HER resurrection
Author:
Soumyadeep
Koley
Publisher:
Gargi
Publishers
Rating:
3.5/5
About
the Author
Soumyadeep Koley is a
writer, poet, women’s rights activist and a photographer. He holds Honors
degree in Chemistry, from the reputed Scottish Church College (Kolkata). He has
worked with Jason Jayology Jeremias, the Founder and Artistic Director of Price
of Silence, which employs performing arts to bring the global struggle for
women’s rights to life. The author can be reached at:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/unitedforwomen
Summary
“Her Resurrection” is a book
dedicated to all the women who fall weak in the knees when life knocks them
down. It revolves around the strong and determined character “Maya”, whose life
becomes ball and chain- with too many obstacles preventing her from achieving
what she aims for. The theme of the book is prostitution, which is going to
hell in a handicraft. The animosity, the exclusion and the negative outlook of
the society towards the women who are forced to enter this phase of life, is
beyond redemption. The story highlights the prevalence of several issues like
undesirability of having a girl child, virginity being the sole substantial thing
for any woman, over dominance of males, domestic violence and biased education.
The story begins with Maya’s horrendous childhood, with an alcoholic and belligerent
father and a submissive but loving mother. Following the series of eerie and
tenacious events (like the death of her father, the imprisonment of her mother and herself
being gang raped), life turns sour for Maya. The book reveals the harsh reality
of the world, where nobody can be trusted, nothing can be predicted, only the
silver lining can be seen and aimed for!
Welcome to the perilous
world, where everyone is a beast, wearing a cloak of kindness and empathy. Grab
this book to face the real truth about the society and get inspired to snatch
success even from the jaws of death.
My
opinion
“Sometimes the road of the
life takes an unexpected turn and you have no choice but to follow it to end up
in the place you are supposed to be.” The saying fits best with the plot of
this story. The characters are strong, the emotions are lucid. The cover of the
book is mesmerizing (Credit to Ammol Karambe). The title is self explanatory.
But the plot is about something we have heard and read before (that too several
times). The events are sequential and have been narrated perfectly. The plot
has necessary twists and turns.
The author has successfully highlighted
the issues that hamper the growth and survival of women. We know that women go
through the wars but is ‘ending one’s life’, the only option left to surpass
the pain and hatred towards oneself? The novella has something more to say on
this. ‘Suicide is permanent’ but problems are temporary. Indeed, yes! All it
takes, is a strong soul and will power to fight and stand for oneself, fight
against all odds and bring the house down.
Good effort by the author.
Best wishes!
Drawbacks:
The plot of the story is predictable
to a large extent. There is nothing refreshing because prostitution has always
been the topic of choice for many. There is lack of proofreading and time and
again grammatical errors can be spotted. The descriptions of
people/things/surroundings is overly done, which breaks the flow of reading the
story.
Buy
this book at:
Link (Amazon India): http://www.amazon.in/Her-Resurrection-Soumyadeep-Koley/dp/9384382086
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