‘False
Ceilings’ is an engaging and complex family saga story vides spread about
generations and generations thereafter. It is the story of Shakuntala, a young
girl, who has a surreal life despite of some harsh conditions in the beautiful
town of pre-Independence Dalhousie when life changes completely because of the twist
and turn of events. The story takes you on a wind whirl journey from beginning
to end of her life and times, her children, grandchildren and beyond. The story
explores India before the era of 1920s and spans to a period in the future till
2050. The tale moves ahead as India undergoes her own period of churning and progression.
Indeed everybody will be able to find a part of them in the story, especially
the who have a inclination towards history of India.
The story has
certain incidents which are or were once a part of everybody's life. The silly tiffs which curved into larger
issues in family. The struggles and the lack of equation between the
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in turn poisoning the lives of many others on
daily basis. The sensitive’ Aaryan’, who gets emotionally scarred from
childhood. The enthusiasm of ‘Lipi’. The fate of Kanshi Ram, the suffering of ‘Kusum’,
the terror of ‘Radha Devi’, the lack of confidence in ‘Vinod’ who is pulled
between a wife and mother, the inefficacy of ‘Manohar’ and not to forget weakening
of Shakuntala’s character.The story flows simply and the writing seems to come
naturally to the author. The climax was quite interesting with twists and turns
as they unfold. For that you need to read this book.
Now my Positive viewpoints:
The positives
of the story are the primitiveness in the narration that impressed me. The
author narrated the story in a very unique way; it seemed as if he is talking
to the readers personally. The author has been successful enough to connect
with the readers, I loved it, and I am sure that the target audience will love
this book too.
Some suggestive points:
Although the
narration of the story is wonderful but at some places the story becomes
stagnant. When the story does move; it inches towards the end, to convey just a
one line message that sums up the book. I feel the narrative was coming back to
the same point after each change of scene without adding much to the story
line. Final words:
Overall if asked I would say this is a good
book, perfect accompaniment to your weekend pastime. Overall I would say...this
is a good job done by Author (Amit Sharma) … I would give 3 stars to this book.
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