Hello people, Happy New Year
everyone. I am back in my space after soooooo long, I almost forgot I used to
write here!! I have so many book reviews to update, all this work and travel
has been making me lazy and pushing me at my wits end… But now I’m back to the pavilion
and rearing to go.
So first things first, over the last two months there are
many books that I have read and have watched some really bad movies, so I’m
thinking I’ll skip reviewing those movies and concentrate on the great books.
There are some more plans as well; I’ll let you know about it when I finally
come up with it.
So I got this book Sale of the Souls some time back
(actually long time back) from the author. It looked simple from the cover
design but as the saying goes – it’s better to read than just go by the cover. It’s
rather on a serious note of land acquisition and love amidst that. So let’s see
how the book was.
The Story
In a remote coastal village of
Canara the life is quiet & slow, villagers lead their lives in spite of the
government apathy for any infrastructure. Only few dare to cross the village
and take up higher education in the nearby town. Samar, our protagonist, is one
of them who is the first person to do a PHD from this village and is happy
being a professor in a college in the town. Roshni the young daughter of the
village head is fresh out of law-college and is eager to spread her wings.
In the trying times the villagers
face with the mean government body which is waiting to grab their fertile land
for developmental projects. It not only poses a threat to the villagers and
their livelihoods but also the bio-diversity of the region. In these difficult
times Roshni tries to make her voice heard by getting people together and
opposing the political big wigs where as Samar tries to look for a peaceful
solution and both with their opposites finds themselves in love.
My Thoughts
I am really surprised by the way
the narration is kept simple yet endearing. I have been reading some serious
heavy books recently which have such deep under linings. We read about land acquisitions
and all the protests, rallies and ‘morchas’ against them in the papers, but
probably never think about how the people who are entangled in that feel or
think. In literal sense we see ‘sale of souls’. It’s quite awakening, and I
hope we start thinking about it seriously. I like how the characters have been
developed and the little nuances that are detailed.
About the Author
Vidyadhar Durgekar as I read over
the internet is a multi faceted man. He has worked for the armed forces, in the
corporate world in India & abroad and now is an author. This is his debut
novel and I think he has done a great work. He blogs at http://www.vidyadharas.blogspot.in, and you can read
more about him there.
My Rating – 3.75/5. It’s a good serious read.
Book
– Sale of Souls
Author
– Vidyadhara
Genre –
Political Fiction
Publisher
– Leadstart
Publishing
Published
in – 2013
ISBN 13
– 9789382473664
ISBN
10 – 9382473661
Pages – 291
Price –
INR 150
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This book was sent by the author. These are entirely my own views and I try not to be biased while reviewing.
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