February 19, 2016

Book Review: She Ekla Chalo Re by Santosh Avvannavar

Title: She: Ekla Chalo Re
Author: Santosh Avannavar
Publisher: Hoffen
Genre: Psychology, novella
Source: Author
Pages: 50
Rating: 2/5

"It wasn’t just heartbreaking but it broke my identity! All that anguish that was deep hidden in me because rejections from family and friends started to pour out like a current in the sea that would seem destructive.”

A short story is like hard hit experiences just in one go.  It is always hard to portray a whole story..Weave your characters just in few words.

When I received this book, I thought this is for some kind of social cause. Yes the way author feels the pain of protagonist Kusum and his life journey, I think It is more than just for some welfare program.

He is she. She is he. These people are always present amidst us. But due to narrow mindedness of our society, we don’t ready to accept that fact, just to save someone’s honour, One has to die for whole life.

Basically it is story about a boy, wants to remain what he really is. From inside. And he fights for his identity, despite the fact that one he loved, is not going to share his life with him.

Here, narration was nice, author made a decent effort to put simple words to make reading easier, story flows and that what matters.  As I told you it is short story, which hardly takes one hour. I hope you would get benefited much with it.  
And Yes, end of book will surprise you. You can give it a try!

About Author:
Santosh Avvannavar: Santosh started his career as a consultant and Soft Skills Trainer. After his college education from NITK, Surathkal, he worked as a researcher at University of Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was also the Placement President while working at IISC, Bangalore. He has over twenty-five publications of mostly research documents in national and international journals.
He also dabbles in fiction writing and is the author of Adhuri Prem Kahaniya; Dear Wife, Your Husband is not a Superhero, Second Heart and Get a Job WITHOUT an Interview; Be A B.A.; Surrogate Author; Title is Untitled; Black, Grey and White; The Departing Point; God’s Table and Umbilical Cord.

He likes to devote his personal time in writing for a website, namely the Amrita Foundation for HRD (www.amritafoundation.wordpress.com).