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Saturday 11 April 2015
Date Published: December 22, 2014
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Pages: 85
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Synopsis
The protagonist is about to turn forty, belongs to a rich and
affluent family, lives a luxurious life but feels discontented because he
believes that the world is ruled by fake moral values and suffocating bondages.
He leaves everything and migrates to Kolkata to live a creative and meaningful
life. He goes through many funny experiences in Kolkata in his quest to know
what the real meaning of life is. He meets Debolina, an upscale prostitute, who
loves to listen to his poems while making love. She tells him about many truths
of life and finally he has the panacea for his confusions and doubts.
My Review
What would
you call a rich man in his forty who leaves his family, job and career only to
live a creative and meaningful life in Kolkata? Impractical? A dreamer? But,
Sanjay Chitranshi in his book, ‘Poetic Penetrations’, asks, is it sin to dream?
Well, Sanjay
Chitranshi’s protagonist not only does leave everything behind – his job,
family and life – but also shifts to Kolkata and lives among unknown people to
pursue a creative and meaningful life. As soon as I finished reading the book,
I could come up with only one sentence which sums up the essence of this entire
book – this is one such book which will cut across your heart and make you
bleed.
And here’s
why:
Story of
Poetic Penetrations is probably the most unique one I have ever read. As soon
as I read the blurb of the book, I knew I had to get my hands on it for two
reasons: the book is set in Kolkata and, second, it is about the meaning of
life. And, Sanjay Chitranshi didn’t disappoint me. His story deals with many
incidences from Kolkata and paints a perfect picture of the city. His story has
humor, emotions, thoughts on different issues and everything else which makes
it a perfect story. When it comes to the meaning of life, at least according to me,
happiness comes into the picture. In his book Sanjay perfectly deals with loneliness,
happiness and in the end, the meaning of life.
Perhaps the
most fascinating thing about the book is the language. Sanjay Chitranshi, an alumnus
of IIT Roorkee, has done magic with his simple language in just 80 pages what
rest of the authors couldn’t in more than 300 plus page books. His poetic
language penetrates the walls of the prejudiced and imperfect world questioning
the very foundation of our existence – happiness, morality and meaning of life –
and leaves its readers flabbergasted. Apart from few type mistakes, which
hardly hindered my reading, Sanjay’s language is to be noted by new and
emerging authors.
Probably the
most unique feature of this book is spontaneous thoughts of author running
spontaneously, yet smoothly and steadily, throughout the book. His narration in
the first person, moves throughout the book flawlessly like a river flows through
mountains; patiently and unhindered. The book’s narration kind of reminded me
of James Joyce’s work.
His subtle
yet effective way of directly dealing with social issues – from prostitution,
publishing industry, education system to the meaning of life – makes the book,
a must read! And for that reason, Sanjay’s book, ‘Poetic Penetrations’,
reminded me of one of the quotes on books by Franz Kafka.
This is one
such book for me!
Will Sanjay
Chintranshi’s protagonist find happiness among the unknown people? Will he find
someone to share his loneliness with? Will he ever find true meaning of his
life?
As an
author, book reviewer, poet and reader, I sincerely request Sanjay sir for a
sequel! I look forward to reading the sequel of ‘Poetic Penetrations’.
Note: I sincerely
apologize to Sanjay Chitranshi for the delay in reviewing this wonderful book.
But, I believe that a book such as this one deserves a book review which does
justice to it. For that exact reason, the delay was caused in the reviewing
this book.
~RP
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