Dear Ashim Da,
Finished reading The Sergeant's Son last night. It is undoubtedly a wonderful piece of writing, narration which almost transits the reader to reality, sad at places but sprinkled with the Kalu's small little happy moments in his own ways.....
I think you have very aptly brought out a message that in majority of the cases one cannot override reality or 'what we are' in an exponential way.
Seeings Kalu's dreams shatter reminds every Indian of some moment in his/her life. And the fact that Samar accepts this in the end is also true because most fathers would not like to appear as losers to their kids by acknowledging their inability to fulfill their requirements.
Once again the narration, research and choice of words, anecdotes and settings comes alive, atleast to readers like me who can understand Armed forces, Bengalis, Allahabd, Mumbai, Cantonment, etc!!!
Congratulations once again!!!! My first time read of a book written by someone I know well!!!
Best Regards
Sameer
Finished reading The Sergeant's Son last night. It is undoubtedly a wonderful piece of writing, narration which almost transits the reader to reality, sad at places but sprinkled with the Kalu's small little happy moments in his own ways.....
I think you have very aptly brought out a message that in majority of the cases one cannot override reality or 'what we are' in an exponential way.
Seeings Kalu's dreams shatter reminds every Indian of some moment in his/her life. And the fact that Samar accepts this in the end is also true because most fathers would not like to appear as losers to their kids by acknowledging their inability to fulfill their requirements.
Once again the narration, research and choice of words, anecdotes and settings comes alive, atleast to readers like me who can understand Armed forces, Bengalis, Allahabd, Mumbai, Cantonment, etc!!!
Congratulations once again!!!! My first time read of a book written by someone I know well!!!
Best Regards
Sameer
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