance and he must create it for them. While he played blood rival to the god, the

story of "Mohammed A Mechanic and Mary A Maid" (published by Partridge India) happened.

"Mohammed A Mechanic and Mary A Maid" is a collection of stories, with the title story depicting a sweet bond

between a maid and a mechanic. To Mohammed and Mary, religion is a useless tag and society is a mere crowd

around their existence. They ultimately find their blissfulness living together with no strings attached. This and other

stories recurrently reveal the bond that exists between an oppressed woman and an innocent man. Reduced to live

a subterranean life, they find their redemption by entwining their souls, and sometimes, bodies.

Except the title story "Mohammed a Mechanic & Mary a Maid," all the stories are portrayed in the rural milieu of

Northern India. The narrative of these tales is simple and traditional, yet the content is provocative. No other Indian-

English fiction has ever characterized the Indian rural woman and sexuality, so vividly and so honestly than

GAUTAM's work, setting it apart from the rest.

With a spectrum of stories covering the taste and aspirations of readers, GAUTAM believes that his creation can

establish a deep connection with youth and adults everywhere. He further hopes these stories will stimulate the

readers, particularly of Asian culture, to rethink about their relationships keeping a woman's perspective in mind.

"Mohammed A Mechanic and Mary A Maid"

By B L GAUTAM

Softcover | 5 x 8 in | 142 pages | ISBN 9781482821697

e-book | 142 pages | ISBN 9781482821680

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author

B L GAUTAM is a senior media professional who was born in 1957 in a sleepy helmet of North India. His stories,

articles and poems regularly appear in Hindi journals. "Andy Leelu," his first novel in English, was published in

2012. He also produced a couple of small but highly-acclaimed films in Hindi.