Book Review: In God's Wishlist by Pradipta Panda

In God’s Wishlist

Author: Pradipta Panda

Publisher: Frog Books

Rating: 3/5

Life is like a sandwich!

Birth as one slice,

and death as the other.

What you put in-between

the slices, is up to you.

Is your sandwich tasty or sour?

(As said by Allan Rufus)

Definitely our lives have become sour owing to the treacherous and selfish nature of all of us. How would this sight appeal to God? Yes, this question strikes our brain often but we brush away the thought as it gets over-shadowed by evil priorities. But what if God decides to come down on Earth and workout a better system of living that is not only porous to pure thoughts but also works on the basics of love and trust? ‘In God’s wishlist’ is a fantasy novella that elicits the wishlist maintained by God and how beautifully he plans to implement and execute his plans for a better future of mankind.

This book introduces God as the protagonist of the plot. With the help of simple yet convincing dialogues/ narration, the author has done justice with the theme of the book. The subtle colours on the cover of the book make it seem appealing, but the real pleasure lies in reading and relating to the circumstances and the author’s mindset.

Everyone, at some point of their lives, feels the need to change the society and strive to make it a better place for living. But it really takes courage to stand tall and fight all odds. In this book, the concept of introducing change via the creator is commendable.

But there are several loopholes that might act as a negative for the book- several grammatical errors, incomplete words, and numerous typos.

Overall, the book exposes the readers to a new perspective and comes with an invisible tagline-‘Read at your own risk’.

PS: If you are open to different ideas and varied approaches, then this book must be given a try. 

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Perks of being a teacher

Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child.

Listen to the DON’TS

Listen to the SHOULDN’TS

The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON’TS

Listen to the NEVER HAVES

Then listen close to me-

Anything can happen, child,

ANYTHING can be.”

Shel Silverstein

Being a teacher might seem like a piece of cake. But trust me, it isn’t. As it has been rightly quoted, teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Teachers are educators who make the things easy; who teach the children about self-awareness and in the process- become aware about themselves too.

But is it always just limited to imparting education and knowledge? Or is there a deeper meaning attached to this job?

There are numerous benefits of being a teacher- you have so many holidays, you get vacations, you can hone your speaking skills, you learn to interact with a child, you strengthen your social and emotional bonds and the best part- you get paid! But other than these perks, there is a different feeling of satisfaction that you get being a teacher; the feeling when you realise that a child who did not want to speak in front of his classmates, has started feeling comfortable when you are around and has started sharing those little things with you; the satisfaction when you realise that your small motivating actions have had an influence on the most notorious kid and that he has started changing; the satisfaction that you get when you feel accomplished after having taught a lesson; a satisfaction that you feel when you find the children happy when they have your class.

These small/ little pleasures might not seem big but their impact on your personality is immense.

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Book Review: Bharathi and Her Theory of Everything by Anil CS Rao

Bharathi and Her Theory of Everything

Author: Anil CS Rao

Publisher: Cyberwit.net

Rating: 2/5

Blurb

To Bharathi, this was utterly horrific. If it were indeed the case then she was conceived the same way she saw Aryaraj molest older inmates in the encampment. As a result of this mischievous Roopa’s revelation, Bharathi fell into a depression for (she had counted) forty days and forty nights. In her dreams, she recalled a very ancient story Roopa had shared with her a year before: about Noah, who bought two of every living thing on his arc when The World had been flooded by God’s anger at human being’s conduct on Earth. What would God think now about the semi-robotic people that inhabited Aryraraj’ s World? And worse: who was this God? Aryaraj often professed that he was eligible for this status or title.

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My opinion

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! Marcus Garvey

‘Bharathi is a young girl who drifts away into a world of her own. There she decides the flow of the story according to her own will. This world of hers has so many different characters and Bharathi is related to all of them.

The title of the book seems too long, yet not catchy. The cover is baffling. The book lacks a blurb and I had to go to Amazon to find out the plot summary because the narration is confusing. The overall idea is no doubt, very creative. But something is amiss.

The typesetting and font (style, size) are fine. The narration is lucid but it lack the inter connection. The first few chapters expose the readers to questions like- Who is Arun? How is Bharathi related to him? If she day dreams, then how does she dream of Arun? Has she met him before? The failure to get answers for these questions for quite some time may act as a turn off for the readers. Other than the plot, there are grammatical errors as well.

Overall, the concept is good. I wished the content was put forward in an easy way.

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