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CANDLES IN THE WIND
Set against the back drop of India's turbulent march to independence, this is a story of a few people who chose to keep going instead of giving up. It's a narrative of people who stood up for what they truly believed in and held up the core human value- love. A country torn between it's own sons of soil, a city blessed and cursed by God at the same time and a quintessential hill station reflecting the state of affairs of a much larger land - all these hold a highly emotional, gripping and heart warming tale of few unsullied 'Candles In The Wind'
257 pages, Paperback
Published August 25, 2017
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June 15, 2018
I bought this e-book during Amazon sale. I never heard of this book till then. I read the reviews, liked the theme and decided to buy it.
I could not enjoy reading this book. The story's fine. The conservations between the characters are very formal. May be that was how people talked prior to independence :P . I felt that the writer tried very hard to make the readers emotional. There is so much pain and suffering. There is no dearth of death. There is so much "crying" in this book, and no where I was moved by the tragedy. Here are a few "crying" excerpts from the book.
Shehnaz was already crying by the time Nusrat finished...
...she cried. And she cried her heart out for the next few minutes. Her cries could be heard...
Meera burst out crying and stretched her arms...
...Bhuj joined the two of them, and the three started to cry together.
He, too, hugged Alia tightly and started to cry again.
Shehnaz cried for some time before sobering up.
Junaid and Alia embraced him tightly, and shortly thereafter, all three of them were crying.
She neither stopped them from crying out on hearing her words nor did she abstain from crying herself.
The four of them cried until none could cry anymore.
Neither knew how long they cried. Alia fell asleep sobbing.
The last sentence was actually how I felt. Fell asleep but without sobbing.
I could not enjoy reading this book. The story's fine. The conservations between the characters are very formal. May be that was how people talked prior to independence :P . I felt that the writer tried very hard to make the readers emotional. There is so much pain and suffering. There is no dearth of death. There is so much "crying" in this book, and no where I was moved by the tragedy. Here are a few "crying" excerpts from the book.
Shehnaz was already crying by the time Nusrat finished...
...she cried. And she cried her heart out for the next few minutes. Her cries could be heard...
Meera burst out crying and stretched her arms...
...Bhuj joined the two of them, and the three started to cry together.
He, too, hugged Alia tightly and started to cry again.
Shehnaz cried for some time before sobering up.
Junaid and Alia embraced him tightly, and shortly thereafter, all three of them were crying.
She neither stopped them from crying out on hearing her words nor did she abstain from crying herself.
The four of them cried until none could cry anymore.
Neither knew how long they cried. Alia fell asleep sobbing.
The last sentence was actually how I felt. Fell asleep but without sobbing.
October 11, 2018
A very nice book, brings out the human emotions very clearly. the setting is in the beautiful Ranipet, Nainital where a family of 5 struggle to survive set in the 1930-40s during the Indian independence movement.
There are only 2 factors that appear improbable.
The tragedy that strikes the family repeatedly is a bit difficult to accept. Is it possible that a family has to face repeated tragedies to their members - is it realistic ? At least I have not faced such a situation till date in reality.
Second - about one of the characters trying to solve the Rubik's cube puzzle in 1944 and his professor/ guide/ mentor helping him write a paper on how to solve a Rubik's cube. If my memory serves me right Rubik's cube was invented in the early 1970s and the inventor Mr Rubik was born in 1944. this is a bit difficult to digest. Perhaps the same puzzle wnet by another name in teh 1940s.
However the human emotions, love portrayed in the book is worth a read.
There are only 2 factors that appear improbable.
The tragedy that strikes the family repeatedly is a bit difficult to accept. Is it possible that a family has to face repeated tragedies to their members - is it realistic ? At least I have not faced such a situation till date in reality.
Second - about one of the characters trying to solve the Rubik's cube puzzle in 1944 and his professor/ guide/ mentor helping him write a paper on how to solve a Rubik's cube. If my memory serves me right Rubik's cube was invented in the early 1970s and the inventor Mr Rubik was born in 1944. this is a bit difficult to digest. Perhaps the same puzzle wnet by another name in teh 1940s.
However the human emotions, love portrayed in the book is worth a read.
April 21, 2022
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link for amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/154959...
Link for India website is put here..
https://www.amazon.in/dp/1947293494/r...
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