Can We be Strangers Again? by Shrijeet Shandilya

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Can We Be Strangers Again? by Shrijeet Shandilya is a national bestselling debut novel about three friends bound together through pandemic-era college life, exploring love, loyalty, and the bittersweet beauty of letting go.

About the Book

Can We Be Strangers Again? is the moving, national bestselling debut novel from young Indian author Shrijeet Shandilya, exploring the complex, beautiful layers of love and friendship, the two forces that define, mold, and occasionally shatter us. Set against the backdrop of pandemic-era college life, the story follows Dev, Tanishka, and Avantika, three friends bound together through Zoom classes and shared solitude in a world suddenly forced online. Their bond stays easy and unbreakable, until two of them cross from friendship into love, leaving the third holding a version of the group that no longer exists.

As unspoken feelings and quiet betrayals slowly unravel what once felt unshakeable, Dev is forced to confront who he truly is and what he values most, caught between the ache of a lost friendship and the bittersweet pull of a love he isn't sure he's willing to risk everything for again. Written with honesty, nostalgia, and raw emotional simplicity, the novel captures the messy, complicated texture of young love and heartbreak, the unspoken words, the friendships tested by time and circumstance, and the quiet, necessary art of letting go. Blending prose with reflective, poetry-like passages, Can We Be Strangers Again? asks its titular question not out of bitterness, but out of a desire for peace: to remember without pain, and to look back without yearning.

Why Choose This Book?

• A national bestseller: Widely read and discussed among young adult and new adult readers in India.
• A genuinely relatable, pandemic-era setting: Captures the specific emotional texture of forming close bonds during a time of forced isolation.
• Blends prose and poetry: Merges narrative storytelling with reflective, lyrical passages on love, loss, and healing.
• An honest, unfiltered voice: Praised by readers for its authenticity and its willingness to portray messy, complicated relationships rather than easy resolutions.
• A story about friendship as much as romance: Explores how love and friendship intertwine, and how one can complicate or shatter the other.

About the Author: Shrijeet Shandilya

Shrijeet Shandilya is a writer who discovers stories in the smallest moments: lingering discussions, spoken silences, and memories that refuse to fade. He completed his undergraduate studies at Christ University and is currently pursuing his MBA at the Goa Institute of Management. Somewhere between surviving deadlines and making sense of life, he discovered his love for writing, which incorporates comedy, nostalgia, and passion to portray the bittersweetness of growing up, moving on, and everything in between. Can We Be Strangers Again? is his debut novel.

Who Should Read This Book?

• Young adult and college-age readers navigating friendship and first love
• Fans of emotionally honest, nostalgia-driven contemporary fiction
• Readers who enjoy reflective, poetry-infused prose on love and heartbreak
• Anyone who has experienced the pandemic-era shift to virtual college life and connection
• Readers of Indian contemporary fiction looking for a fresh, relatable new voice

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