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When you pick up a book to read on
a weekend, you are serious about it and want it to be good so that this day
which is meant for you doesn’t end up getting wasted. With similar hopes, I
picked up Manoj V Jain’s 6th book named “A Man From Mandu” published
by Notion Press. After completing this book, I can surely not complain as this
is one of the best reads of this year for me. Yes, this is the kind of book you
wish to read regularly and curse the author that why did you not write
something as beautiful as this. The book is not even 170 pages but the amount
of beautiful moments and messages it gives you throughout are surely going to
stay with you forever.
Starting specifics about the
book, first of all, I would say that the blurb of the book is perfect. Also,
this is one of the most unique topics that author has picked up and the kind of
justice given to it right from the first page is immensely beautiful. The
question always stays with you if the guy is a Guru or a fraudster. The
protagonist of the book initially seems to be Tarini and the way it moves down
to Dhawal and then his projection as Avishkar Baba is so perfectly woven that
you don’t feel isolated with the story and narration even once. The
characterization of all the characters are done so deeply and perfectly that
you can actually imagine each one of them along with their body languages. I
liked how author has written all the scenes keeping it precise and up to the
point rather than giving useless detailing of natures and surroundings and then
coming down to the point. There are very few Indian authors who are sure about
their story that they don’t trap readers into these false set-ups.
The way all the chapters are
classified and treated gives this book a sense of an anthology too. Every
chapter has a quote in the beginning which is said by Avishkar Baba himself and
then the whole chapter is based upon the same quote itself. After finishing
every chapter, I read the quote once again and it meant deeper after it. After
completing the book, I read those quotes again and I must say, some of them
really brought changes in me. Then author has also told short stories in
between through Avishkar Baba’s character and those stories are gems and USP of
this book. All stories are so distinct from each other and none of them are
boring, pretentious or half-baked. Those are the stories you would want to
re-read to decipher more positives from it.
The way the timeline of the book
shifts from the current set-up to the initial days when Dhawal and Tarini got
together gives the book a new dimension altogether. It becomes a Surprise for
the reader. Also, the climax of the book is so nicely closed that I was just
getting emotional yet happy because the reader in me was delighted to have read
such a book which leaves you with so many questions and answers that after
finishing the book, I kept on talking with my inner self. The way author has
embedded philosophy, spirituality, love and struggles- all into this small
story of 170 pages is applaudable and I give this book nothing less than 4.75*
out of 5. The book also discusses light insight into how someone is marketed
and made a hype among people through social media and other strategies. I think
I should now go on to read other 5 books written by Manoj V Jain as he doesn’t
seem to be an author whose stories can be missed.
Highly recommended!
Thanks.
ABHILASH RUHELA
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