Just finished reading an 'unputdownable' book called All And Nothing by Raksha Bharadia. Fast paced, light and eager to be read right till the last page cause you want to find out how the story ends. In fact, the author is an alumni of my school and though we did not know each other back then, we connected on Facebook and that is how i came to be at the launch of the book a few days back.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-and-Nothing-Raksha-Bharadia/184195764940703?sk=wall
Raksha's story is about relationships and how one deals with them, its about friends, family, spouses, lovers and the ways everyone's lives are intertwined ... and its about choices, decisions that one is aware of but has to find the right time and the courage to execute them. You know the answers deep down in your heart but when you choose to admit to those realizations and what you do about them is what marks the turning point in your life !!
I have been in the 'thinking' mode for the past few months ... no, i think, years ... everything that i do as i go about the motions of life seems to be automated ... but that mind of mine ~ thoughts just take its own course ( as i have already mentioned in my previous post & hence the title of my blog) ... i am searching for answers ... to questions which are a bit 'questionable' ... was i the only one to feel like this? ...
And then i started exploring softly ... reaching out to friends ... and i realized it was mutual, they were reaching out to me too ... sometimes talking about things, being able to share your thoughts with another can be highly therapeutic ... people always come together to fulfill a particular need in the other ... there is always a requirement, a gap, a void that needs to be filled ...
While reading this book, All And Nothing, i almost felt as if i had stepped back and was looking at my own life from afar ... there were a few aspects that i could identify with, many emotions that i knew as my own ... and as i turned the pages of the book and continued to read ... i just froze!! cause i was actually reading a chapter in my own life .... and unwittingly, i had let Raksha know about this when i got a copy of her book autographed ... she gave me a knowing smile which i only understood later when i reached this point in the storyline ... i was speechless!!
Now let me tell you that i met Raksha for the very first time at her book launch and her story must have been written & headed to the publishing house much before this event took place in my life ... so does life follow fiction or fiction follow life .... or is it a circle that has no beginning, no end .... then how does one enter or escape from this 'chakravyuh' of life .... I'm sure there's no easy answer to this .... and so i shall continue searching ... rambling down the path of my own life ... trying to find a balance between fact and/or fiction ...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-and-Nothing-Raksha-Bharadia/184195764940703?sk=wall
Raksha's story is about relationships and how one deals with them, its about friends, family, spouses, lovers and the ways everyone's lives are intertwined ... and its about choices, decisions that one is aware of but has to find the right time and the courage to execute them. You know the answers deep down in your heart but when you choose to admit to those realizations and what you do about them is what marks the turning point in your life !!
I have been in the 'thinking' mode for the past few months ... no, i think, years ... everything that i do as i go about the motions of life seems to be automated ... but that mind of mine ~ thoughts just take its own course ( as i have already mentioned in my previous post & hence the title of my blog) ... i am searching for answers ... to questions which are a bit 'questionable' ... was i the only one to feel like this? ...
And then i started exploring softly ... reaching out to friends ... and i realized it was mutual, they were reaching out to me too ... sometimes talking about things, being able to share your thoughts with another can be highly therapeutic ... people always come together to fulfill a particular need in the other ... there is always a requirement, a gap, a void that needs to be filled ...
While reading this book, All And Nothing, i almost felt as if i had stepped back and was looking at my own life from afar ... there were a few aspects that i could identify with, many emotions that i knew as my own ... and as i turned the pages of the book and continued to read ... i just froze!! cause i was actually reading a chapter in my own life .... and unwittingly, i had let Raksha know about this when i got a copy of her book autographed ... she gave me a knowing smile which i only understood later when i reached this point in the storyline ... i was speechless!!
Now let me tell you that i met Raksha for the very first time at her book launch and her story must have been written & headed to the publishing house much before this event took place in my life ... so does life follow fiction or fiction follow life .... or is it a circle that has no beginning, no end .... then how does one enter or escape from this 'chakravyuh' of life .... I'm sure there's no easy answer to this .... and so i shall continue searching ... rambling down the path of my own life ... trying to find a balance between fact and/or fiction ...
5 comments:
I love this review/story and how you manage to make me want to read the book and share your own thoughts on your own life at the same time...prevents the mundanity of any one if kept alone. :)
Am glad you liked it, Sakhi ... Do read the book and let me know whether you found something you could relate to ... Shall wait to hear from you !!
Fiction develops from reality, may be a softer version of it. Your post was not a review, I think this was a view, a real one! :)
Sourav, it was a 'view' into my life ... but this time round, it echoed fiction ... which in turn might have come forth from someone else's reality, i'm sure ... its the circle of life, like you said !! Thanks !!
Life and love is fair and unfair at the same time. We get some and lose some too. Though the circle never eludes us!
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