537th BLOG POST -->>
Almost a month since I have posted a Book Review. I stopped it due to college works. But I read Durjoy Datta/Nikita Singh's "If It's Not Forever It's Not Love" today as I just wanted to read Durjoy Datta as soon as possible in any case. I know I don't like him sometimes because of excessive sex he uses in his books but still I buy and read him. :-) If you ask me how the book is doing, let me tell you that it is being ranked No.8 by Hindustan Times in today's edition itself. Durjoy Datta has already published 5 bestsellers. He has an average fan base of 1,50,000 readers which is quite huge if compared to other fiction writers (who have joined the league in last 5 years). Coming to Nikita Singh, she has two bestsellers in her name. She is quite young to publish book but still she has managed to write 3 books. :-) I should learn something from her and complete my first novel soon. :-) So, both the writers are quite fledged and settled in their field. They are no newcomers and hence, expectations are always high whenever you pick such authors. :-)
Coming to the story, Deb(Durjoy Datta's favorite character) escapes death in the Delhi High Court's bomb blast that took place in 2011. But he visits the same place after few days of the incident. He finds a burnt diary. First, he thinks that he should leave it there as personal diaries are not meant to be read by others but then he thinks, the owner is no more and he could have been at the place of the diary owner; and hence he should know him and his story. He takes the diary with him. He starts reading it and he finds the boy and his love story interesting and very lovely. Now, he wants to let his girlfriend know that her boyfriend is no more and tell all what he thought about her. Deb's girlfriend-Avantika, friend- Shrey and Shrey's girlfriend- Tiya joins him on his journey of revealing all the pages and meeting all the characters mentioned in the diary. What happens throughout the journey, how these 4 adventure freaks gets connected to the story of the diary is what this book is all about.
Coming to the Review, Durjoy Datta is trademarked for the excessive sex elements in his book. I once thrashed his book in a review for the excessive sex and no-story. But his last book- You were my crush took away 3.5 stars from me because it had only story and no sex. I thought that Durjoy has found a new way of progressing a story. Coming to Nikita Singh, I haven't read her 1st book. But I read her 2nd book and it had excessive sex just as DD's book has. I acted like a miser and gave just 2.5 stars. 1 week ago, I said this to her that I am expecting less sex from her in her books and more story, but she replied to me that she has no interest in dealing with my criticism for her until I improve my grammar. She said it in an arrogance. I was shocked. A writer is being asked by her reader(who is known for his book reviews) to eliminate the part which readers are complaining about and the writer retaliates to it aggressively rather than saying "I will improve". And let me tell you, Miss Nikita Singh, even your grammar sucks. You haven't written something incredible yet. Ok? Nikita Singh is already out of my expectations now. No more buying her books. Enough. A writer who can't respect the readers is not a Writer for me. So, coming to the point, DD and NS, both has showed their talent in writing Sex in this book once again. Excessive use of sex has again made this book just another book of DD and NS.
First, I would like to clap for Grapevine Publishers for printing this book in milky white pages with good font. Otherwise, now-a-days, publishers are using old-brown pages and the same boring fonts which kills half an interest of reading a book. Coming to the story and its narration, the initial pages where the trauma of Deb is described gives you a feel that something very fresh is coming in upcoming pages. The story of the diary begins in the same way as other love stories is being written now-a-days. The funny statements are used throughout the book which makes the book interesting. Some PJs are also included which wins. :-) Deb and Avantika's love story described in the book is what happens after both of them comes together. :-) And this is why, DD is our favorite writer. He always uses a different style to show the love saga of Deb and Avantika. The consequences of getting addicted to drugs/alcohols is perfectly drafted in the book. That's the best parts for me. I will remember the book for it. In particular, 202nd page made me jump off my bed. :-)
Now, drawbacks- I just want to ask Durjoy Datta that what does he wants to convey through Deb-Avantika's love saga in every book? That they had sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex and they died having sex one day? I am expecting something like YOU WERE MY CRUSH from you, buddy. Please try something different. Please. There is no use of publishing 6 books in 3 years. Take your time to write a book but write something new. Even the Sex scenarios between Shrey and Tiya fucked my brain. Then, Deb goes under a trauma because he sees how people dies and cries in front of him and thus he shows an attachment with the diary he finds at the spot. Later, at a place, he calls it a fucking diary. With something which changed your life, you will never call it fucking, even when you are too irritated at time. In the end, the book is just as the movie- Bodyguard was. Every exciting element is kept for the last 50 pages. Else, the first 180 pages is just another story. I rate the book 2.5 out of 5.
Thanks.
ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU
536th BLOG POST -->>
From the first paragraph, you may have thought that this guy is full of negativism. He just can't see someone getting through the paths of fire and patience and innocence and love and faith and finally setting up into a Relationship with the most beautiful person for him/her. But, I have no problem in seeing you getting success in the most impatient task of the world. Yes, keeping the feeling of love for someone in your heart for months and years is not an easy task. Even I love someone. Even I want to erupt myself. But why don't I? Because I am scared of rejection. Ok. Everyone is. You don't go and propose any girl walking on Fashion Street with magnetic smile, 5 feet 6 inch height, straightened hair, high-heel footie and dancing ear-rings in her perfectly-shaped ears. You start developing a feeling for someone whom you know nicely.
(Let's talk from the boy side as it is difficult to use both the gender forms in all the coming sentences. Thodi mehnat bachaao meri bhi :-)) Either the girl may be your childhood friend or she may be someone with whom you spend most of your time after your parents and best friend or she may be someone who never talks to you because of no common connect but she gives you a smile every time both of you pass against each other on the road. So, when a girl with whom you have such kind of connect, you fear of losing her just because you share your passion of love you have for her to her. So, many fattus like me (and also you :-)) keep their feeling in their heart or *ss and sit quietly at one place. With a rose in hand, and plucking every petal to find an answer of two parallel questions- Kya wo bhi mujhse pyar karti hai? *one petal gone* Ya nahi? *Another petal gone*. And if in the end, you lose your love because of this superstitious game of plucking petals, you finalize to keep the feeling to yourself for all your life, and, by the grace of God (Sorry, Rose), if you get a positive response that even she loves you, even then you shrink your *ss because you know, this petal is not going to save you from her brothers if in any case she hates you. :-)
I remember my experience when I said about my feeling of love to someone and she said "I NOT LOVE YOU". Even I wasn't good in grammar but her fucking grammar fucked the feeling of love I had for her. Now, some emo may say to me "LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL" "YOU ARE SUPER-IDIOT THAT YOU LEFT HER JUST BECAUSE OF BAD GRAMMAR" "YOU WERE NOT EVEN BLOGGER THEN". :-) But, this is how everyone reviews love today. Who loves unconditionally? Everyone is small-minded. Everyone wants their girlfriend to be stylish and beautiful. So that if they take them for a date or a walk, 10 friends should rotate their head at 180 degree to see your girlfriend. Everyone wants their girlfriend to maintain distance from boys and make it sure that she don't shake hands with them. Everyone wants their girlfriend to avoid replying to SMSes by other male classmates because they have an insecurity that she may run away somewhere else. TRUST has fled away somewhere from today's love. Love exists. But all the basic attributes of love are missing in this 21st Century's Love. Today, its all about rubbing skins, sucking lips, buying condoms, in-taking I-pill and the day you get bored with the same skin and same mate, end the process which began on PROPOSE DAY and wait for another PROPOSE DAY to get into a new process with a new mate.
I am not saying that being in relationship is void at all. No. It has many positivism attached with it too. Relations are very value-creating. Relations are very motivating at times. Relations are a mode of revealing yourself to someone. Relations makes you feel proud of yourself. Relations brings a confidence in you. When two people meet and decides to live the future life with each other, they know that they will have to struggle to adjust with each other's varying nature. They know that they will have to deal with the result-less arguments and hot talks. They know that they will have to answer to their partner's question almost 50 times a day even when they hate answering those questions. Maintaining a Love Relationship is not a road of roses but it is a bed of thorns. But, thorns for a temporary period of time. Once you pass the initial stage of love affair, later on, once you get adjusted with your partner, you know that this is your life and the result is in front of you. So, in this Valentine Week, get prepared to augment yourself a bit and get out of the same RELATIONSHIP STATUS. :-) Get away from the characteristic of Dumbness. For me, these relationships have never worked. But I hope these days will bring a shining star in your life. Stars will twinkle. But don't let them be lost in the sky. Keep them as bright as sun for yourself. Even when they don't shine, you should know where your star is, in what situation it is and what does it expect from you. :-) BEST OF LUCK to those who are going to reveal their feelings to their Crush.
THANKS.
ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU
535th BLOG POST -->>
The story doesn't end here. They asked about the Annual Family Income too. Now, if our government is really concerned about the poverty of India; and they think that their concession to those with low family income may change the scenario of Indian education, let me tell you morons, that, you make the colleges charge 1 Lakh/year for the course of MCA, why don't you reduce the fees to 10,000 a year so that any student of any background can continue his study without fail? Stop showing Fake Sympathies. Ok?
Ok. So Picture Ab Bhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost. The documents which they need while admitting me in the process of admission should prove that I'm staying in the state from last 15 years. If I am unable to prove that I have been the citizen of the state for last 15 years, I have no right to get admitted in any college of that particular state. I can only get permitted by running several government offices, pay bribes to their C-grade workers, get my documents done and then come back to them. They talk about the evil violence Raj Thackeray creates in the state and country, what are you evolving by generating these new differences among students?
I still can't understand that what difference does it makes if 1 student is from Open category and other is from Scheduled caste? Government provides concession in fees to the students those who belongs to Scheduled caste. Now, what sin has been committed by the students who are born to the parents who belong to Open category? Why do they have to bear 10 times of the fees as their basic fee amount for the same course? A course which Open category student does in 50,000, SC student does it in 5000 rs. Now, what kind of Equality is being represented by Indian Government? This is just augmenting Rage and Anger in the mindsets of the students who belongs to the Open Category for the students who belong to the SC/ST category. Fine. If, only fees would have been cut off, people would have not minded much but they get a concession even in the marks obtained in the entrance examination. If the College Cut-off list gets closed at 85% marks for Open category students, the same reduces to 60% for the students those who belong to ST/SC category. Now, do they have less brain than the students who belong to Open category? You call the religion of Islam as Fundamentalist, right? Even when they are so extremist, they give you an opportunity to convert into their caste, why don't you give Open students a chance to convert themselves into the caste where they can enjoy the facilities being given by you.
Amitabh Bachchan said it rightly in Aarakshan "Is desh mein Do Bharat bastey hain". Wo toh dikh hi raha hai. Admission mein partiality, Government job mein partiality, Ration ki dukaan mein partiality. Anything which is related to Government, there is always two sections of people. I think Indian Government believes in Diversity in Diversity than Unity in Diversity. They want to break the unity between different castes. And then, with the help of it, they prepare a speech, deliver it in a rally and gain votes from the SC/ST category and do corruption for next 5 years. We celebrated Republic just 1.5 weeks ago and it is clearly pellucid that where our country is heading towards.
Great.
Mr. iPill Bubble(I hope you get whom I'm trying to refer to. Because if I'll use his name, he can ask me to censor my blog), use your brain some day on these things rather than censoring Internet and introducing 3-hours battery back-up wala Tablet Aakash.
Thanks.
ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU
