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{{Short description|2008 autobiography by Ravinder Singh}}
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'''''I Too Had a Love Story''''' is an English [[autobiographical novel]] written by [[Ravinder Singh (author)|Ravinder Singh]].<ref name="Between The Lines">{{cite news|title=Book Review: ‘I too had a love story’ by Ravinder Singh|url=http://betweenthelines.in/2012/12/book-review-i-too-had-a-love-story-by-ravinder-singh/|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=Between The Lines|language=en-US|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128201049/http://betweenthelines.in/2012/12/book-review-i-too-had-a-love-story-by-ravinder-singh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was the [[debut novel]] of the author and was first published in 2008 by Srishti Publishers, in 2012 it was republished by [[Penguin India]].<ref name="I lost my girlfriend five days to our engagement">{{cite news|title=I lost my girlfriend five days to our engagement|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/I-lost-my-girlfriend-five-days-to-our-engagement/articleshow/46030230.cms|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=The Times of India}}</ref> The book remained in the best-seller’s list in India even after 6 years of its first publication.<ref name="Mad About the Boys">{{cite news|title=Mad About the Boys|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/mad-about-the-boys/|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=The Indian Express|date=9 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Of love, lost and found|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120109/jsp/entertainment/story_14981186.jsp#.VqKEvGGRIcs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119013538/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120109/jsp/entertainment/story_14981186.jsp#.VqKEvGGRIcs|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2012|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Ravin and Khushi are the male and female protagonists of the novel. The novel starts with a reunion in [[Kolkata]] of Ravin and his three male friends Manpreet, Amardeep, Happy, who used to study in the same engineering college. During the reunion they discuss their future plans of getting married and all of them accept that they did not think about it. Happy suggests Ravin to visit and sign up at ''[[Shaadi.com]]'', an online matrimonial website.
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She died. I survived.<br />
Because I survived, I died {{sic|?|everyday}}.<br />
I was bound by my stars to live a lonely life. Without her, I felt so alone. Though the fact is that it’s just she who is gone and everything else is the same. But this ‘everything else’ is nothing to me ...
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After the reunion, Ravin comes back to [[Bhubaneswar]], Orissa, where he works as an engineer for [[Infosys]], and registers at ''Shaadi.com''. After a few days of registering on the site, Ravin finds a girl named Khushi, a resident of Delhi, and an employee of [[Computer Sciences Corporation|CSC]], [[Noida]]. Ravin and Khushi start talking to each other over phone and soon become good friends. They become curious about each other's interest and find there are many similarities between them. After a few months of conversation over phone, they realise that they have started falling in love with each other, although they have never met face-to-face. Very soon, Raven is asked to travel to the [[United States]] for an office assignment. He is required to go to Delhi, where Khush lives, to board the international flight. Raven decides to go to Delhi one day earlier to meet Khush for the first time, and spend time with her.

In Delhi, Ravin meets Khushi and her family including her mother and sisters and then starts his journey to the US. Even during his stay in the US, Ravin is constantly in touch with Khushi. After his return to India, Ravin meets Khushi once again. After sometime, Khushi's family visits Bhubaneswar and meet Ravin's parents. There, they decide the date of Ravin and Khushi's [[engagement]]. Both the families start preparing for the event. The engagement date was fixed on 14 Feb 2007. The reason behind this is Khushi wants to be Ravin's girlfriend and fiancée both on the Valentine's Day.

Just before the engagement, Khushi meets with a road accident and is hospitalized in a critical condition. Despite all medical attempts and prayers of Ravin, Khushi dies after a few days. The novel ends with Ravin's narration of his current mental condition. To Ravin, his life has become meaningless after Khushi's death and he has lost interest in almost everything. He feels "She died. I survived. Because I survived, I die {{sic|?|everyday}}."

== Reception ==
The novel received positive reviews from critics. ''[[The Hindu]]'' in their review called the novel a "tear-jerker".<ref name="The romance of a writer">{{cite news|title=The romance of a writer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-romance-of-a-writer/article6639616.ece|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=27 November 2014|language=en-IN}}</ref> ''MeriNews'' appreciated the writing style and innate beauty and wrote—<ref name=MeriNews>{{cite news|title=Book Review: I Too Had A Love Story|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/book-review-i-too-had-a-love-story/15752889.shtml|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=MeriNews|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128085844/http://www.merinews.com/article/book-review-i-too-had-a-love-story/15752889.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<blockquote>Along with the innate beauty of their love story, the expression of the subtle emotions in the most simple and lucid way makes it special. . . The writer has summed up the essence of his story in the most appealing terms.</blockquote>

''[[The Viewspaper]]'' reviewer Savrina Kapoor wrote—<ref name="The Viewspaper">{{cite news|title=I Too Had A Love Story : Book Review|url=http://theviewspaper.net/i-too-had-a-love-story-book-review/|accessdate=22 January 2016|work=The Viewspaper|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119175424/http://theviewspaper.net/i-too-had-a-love-story-book-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<blockquote>The author has described the instances of his personal life in the story. Being a love story, the genre seems very interesting and appealing to many youngsters who have experienced the essence of love and relationships in their lives and those who have sacrificed something for other’s happiness.</blockquote>

== References ==

# [https://quotesandstory.com/i-too-had-a-love-story/ I too had a love story book story with pdf download/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717094618/https://quotesandstory.com/i-too-had-a-love-story/ |date=17 July 2020 }}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ravindersinghonline.com/first-book-excerpt.html}}
* [https://quotesandstory.com/i-too-had-a-love-story/ I too had a love story full summary with pdf download/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717094618/https://quotesandstory.com/i-too-had-a-love-story/ |date=17 July 2020 }}
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[[Category:2008 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Penguin Books India books]]
[[Category:Novels set in Delhi]]
[[Category:2008 debut novels]]

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