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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Useful, Not Necessary

Useful, Not Necessary

Vibes, Veracity

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Literary Fiction

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ISBN13: 9798243787727
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 13 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Support is offered, not extracted. Nikhil Sen built his life in New York on a dangerous currency: being indispensable. Known to the city as Nico, he is a master of the soft power of care-rewriting résumés, holding space, and making others feel safe. But beneath the charm lies a hidden ledger. Every act of kindness is a deposit; every shared silence, an accrued debt. When his carefully constructed world collapses, Nikhil flees to the rural dust of Sunderpur, India. He arrives seeking a miracle, only to find a village that has no use for his urban myths. To the women of Sunderpur, he is not a hero or a saint-he is simply a man who is thin and needs to be fed. In the shadow of an ancient banyan tree, Nikhil must face the ultimate psychological audit. As he moves from the transactional hyper-individualism of the West to the brutal practicality of the East, he is forced to learn the difference between being needed and being useful. Useful, Not Necessary is a sharp, atmospheric deconstruction of modern masculinity, transactional intimacy, and the true cost of belonging. It is a story for anyone who has ever kept score in a relationship-and realized the bank was empty.

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