I am aware
that one should not judge a book by its cover but ‘Your dreams are mine now’
authored by Ravinder Singh is proof enough. It is published by Penguin and consists of 265 pages to be read.
The first
turn off is the cover of the book. I cannot understand why a ‘gora’ couple is
portrayed on the cover when the contents of the book are all about ‘desi’ love
and politics.
The first
one thirds and the last one thirds of the book are interesting and the rest is
just a ‘fill in’. The book and the plot reads like a compilation of newspaper
clippings relating to the Nirbhaya case. Wonder if the author is a wannabe
journalist turned author.
The story
is about a girl from Patna who comes to the big bad city of Delhi and shares a
room with an urban girl. That bit is quite nice wherein the author has not used
clichéd characterisations of urban=clever and vernacular=stupid.
The
characterisation of the student leader is typical and right enough he falls in
the love with the smart dehati girl.
Individual characterisations
are good but the plot as I mentioned earlier is too reminiscent about the
recent Nirbhaya case.
I wish he
had given names to the political parties and unions involved instead of saying ‘party
in power’, ‘opposition party’ and so on which reads so like a newspaper
article.
Overall, a
book to read if you are bored to death doing nothing.
I think the cover page designer couldn't get any other free image of a couple lying down, so they just grabbed this image. In India, copyright is not enforced. So people just grab image from net.
ReplyDeleteSo true Sabyasachi. It reflects badly on the book, makes it seem cheap.
DeleteIt is easier to get such photos in microstock sites, so they used it.... But when somebody is writing a book and getting it published, then spending a bit extra is a better... There are stock sites for Indian images also... I think it reflects the taste of the author itself..... Thanks for a nice share.....
ReplyDeleteIndeed Debopam. A pleasure to share. Thank you.
DeleteNow I am happy I cancelled my flipkart order.. last minute I decided to buy "Be careful what you wish for" (Clifton Chronicle) by Jeffrey Archer instead of this book. Looks like I made the right choice.
ReplyDeletethis is an awsum book.....hats off to ravinder singh....i thnk teenager mst read dis buk....it deals wth clg ploitics.....
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