As the name suggests, the book is a collection of the author\u2019s thoughts, observations, and experiences spanning a period of seven years, the best part of this rapidly evolving decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflecting upon life and the world around usand translating those musings into prose and poetry has been Roy\u2019s forte for quite a few years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An engineer by training, and a senior vice-president at Electrosteel, he is also the author of four previous titles \u2013 Pentacles, Frosted Glass, Abyss, and Winter Poems \u2013 that have received both critical acclaim and a strong response from the reading public, including a significant degree of commercial success.Abyss, in particular, gained bestseller status at the Kolkata Book Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the launch of his fifth book, Roy was joined on the stage at Oxford Bookstore by Sourabh Mukherjee, author of In the Shadows of Death; women\u2019s rights activist Santasree Chaudhuri; Oindrila Dutt, executive director of Open Doors Event Management; and Ruma Chakraborty, senior English faculty member, Sushila Birla Girls\u2019 School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roy added that this book had been a work in progress for a long time \u2013 with the precision of an engineer\u2019s mind, he explained that he had written some 450 pages of A4 size, in a certain font and font size, \u201cwithout any spacing\u201d, details that also gave listeners an idea of the amount of writings he had accumulated over the years, from which the final book took shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author has to thank his secretary for nudging him in the direction of turning his writings into his newest book. In September 2018, the secretary pointed out to Roy that while he had been under pressure from his publisher since 2016 to come up with a new book, he already had the material he needed \u2013 those 450 pages written over seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, the author went on a holiday to the hills and began reading his own accumulated writings. With a ruthless hand, he discarded two-thirds of those 450 pages as \u201cunpublishable\u201d despite the many \u201cbrilliant ideas\u201d they contained. The distilled one-third of his writings then came under the even stricter scrutiny of his publisher and emerged as this complete \u2018mosaic\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the thread that runs through Random Subterranean Mosaic: 2012-2018, a statement from the publisher said, \u201cThe author has taken a stroll in his life from 2012 to 2018 and recollected those life affairs which are closest to his heart, the occurrences of encountering people and emotions attached with them which led him to the path of self-actualisation and the realisation of others\u2019 psychic state of being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author Sourabh Mukherjee, best known for his psychological thrillers and dark romantic fiction, remarked, \u201cSabarna Roy\u2019s book is a bold, uninhibited depiction of the deepest recesses of the human mind, and its fears, insecurities and vulnerabilities in the modern social, economic, political milieu. The anecdotes, essays, short stories and poems leave the reader with fodder for deep introspection, as well as a candid view of the changing world order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruma Chakraborty, whose field of work is language, felt, \u201cRandom Subterranean Mosaic is a modern epistolary novel, written not in the form of letters but insightful musings that are subjective yet drawing the readers to make their own interpretations. A riveting read.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the author, Roy said that he believed this book would find a wide readership because it offered a certain ease of connecting with his thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, even as Random Subterranean Mosaic begins its journey into the world, the author is thinking of his next work, which should be published in the next two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n