About the Book
What if your first love was someone you had never met but who touched every aspect of your life?
For Priyanka, that first love was Shah Rukh Khan. He became more than just an actor on the screen for her from the moment she first saw him. Riding a bike with a naughty smile in the song Koi Na Koi Chaiye, he swept her heart away. Since then, he became her companion and her inspiration through the unpredictable journey of life. For Priyanka, Shah Rukh Khan was a synonym for hope, resilience and unconditional love.
Unknowingly, Shah Rukh Khan has shaped her life’s most pivotal moments, and with this book, Priyanka wants to express her gratitude to her childhood crush, her emotional anchor, and her beacon of hope. In this deeply personal and heartwarming book, she has woven together nostalgia, life lessons and more in a series of intimate letters. Each letter touches upon a different phase of her life, sometimes humorous, sometimes challenging, but in each letter, her love for Shah Rukh Khan and his influence on her life shine through.
Her childhood adventures, adolescent dreams, struggles of career and marriage and moments of loss and healing are both relatable and profound. In these letters, she depicts how Shah Rukh Khan’s presence in her life turned everyday moments into something extraordinary. She paints a vivid picture of how Shah Rukh Khan became a part of her success story and how a silent screening of one of his movies reignited her will to live when she had given up on life.
These letters also explore a deeper curiosity. The curiosity about who the man is behind the superstar Shah Rukh Khan? Why is his presence universally comforting? And why does someone she has never met feel like home?
We have grown up watching SRK, and whether you are a lifelong SRK admirer or not, Priyanka’s honest, humorous and heart-touching letters will take you on a journey of love, longing and the beauty of believing in dreams.
Because sometimes, a stranger on a screen can touch your heart in ways you never expected. And those feelings last a lifetime.
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About the Author
Priyanka Srivastava
Priyanka Srivastava is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over sixteen years of experience in the IT industry. Besides crafting innovative cloud solutions, she is passionate about writing and storytelling.
Dear Shah Rukh: In Your Shadows, I Found My Light: A Memoir of Self-Discovery, Hope and Healing, and the Man Who Inspired All is her debut book. The core of her book revolves around the snippets from her life, blending with her three-decades-long love for Shah Rukh Khan. Her fascination with the actor started in her pre-teen years and has stayed with her ever since. She has always found inspiration, solace and a very strong emotional connection with Shah Rukh Khan in every milestone of her life. These letters portray how one man’s presence, both on and off the screen, can shape someone’s life by becoming a guiding force during their triumphs, struggles, and moments of self-discovery.
Though a techie by profession, she is a writer at heart. She believes in the power and magic of words. Whether it is maintaining a small blog on Medium or penning her thoughts in her diary, writing has been her creative escape. Through reflective essays, evocative stories inspired by her personal experiences and a small collection of intimate poems, she finds joy in exploring human emotions through words. This book is a natural extension of that passion. These are not some random fan letters to an actor, these letters are a tribute to the dreams, hopes, resilience and emotions that connect us all.
Between handling corporate chaos and writing peacefully, she enjoys her family time. She is a mother to a two-year-old toddler, filled with unmatched energy and a four-year-old notorious pup, both of whom keep her on her toes all day long.
She, ever the optimist, is a devoted Shah Rukh Khan admirer and, much like him, believes in living one day at a time, embracing life as it comes. “From #Deewana to #Jawan, my love for SRK has only grown stronger over the years,” she says with a smile.