Would you give up your high-paying job and comfortable personal life to drive ten thousand kilometres across India? Just for fun!Three twenty-something's dare to do just that! While the two boys take turns to drive, the girl gives voice-over as they record their entire journey on a handy cam.Ab, Sasha and Unnati are ordinary youngsters, rendered special by the feat they accomplish. As they recount their adventures, I crave to live their journey. They look at each other with a glint in their eyes, as if refurbishing those memories while narrating their spooky time at Bhangarh Fort, strange escapades at Wagah Border and Sundarbans, car breakdowns, wild animals, near-death experiences and highway robbers! It's nothing less than crazy.

I doubted if I'd ever have the gumption to create such experiences. So I did the next best thing - I penned a book about them and their road trip.

Colorful Notions is a journey of three young hearts on the Indian terrain and into the inner recesses of their souls, giving a new perspective to relationships, love and life.

Colorful Notions : The Roadtrippers 1.0 is a book about 3 friends who go on a road trip and ultimately leads to a journey of self discovery, redemption and life. 

The book is the story of Abhay, Shashank and Unnati who venture into a road trip across India and decide to make a documentary out of it.

The story revolves around these three youngsters in their early twenties who take an idea of travelling throughout India across 25 different places of cultural and historic significance. The planned journey starts from New Delhi and then moves on to other places like Corbett Park, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Manali and Ladakh, Wagah Border and Golden Temple Amritsar, Bhangarh Fort Alwar, Jaipur and Jaiselmer, Mount Abu, Udaipur, Rann of Kutch, Ellora Caves, Goa, Mysore, Kanyakumari, Rameswaram, Hyderabad, Puri, Kolkata, Bodh Gaya, Varanasi, Taj Mahal and ends at the Jama Masjid in Delhi.

All these three friends have their back story and these characters have good contrast presenting an interesting read. Abhay, who is the producer director and editor of the movie, is not in good terms with his parents who are divorced. Shashank is a foodie which I feel is a smart move to include in a book about travel. Unnati captures the locales in her camera with a narration of every place in her voice in the background.

I feel the author has taken too many places due to which he failed to describe in detail about each of them. Some of the incidents and scenes are highly dramatic which make them a bit unnatural.

The title of the book is interesting and apt and you come to know its real meaning by the end. The cover is very beautiful and completely justifies the theme of the book.

Overall I enjoyed reading the book a lot which was a definite page turner for me. Recommended for all who like to read light novels with a beautiful story.

I received a free copy from Writersmelon in lieu of an honest review.

Other Details:

Author: Mohit Goyal

Genre: Contemporary

Format: Paperback