Month: April 2020

By Srishti Bansal

For all the bibliophiles out there, Today I am going to review a super old book which was published in 2014. I recently ordered this book on Flipkart and after reading it, I thought this book is worth reviewing. The name of the book is “Your Dreams are Mine Now”, this book is a pure love story and is written by one of the most astounding writer Mr Ravinder Singh. He has many crowning achievements like “I too had a love story”, “Can love happen twice” , “Like it happened yesterday” , “Will you still love me?” etc. These are some phenomenal novels, where the characters revolve around the theme, that is Love. The novel Your Dreams are Mine Now is a powerful and poignant love story. It is a beautifully written teenage love story. Its a fictional story which draws insipiration from a real life incident Delhi’s Nirbhaya Rape Case that shook the whole nation to the core. This mishappening was a very inhumane and terrifying incident. Coming back to the story, the main characters of this book are Rupali Sinha and Arjun who recently took admission in Delhi University. They are totally poles apart and have come from totally different families. A scandal on campus brings them together and from here the love story begins. As you move on further the story becomes very depressing and the climax of the story is very heart rending. There are many beautiful parts in the novel like Rupali’s love confession and Arjun’s revert on it by simply yet passionately saying “Your dreams are mine now” which is the title of the book. The ending of the book is the most cruel part , which I feel should not be like this.

Overall the book is nice and worth the read. The language of the book is very explicit and lucid.

This novel got 3.7 rating out of 5 which is pretty good. Anyone who keens to read this book can easily buy it from Flipkart or Amazon.

Atlast I would like to extract one of my favourite qoute from this book :

“When dreams take shape, sleep runs away.”

By Muskan Mehndiratta

About Author: Durjoy Dutta( born February 7, 1987) is an Indian author who writes romance fiction. He graduated from Delhi college of engineering and then went on to do PGDBM in marketing from Management Development Institute. He has co-founded Grapevine India publishers. He is the author of 6 runaway bestselling books. In 2009, he was recognized as a young achiever by the Times of India, he was also chosen as one of the two young achievers in the field of media and communications by whistling Woods International in 2011. In 2012, he was one of the recepients of the Teacher’s Achievement Awards, joining the likes of Ranbir kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Prahlad Kakkar among others. He has also spoken in various TEDx conferences in colleges across India. He was one of the highest selling Indian authors in the year 2011.

So I finished reading a very long story by Durjoy Datta and Neeti Rustagi. The name of the book is “Ohh Yes I am Single .. And so is my Girlfriend”. I have turned into a big fan of this guy after Chetan Bhagat. I am happy that people did justice to him and his book. He writes same kinds of love story every time but he changes the approach of narration which makes it different each time he writes.

OYIAS is about a boy who isn’t good looking in his school days but as soon as he steps out of school, there’s a slight make-over in the looks and it is when the series of girlfriends begins. The story is about how he falls in love with many girls. And he tries to find out which is the real love which he should continue for long and which to dump. At last, he ends with Manika. He has a friend Siddharth whose love stories are no less than his. A break up with Natasha breaks Durjoy’s hope for a good life ahead and he goes into depression. This is when Manika comes back in his life whom he dumped before starting the relationship with Natasha. Now, how Manika came back into his life, how she managed to come to live with Durjoy in spite of having a boyfriend she really loved, how she manages to bring Durjoy out of depression.

Durjoy Datta has amazed me once again. His narration skills are awesome. Very different from all others. He fixes the plot so perfectly that you can never doubt that its a fictional story and you’ll believe that its his true story. About this book, I am still doubtful whether its fiction or its a true story. And if its fiction, then I think I should learn from Durjoy how to connect a fictional story with the real life. I would suggest everyone of you to read all the books from Durjoy. But I have a problem with him. The title of his books has nothing to do with the matter in it. He keeps fancy title to attract youths but the story inside the cover page is totally different from the words inscribed on the Cover page. And this story is seriously very long. He could have made it short. It turns boring at places but still it wins in keeping you stick to it. I rate this book- 3.5/5.

By Muskan Mehndiratta

RK Narayan is best known for his work based on the quaint South Indian town of Malgudi. His novel, “Waiting for the Mahatma” which involve various types of people from a fictitious town called Malgudi, are a delight to read. “Waiting for the Mahatma” is another realistic novel set during the freedom struggle days. I was surprised by noting RK Narayan handling a romance genre in his novel. However after reading this novel, I am amazed how well he brings out the emotions in romance as well. This novel is a stunning representation of freedom struggle movement and its impact on the lives of numerous Indian people.
The novel is about a boy of age around twenty called Sriram. He lives with his grandmother in Malgudi. Sriram tries to explore the outside world himself to figure out what interests him the most. He is drawn towards a beautiful and patriotic girl called Bharati in a local festival. He tries to woo her and comes to know that she is working under Mahatma Gandhi for the freedom struggle. He somehow manages to sneak into the freedom struggle movement even though he has no clue initially what it is for. The story unfolds as the experience of a conservative guy entering social life and his romance with a bold and beautiful girl.

Sriram deserts his old grandmother and travels across different villages of rural India along with Bharati to spread the message of the Mahatma. His encounters with different set of people like the shopkeeper who sells foreign imported biscuits is amusing. Sriram comes in contact with a terrorist called Jagdish and the consequences of his associations with him have been realistically portrayed. At some point of time both Sriram and Bharati are destined to be shut in jail indefinitely. Whether Sriram could get the acceptance of Bharati to marry her and whether Mahatma approved their marriage are interestingly narrated.

The best aspect of this novel is the capture of the simplicity of the India and its citizen prior to gaining independence. The ongoing freedom struggle which alters the lives of different people like Sriram makes one feel about the numerous citizens who were forced to abandon their families for their country. The comedy of errors associated with the death of grandmother are thoroughly enjoyable. The novel also provides an insight into the minds of cunning people like Jagdish who manipulate and drag others into their troublesome ways. Having Mahatma and Netaji as characters in the story adds credibility to the story.

Though the backdrop of the story is freedom struggle, R K Narayan makes it relatively light through his impeccable narrative style. The caring grandmother and the shopkeeper Kanni are characters one can easily find in Indian villages even today. I enjoyed the novel as much as any other novel of R K Narayan. The manner in which he brings out the subtle emotions associated with romance is brilliant. I doubt whether any of the present Indian writers have the capacity to match Narayan. This novel is a must read for anyone who wants to delve into the lives of Indian citizen before independence.