Half Ticket Ghode

by Abir Anand

उन सात सालों मे जब, तेंदुलकर भगवान बना, भारत ने उदारीकरण की राह पकड़ी, केबल टीवी का जन्म हुआ, बाबरी मस्जिद ढही, राजीव गाँधी की हत्या हुई, दिव्या भारती की मृत्यु हुई, हर्षद मेहता ने घोटाला किया| उन सात सालों में, ग्यारह से अठारह साल की उम्र के बच्चे क्या सोचते थे? 'हॉफ टिकट घोड़े' उन्हीं सात सालों की कहानी है। यह इतनी दिलचस्प हो सकती है, बिल्कुल अहसास नहीं था। इरादा था उस उम्र के बाल मनोविज्ञान को पकड़ना। ये किया तो क्यों किया, वो कहा तो क्यों कहा। बहुत सारे विवाद है, झड़पें हैं। डर है कि मसले जो अब सुलझ चुके हैं, उन्हें कहीं मैं फिर से उलझा न लूँ। स्वार्थ है, पार्थ! निरा स्वार्थ|

226 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2019

About the author

Abir Anand comes from one of the numerous small towns of India, located in the Tarai region of UP. He completed his schooling from Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital and graduated from HBTI Kanpur. He also attended IIT Kharagpur for his incomplete post-graduation before completing his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
He has extensively worked with various sectors in the Industry ranging from Steel, Oil and Gas and Automotive to Specialty Chemicals. Currently, he is working with a listed chemical manufacturing company. Abir Anand has recently published his collection of short stories titled SIRRI (Insane) in Hindi.

Reviews

[Faizan Khan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was the second hindi read and quite amazing.
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𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 🔻
Half Ticket Ghode - Abir Anand
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The cover of the book is not bad, i think it could be much better and attractive. The length is about 240 pages and making it a light read which you can easily finish it in couple of days.
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Half ticket ghode is a good book. You'll definitely fall in love with this book as it describes the childhood memories . This will unbox the memories of ur school days .
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The story revolves around a boy and his journey of life from childhood days to hosted experience. The author shows us the picture of the journey of life in which the reader that what gone became past. While the past can be bitter, bad or joyful. Read the book for more and I'm sure you will find it quite interesting.
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𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 - Recommended to everybody and especially to those who are Hindi lovers ( Readers ) as their next pick.
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[Aishwarya Rathor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the book is the "box of memories" . First of all hats off to the author Abir Anand who worked this much good to make it worth read. Story of boy whose journey to the hostel . Must take a read .

[Jinesh Jain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a story of a boy from his school life to hostel life. As written in this that what's gone becomes past . And what's gone can rather be sometimes good or sometimes bad. Read the full to know more .

This is one time read book. Language is simple and the cover attracts as what story is inside this book.

[Bookish Mind · Rating 4 out of 5]

Half ticket Ghode by Abir Anand
So this book is damn relatable to me because even I live in hostel. This was such a paradise for me which made me remember the like heaven moments of my life. As this is the story of school going boy who had to go and stay in hostel. His dad adviced him how to reach the train an all he wanted to move to the place. Story is really sweet. Recommended to all hindi readers.

[Abhishek Rai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though I'm not much into reading and specially Hindi literature, this book came my way because I'm from the same school and shared 3 initial years of my school life with the books time period. So at least to some extent I may be biased or personal with this review ( however I don't claim to know the author at any level and am confident that he would not have heard of me).
The language of the book is pretty smooth and sir has very beautifully introduced the humor in the stories of our routine life. I'll admit that at places it'll be difficult for a non ghorakhali to understand few incidents, but I'm sure people will be able to relate with it in context of there own hostel experience. It's after reading this book that I realised many subtleties of our school life retrospectively, warna to kewal bakar mein hi jindagi ka anklan karte rah jate hain.
The story more or less follows a chronological order starting with admission in class 6 and ending with passing out from 12. However in between, the author takes small liberties to occasionally jump forward or backward in time for a while. This aspect has its own charm and I think was required for the context of the chapter.
You cannot write a story of 7 years of your life especially your young innocent formative years. It has to be an account or an autobiography kind of thing, otherwise how do you include so many stories, so many people and so many places in 240 pages.
As a ghorakhali, I'm happy that it's a sincere effort and successful also.
Any hostel going individual will be able to relate with it at some level and make some new realisations after reading the book.
Congrats sir and best of luck for future endeavours.

[Pooja Farwaha · Rating 3 out of 5]

💚 'Half Ticket Ghode' is a collection of short stories that are so beautifully written that it can make you escape from the worries for a while.
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💚 Reading this book was such a paradise for me as it made me revisit the heavenly moments of my life.
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💚 This book is the story of a school going buy who had to go and stay in a hotel. The chapters are basically the enteries made in his diary.
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💚 This book is all about a child's innocence at it's best along with fun moments of school life like class punishment, school friendships and all.
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💚 Every chapter had new characters and that made the book little less impressive as the stories were not sequenced well. The author can do better at that in his next book.
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💚 The narration was good and easy to read. I believe that some Hinglish words added to this Hindi book could be avoided.
💚 Overall, it was a good read filled with fun and joy.

[Sumith Chowdhury · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book impersonates an anecdote - where the central character reminisces his childhood days in the form of dairy entry. The author has made this book really funny. It talks about the 90s when phone was a luxury, innocence was high, when people used to work hard for mere provisions & hospitalities.
The book has a series of short stories in the form of chapters. With every new story bringing forth a new composition of characters, places, stories, etcetera.

Narration is good. It got me nostalgic about my school days. I reminisced about my childhood days. They were the best days of my life. Its a touchy book with a sensitive approach!

[Ajayshankar11 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a story of a boy who starts living in hostel and how his life was in those days, his experience, his learnings, fun, pain, how he adapts to new life and starts enjoying, etc. As I have stayed all my life with parents the book was entertaining and in a sense new. It's always fun to read about childhood because of innocence, one gets to relive and refresh ones own childhood life and days.
Book is very well written and characters, incidents are easily relatable. Language used is simple.
Book title and cover are so apt to the story.
All in all a nice book to read. Read to refresh your childhood.

[Kirti Changlani · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is of a guy who left to another city from a small town for studies.

His entire journey, emotions of the family departure , student-life, studies, friendships and what he learnt from it is depicted.

It's basically more like when suddenly teenagers leave for different places or country how they find themselves in a mixed and impaired state of mind. So, how they entirely feel and go through alone is here.

Honestly, the hindi language is detoriated here due to overusage of 'Hinglish' terms. It could have been saved atleast in this part.

Storywise it's fine.

[LUCHI · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book- Half Ticket Ghode
Author- Abir Anand
Language- Hindi
Pages-240

My Review-

Written in Hindi, this book is about a boy who is startled by life when he's thrown into hostel. I kind of liked the plot because I recently moved into a hostel for the first time in my life. So I could feel his emotions well.

The language is simple. It was quite a nostalgic read for me. If you live in a hostel then you should check out this one. If you are new to Hindi then it's easy enough. So don't hesitate to pick this up.

Ratings-4/5

[Mugdha Mahajan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a paradise for me which made me remember the like heaven moments of my life. As this is the story of school going boy who had to go and stay in hostel. His dad adviced him how to reach the train n all he wanted to move to the place. The story brings back nostalgia.Written in wonder language. Different plot. Story holds your attention till the end. Overall good one. I definitely recommend it to everyone.

[Ankush Rajak · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book is the "box of memories" . First of all hats off to the author Abir Anand who worked this much good to make it worth read. Story of boy whose journey to the hostel . Must take a read .

[Anmol Pandey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Narrative is at the best. Those who miss school days can take a read of this novel. Can relive the days of childhood who lived the hostel life. Half ticket ghode is very much appreciated work by Abir Anand.

[Uday · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a paradise for me which made me remember the like heaven moments of my life. As this is the story of school going boy who had to go and stay in hostel. His dad adviced him how to reach the train n all he wanted to move to the place.

[Sangeeta Paik · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book can relive the days of childhood and school life. This story is about a ten year boy who left home for his study in a hostel and how he survived in the surrounding.
Its a good read and i appreciate work of Abir Anand.

[Likhita Nagamalli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Half ticket ghode is the story of a boy explained from his schooling to hostel stay. Past has an effect on everybody's life. Be it good or bad. Want has gone can't be got back. Grab your copies to read this book.

[Sudarshan (swish_ndflick) · Rating 4 out of 5]

An extremely nostalgic book. The nostalgia we beg from God again and again, our childhood. Yes, this is the novel is about the story of childhood and it's memories all in all the best memories of our life. A journey of a boy through school days to hostel life. Amazing novel!

[Prashant Uswadkar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rewind your school days

Reading this books, you live again your school days, your best friends, and those who you didn't like those days. Giving Nick names to teachers.
I like the book most. It's has 7 year journey of military school from class 6 to 12.
Nice book.

[Narendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good.

[Dhawal Joshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found many silly editing errors. The narration flow wasn't smooth but its okay. The story is about the young guy and his experiences in hostel. Good one time read.

[Tapas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Writing is clean and definitely has a potential

[Desi Boy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Half ticket ghode is a hindi novel of childhood memories by Abir Anand. The story of boy whose journey to the hostel and how he feels there. You'll surely love it.

[Pratha Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of a boy from his school life to hostel life. As written in this that what's gone becomes past . And what's gone can rather be sometimes good or sometimes bad. Read the full to know more.

[Kartik Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Half ticket ghode is a good book. You'll definitely fall in love with this book as it describes the childhood memories . This will unbox the memories of ur school days .

[Mohit Sengar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Abir Anand who worked extremely effective work in half ticket ghode . Mr. Abir Anand who made relive the best moments life. Only I can say that write more novels like this sir.

[Yash Thakur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Half ticket ghode is very much interesting anecdote. A best anecdote I've read coz it makes me memorize the moments infact the most best moments of life. All the best for more books like this.

[Ayush Singh Verma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book

[Aman Farooqui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Name :- Half Ticket Ghode
Author :- Abir Anand

Publisher :- Redgrab books

Language :- Hindi

Book length :- 240

Description

उन सात सालों मे जब, तेंदुलकर भगवान बना, भारत ने उदारीकरण की राह पकड़ी, केबल टीवी का जन्म हुआ, बाबरी मस्जिद ढही, राजीव गाँधी की हत्या हुई, दिव्या भारती की मृत्यु हुई, हर्षद मेहता ने घोटाला किया| उन सात सालों में, ग्यारह से अठारह साल की उम्र के बच्चे क्या सोचते थे? 'हॉफ टिकट घोड़े' उन्हीं सात सालों की कहानी है। यह इतनी दिलचस्प हो सकती है, बिल्कुल अहसास नहीं था। इरादा था उस उम्र के बाल मनोविज्ञान को पकड़ना। ये किया तो क्यों किया, वो कहा तो क्यों कहा। बहुत सारे विवाद है, झड़पें हैं। डर है कि मसले जो अब सुलझ चुके हैं, उन्हें कहीं मैं फिर से उलझा न लूँ। स्वार्थ है, पार्थ! निरा स्वार्थ|

My review
A story filled with nostalgia.
The story is of a guy who left to another city from a small town for studies.

His entire journey, emotions of the family departure , student-life, studies, friendships and what he learnt from it is depicted

Honestly, the hindi language is detoriated here due to overusage of 'Hinglish' terms. It could have been saved atleast in this part

[Simran Sardana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blurb:
उन सात सालों मे जब, तेंदुलकर भगवान बना, भारत ने उदारीकरण की राह पकड़ी, केबल टीवी का जन्म हुआ, बाबरी मस्जिद ढही, राजीव गाँधी की हत्या हुई, दिव्या भारती की मृत्यु हुई, हर्षद मेहता ने घोटाला किया| उन सात सालों में, ग्यारह से अठारह साल की उम्र के बच्चे क्या सोचते थे? 'हॉफ टिकट घोड़े' उन्हीं सात सालों की कहानी है। यह इतनी दिलचस्प हो सकती है, बिल्कुल अहसास नहीं था। इरादा था उस उम्र के बाल मनोविज्ञान को पकड़ना। ये किया तो क्यों किया, वो कहा तो क्यों कहा। बहुत सारे विवाद है, झड़पें हैं। डर है कि मसले जो अब सुलझ चुके हैं, उन्हें कहीं मैं फिर से उलझा न लूँ। स्वार्थ है, पार्थ! निरा स्वार्थ|

My review:
A story filled with nostalgia.
It takes the reader to the life lived in a hostel.
All in all a great story.
And a must read for all the ones who’ve lived or are currently living in a hostel.

My ratings: 4 out of 5 stars.

[Kanishka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blurb
उन सात सालों मे जब, तेंदुलकर भगवान बना, भारत ने उदारीकरण की राह पकड़ी, केबल टीवी का जन्म हुआ, बाबरी मस्जिद ढही, राजीव गाँधी की हत्या हुई, दिव्या भारती की मृत्यु हुई, हर्षद मेहता ने घोटाला किया| उन सात सालों में, ग्यारह से अठारह साल की उम्र के बच्चे क्या सोचते थे? 'हॉफ टिकट घोड़े' उन्हीं सात सालों की कहानी है। यह इतनी दिलचस्प हो सकती है, बिल्कुल अहसास नहीं था। इरादा था उस उम्र के बाल मनोविज्ञान को पकड़ना। ये किया तो क्यों किया, वो कहा तो क्यों कहा। बहुत सारे विवाद है, झड़पें हैं। डर है कि मसले जो अब सुलझ चुके हैं, उन्हें कहीं मैं फिर से उलझा न लूँ। स्वार्थ है, पार्थ! निरा स्वार्थ|

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