Shivee asked Vineet Bajpai:

Hello Vineet, I just finished reading Harappa and Pralay. Can you please explain why Vidyut and Naina are kind of falling for each other when Vivasan Pujari and Sanjana have promised each other to be together eternally and cross over together? Such subplots which portray infidelity in the face of assumed true love really bother me as the morality and judgement of the protagonist goes into question.

Vineet Bajpai Dear Shivee:

Thank you for writing in. Among the thousands of comments and questions I receive on social media, I can say that yours is the most meaningful.

Vidyut and Damini's love is unquestioned. Like you said, it is eternal. But for me it was also important to depict the character of Vidyut to have a little shade of grey, a little human weakness as well. You will note he is determined NOT to fall in love with Naina. Yet he is vulnerable. He is, after all, half-human.

Please wait for Kashi. You will find the real answer to your question in it.

Thank you again, and it gives me immense gratification when intellectual readers like you think about the book and the characters. This is what a writer writes for! :-)

best wishes
Vineet

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