I finished
reading ‘From Where I See’ by Dr Ajay Yadav this morning and let out a sigh. When I closed it and
read the back cover, something which I usually do only after I finish a book in the fear of getting to know the turn of events, well this
time I couldn’t help but smirk.
“It’s
not only a book; it’s the path to revolution, a journey towards a utopian
world. Accepting the truth is the toughest job in the world. If you feel that
you are open minded, have the courage to accept the truth and a desire to
change the world. Be a part of the change and take the first step to build a
road to the ideal world”
The story begins
with a doctor being interrogated at a typical Bollywood style <imagine while you read> police station
for his friends death , a friend who was struggling with intrapersonal,
interpersonal, inter-social and inter-religious conflicts which eventually kills her. Soon after which he is in flashback.
What follows after that is 'Point A to point B to point D to point G to point Y
to point A to point S to point Z to point E...'. The writer in my frank opinion has
opened a Pandora's Box; the
consequences are for the reader who opens the book. A plethora of issues are
discussed in the pretext of conversations between family and friends, and not
to forget the in depth seminars which run in pages. The idea although is quite
new, this for me as a reader terribly fails, terribly.
My dilemma with the book is plain and simple:
To build the plot with the characters or to
put a across a hundred of those pragmatic opinions?
The research with the social,
national, religious issues interspersed in massive amount in between is completely
laudable. What fails is the connect; the discussion is a pain to read not
because it is revolving the truth but because they are extremely longish. At more than
one instance I admit I forgot where, why, how and who was talking to whom! I had
no issues with the facts and data put across; they just seemed to be in
the wrong place. The characters speaking so much over tea or dinner about varied topics appear only simulated.
It is mostly the authors point of view talking, as he himself says, this book
is his effort to find the root cause and probable remedies of conflicts, and a
try at exploring hundreds of pertinent questions. Thumbs up!
Thumbs down for the structure, if this was a little different
maybe the story had some chance of keeping me hooked, the issues raised are
very much relevant to the world of today. Humanity indeed has to be our only
religion. At the end of all the colloquy, all of a sudden out of nowhere the
police do find out the killer, and then the discussion gets back to the journey
towards ‘The Utopian World’. This story is no chiclet novel material, nor based
on corporate intrigues involving mega millions or political chicanery as the
foreword says, it is written with a valid intent but falls
short of a decent composition. It needs an editor. Period.
Title: From Where I See
Author: Dr Ajay Yadav
ISBN-13: 9789382536819
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lifi Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Number of pages:401
Genre: Fiction
Language: English
Price: Rs.300
My rating: 1.5/5
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