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Sunday, 10 May 2015
Date Published: February 20, 2015
Publisher: LiFi Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Pages: 204
Source: Review copy provided by Jahid Akhtar
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Synopsis
Devastated by the floods, Bipin and his little
boy Tublu move to a faraway land, where they meet the Sharma’s. This marks the
beginning of a long and enduring relationship between Bipin and the Sharma’s,
and the growing friendship of their children Tublu and Maina. The book captures
the journey of this friendship through childhood to adolescence and into
adulthood. From some interesting school and college humor, the story progresses
on and develops into a mature narrative. As years pass, Tublu’s plain and silent
crush on Maina develops into deep love and longing for Maina which bears the
potential to conquer all of life’s challenges. The story has its share of
drama, that entertains; humor, that makes one reminisce; love, friendship and
emotions that defines the amazing journey that is, life.
Find out more about the book on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24893037-story-of-tublu?ac=1
Buy the book at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.in/Story-Tublu-Amazing-Journey-Called/dp/9382536752
My Review
A couple of days ago, I found out about the
book ‘Story of Tublu’ by Jahid Akhtar. The blurb of the book as given above
made me curious. I contacted the author of the book and he was really kind
enough to send me the review copy of the book. I really want to thank Jahid
Akhtar for the review copy of the book. I really appreciate that.
The story of the book is quite the simple one
and very beautiful one indeed. The story is about Tublu and Maina, two lead
characters of the book, who fall in love over the course of time. I really
enjoyed reading this beautiful story. The entire book is a story of Tublu and
Maina and their love story and it is divided into chapters quite well. Every
chapter of the book is, in a way, a phase of life of Tublu and Maina. Every
chapter kind of tries to sum up the period of time in Tublu and Maina’s life
and hence, the pace of the story seems a little faster. I must mention here
that had it not been for the pace of the story, I would have enjoyed the book
even more.
The language is quite simple and flows
beautifully throughout the novel. I really enjoyed how in certain places the
author has used Hindi dialogues. The best thing about Hindi dialogues was that
there weren’t too many! Anything which is over-done loses its shine and the
author has justice to this rule by not using too many Hindi Dialogues. Apart
from a few places where the author missed to use spaces between the words, the
language was wonderful and I really enjoyed the simplicity of it.
The best part about the book was how two
beautiful children, Tublu and Maina, fell in love with each other over the
course of time. Tublu is somewhat shy and taciturn and lacks the courage to tell
Maina how he feels for her. The author has beautifully written a story about
young love and how over the course of time it grows and matures. This is where the author has done an exceptionally great job! Apart from that, I also enjoyed the
information about the region author himself grew up in. The author hails from
Assam and he has beautifully given bits and pieces of information throughout
the story about the North-East. For a person like me, who is born and brought up in
Maharashtra, this information was really helpful in understanding the
North-East a little better.
Probably the only thing that turned me off was
that there were spoilers in the ‘Foreword’ and ‘Introduction’ at the beginning
itself. I mistakenly read them before I finished the novel and hence, the story
became predictable for me. I would advise readers not to read this part of the
book before finishing the novel. But although that is the case, I must mention
here that the author has surprised me on many occasions with his brilliant
twists and turns and made the story enjoyable.
I would be rating this wonderful first attempt
by Jahid Akhtar as 3 out of 5 for writing such a beautiful story in simple and
beautiful language. I recommend it to all those who enjoy a simple and
beautiful story in simple language.
Note: I
sincerely apologize to Jahid Akhtar for the delay in reviewing this wonderful
book. I am truly touched by his generosity towards me by granting me more time
in reading and reviewing the book. I really appreciate that.
Huge thanks
to Jahid Akhtar for providing me the review copy of the book. I really
appreciate it.
~RP
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