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The Burning Man
Journey of a Father in Search of Hope and Happiness
“Ramchand is a daily wage labourer and law-abiding citizen who never curses God for his fate. He accepts life with a smile until the day his son, Sinu, runs away from home. The Burning Man is the story of a father who embarks on an unstoppable mission to find his lost son after he is ignored by the system due to his underprivileged status, uncovering the stark reality of human trafficking along the way.”
Story Overview
Ramchand is a daily wage labourer and law-abiding citizen who never curses God for his fate. He accepts it with a smile and faces life's challenges like many others. His simple life is tumultuously turned upside down one day when his son, Sinu, runs away from home.
The Burning Man is the story of a father who embarks on an unstoppable mission to find his lost son after he is ignored by the system due to his underprivileged status. His journey makes him realize the hardships of society and how people are struggling out in the world — their pains, anger, happiness and the never-give-up attitude which keeps the world going, no matter what and how bad the circumstances are.
On his long mission, Ramchand finds himself in trouble from time to time, just because he is at the wrong place at the wrong time. His journey also makes him witness the stark reality of human trafficking and how innumerable kids are either being kidnapped or lured into it every day. No matter how many other lost kids he reunites with their families, Ramchand's ultimate quest is unwaveringly focused on finding his own son. Will Ramchand be successful in his pursuit?
'I spent years observing people wrestling with immense quiet battles — the kind that never make the evening news. A father's silent sacrifice, his invisible tears, and his relentless drive to bring joy back to his children's faces inspired every single sentence in this book. When writing The Burning Man, I let the filmmaker in me guide the visual power, but allowed the human in me to bare his heart without armor.' — Lom Harsh
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Critical Praise & Editorial Reviews
“Lom Harsh transfers his masterly visual directorial prowess into prose. 'The Burning Man' is an emotionally incandescent novel that refuses to release your heart long after the final page.”
— Dr. Arvind Joshi, Literary Horizon Reviews
“A tour de force of paternal devotion. Harsh crafts characters with such raw honesty and unvarnished empathy that you feel every ache and triumph in your own chest.”
— Meenakshi Sundaram, The Sunday Chronicle
“Rarely does a filmmaker write a novel that feels so thoroughly literary yet effortlessly cinematic. This book is begging to be brought to the silver screen.”
— Cinema & Words Quarterly, Global Arts Dispatch
Bringing 'The Burning Man' to the Silver Screen
Lom Harsh is currently directing and screenwriting the major motion picture adaptation of his acclaimed novel. Produced for an international theatrical and streaming release under the Shilom Media banner.