#bookreview Part-1
Title: #thelegendoflaxmiprasad
Author: @twinklerkhanna #twinklekhanna
#bestsellingauthor #mrsfunnybones
#cover #illustration :4/5 on point @danger.cat #sonalizohra
#publisher : #juggernaut @chikisarkar
#genre : #fiction
Pages: 232
Rating: 5/5
Year of release: 2016
Dedicated to: #akshaykumar @akshaykumar
#writing style: simple & impeccable, as always with a few new words ( meaning easily comprehendable). This book has 4 unique, beautiful stories & each needs a review which justifies it fully, so I am going to write & post in 4 parts, this is part 1, as there’s a limit on word count on insta. #thelegendoflaxmiprasad
Pages: 18.
In this story , a girl named Laxmi Prasad ponders over the issue that why are girls treated as a burden & sons as the VIPs.
She feels a blinding rage watching her desperate, helpless father fulfilling the demands of her sister’s inlaws endlessly, her sister being treated badly even after that & being left with her new born baby girl at her father’s house.
She, an uneducated poor young girl, finally decides that it’s only when we girls have something that people will stop treating us like we are nothing.
What does a 17year girl think of, what solution did she find & how it became a tradition in their village for years to come & the #birth of a #girl child began to be #celebrated..?? For that you will have to read the book
A #beautiful story .. written amazingly in the author’s trademark style..highlighting a very important issue in our society.
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Another gem by the author.
Book review part 2
Salaam, Noni Appa
Pages: 51.
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Two elderly women, sisters, Noni Appa & Binni had both reached a stage in their life where time had spiralled on to itself & like their childhood days spent playing , it was once again just the two of them against the world , having lost husbands to illnesses & children to the lure of distant lands.
Their life together had been filled with banter, silly jibes & jests which tragedies, deaths & creaking bones had left unchanged.
This is a light hearted story but it touches the burning issue nowadays of loneliness of elderly parents( single or a pair)…. & how they try to live their later life with whatever is left with them.. emotionally, physically & financially.. Would life bring a breath of fresh air in Noni appa’s life?? What would be “the end” of this story?
Is it enough to marry once & live the rest of your life alone in memory of your deceased partner?? Doesn’t one need a companion especially during the ageing years of one’s life?? If societal dictates are to be followed all the time, then will this society come to help in time of need?? Get answers to all these questions ❓& more… Read the book . It’s a beautifully woven delicate story.
Truly loved it especially the style of writing .
#bookreview part 3
If the weather permits.
Pages: 24.
This story is about a girl named Elisa Thomas. The story touches quite a few issues of our life in particular & society as a whole.
The weather forecast in the Indian Express had predicted a week of sunshine but on the day that Elisa was getting married for the 3rd time, to the same man, it began to ☔rain.
Is Indian Express incorrect in it’s weather forecast or is Elisa unlucky or is this all inauspicious (#superstition )?? Elisa Thomas, a Christian, Malayali girl married a Muslim who belonged to Bangladesh , changed her name, did 3 weddings; a simple civil ceremony, a Muslim ceremony & a church ceremony.
Points to be noted:
*she changed her name but forgot about it as soon as the wedding was over
*all she cared for during the ceremony was about the garden party as it was beginning to rain ☔. She married Javed Gazi, a groom of her choice against her parents wish ⛲ because of various reasons, one being she did not want to marry a groom of her parents choice( check excerpts from the book ). This wedding lasted only 9 months.. WHY ❓ HOW ❓you need to read the book for that.
Societal pressure to marry.. Is it so crucial to get married especially at a particular age..?? Are #daughters a #burden even if they are independent?
This story also mildly touches the sensitive topic of #depression .
Then the story talks about her #relationships for the next 2years..& finally a marriage closed upon her by her family & how this time it had 2 ceremonies & this time the weather & forecast were perfect but still it turned out to be a disaster..& finally how Elisa died..when she had eventually decided to live all on her own, alone.. Was Elisa to be blamed for all of this or was it something else..? Her epitaph read , ” here lies Elisa, she briefly belonged to many, but truly to herself”. My least liked out of the 3 stories I read in the book till now but it highlights some very important issues & I commend the author for bringing forth such topics which need to be discussed on #publicforum & are a very crucial part of society.
A short, decent read.. #thelegendoflaxmiprasad
noorthebookworm 