Suvajit Adhikari

The story of this book revolves around a village- Mano Majra,a borderly village between India and Pakistan.The beautiful description of the nature and the harmony with which Sikhs and the Muslims live makes it stand out from the other villages.However in the post-partition era,things start changing when Sikhs and Hindus from Pakistan are butchered and sent in trains to India.I liked the way charachters send a powerful message in the story.Give it a shot you will definitely like the story.

After reading this book,I can feel how grave the Afghan refugee crisis is and how it is going on for decades.Over the years,little to hardly any peace prevails in Afganisthan.The two female characters in the book signifies how difficult it is to be a woman in a country where there is no liberty and a perennial terror looms in the minds of civilians.This book raised my empathy for the Afghans.

Arundhati Roy in her debut novel has touched untouchability,inter-caste love on the backdrop of an egg-paired twin's childhood.The book talks about how the society decides The Love Laws,who should be loved and how much.The summers in Ayemenem village,Meenachal river,the class struggle are also vividly described.Lastly,when you finish the book,you will be overwhelmed.