Yesss! I read it and that too in a week only.
Being a thriller buff, I’m so scared off serious fiction… rather I was… But
this book has totally won me over. Narrating a very grim story in such a humorous
way left me awe-struck. The language is simple and crispy. The book contains 8
letters written by Ashok Sharma, a hot-shot entrepreneur from Bangalore to the Chinese Premier Mr. Wen
Jiabao, before his impending visit to the Silicon Valley of India. The story is
basically the metamorphosis of a village boy ‘Munna’ to the triumphant entrepreneur
Ashok Sharma. He belonged to a remote village ‘Lakhsmangarh’ in Gaya district of Bihar,
where his father was a rickshaw-puller. Lost his mother at childhood. He was
admitted in a School, where the masterji re-christened him as Balram. Balaram
had to drop-out from School to work in a tea stall. After his fathers untimely
death he had to shift to Dhanbad. Dhanbad changed him a lot. He became a driver and got a job at the home of the
local landlord. He was having a descent life when one of his masters Mr Ashoke
took him to Delhi.
Delhi played
the bad part and destroyed the innocence. He became cunning, greedy and corrupted to the soul. Finally one day he slit
the throat of his master Mr. Ashoke , who was very fond of him by the way and ran
away with Rs. 7 Lakh.
Some people may complain that the book has shown India in a bad
light. But we cant deny the facts. There is a dark India we hardly know about. I
personally feel that the author has shown both the +ve & -ve points about
our country. You may give it a shot, if haven’t
read it already. In short I had good time.
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