vishal jha

I totally loved reading this book @markuszusak Finally, completed reading this widely read and loved book... and the book has left me amazed and shattered... Often, when someone asks me, which is the one book you will recommend to everyone to read...honestly i did not know because everyone has a different reading taste... but after reading this book i can proudly recommend this to everyone and will proudly boast of having reading such a masterpiece... The story is of "Liesel Meminger" who has such an intense love for reading that she steals books.... The book is much more than this though... and i urge everyone of you to read this. The story is set in Germany, in the time of World War 2, in the time of Hitler's dictatorship.... the story is a depiction of human feelings and emotions, when the Jews were suffering a lot there were also people who treated them as humans, took risk on their life to save the jews... These people who knew what hunger is.... who knew what losing a dear one means...this is their story.. There are a lot of other characters too, and all of them are so amazingly written that you love them all... not one character leaves you untouched... If you ask me who my favourite character was.... i will say it was " Hans Hebermann", liesel's foster father... he is such an amazing person, he is the one who teaches liesel to read... he is ready to risk his own and his family's life to keep his promise to his friend's wife... The one biggest point of the story is... It is narrated by "death" and the way it tell the story always will either make you smile at his remarks or will make you shiver... The end of the story is really heartbreaking.... Do read this book once, everyone should read this book atleast once...

Tamas, The great work by Bhisham Sahni is actually a tale of Darkness. The Riots that took place before India got its independence, is the plot of this novel.... Though it is a fictional account Published in 1973, reading it made me realy terrified because the shocking similarities of the incidents in the book and what happened just this year in Parts of Delhi make this quite contemporary.... which is sad... after almost 50 years have passed since this novel came out and even today we are ready to Murder someone who is just like us... only because we are made to believe in dangers to our "Religion"... I could not help but keep drawing parallels between the fictional world and the real world... the brainwashing, the hate speeches, the propagandas, the religious fanaticism... nothing is different... every chapter every word seems to be a real account of events and yes, i know this was the situation then but it's the 2020 events and its similarity is which is scary, after all the boasting of continuous development we are nothing better... About, the Novel... well, The writing is so great that it makes you feel every emotion with it's words... No Doubt, it is a winner of the "Sahitya Academy Award" i did not see any point in the Book which i can criticise but yes, if people do actually read this and understand what it truly wants to depict then maybe the purpose will be served.... The Novel is basically a depiction of the Riots and therfore does not have any designated protagonist... which was a first of its kind for me... I was Shocked, terrified and at the same time glad to have read a master piece... and if a book brings all these emotions together you should be assured that the book will be a good read... So, Do read it and try to know the reason of this work existing... I read the Book in Hindi on Juggernaut app but if you are not comfortable with Hindi you can definately get the English Translations but you must read it... Will be Happy to Discuss this book with you... Happy Reading...