Maya: Seven Wonders of Life by Sidhartha SatpathyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This Book has a good collection of short stories. There are seven short stories in the book. some of them are heart-warming. there is one character called "Maya" in almost all the stories.
It starts with the story of Rohan who is born into a family of doctors and is not willing to take the family profession forward and leaves his parents home. then there is the story of Mahavira who had to leave his house because of the political violence due Kaveri water issue between Karnataka and Tamilnadu. On other note, the story has strengthened my belief that no violence can happen in our country without the political patronage. politicians always find a way to put the people against each other in the name of states, religion, language etc .
Then, there are a couple of stories of young lovers who try to cope with the failure, some, even after years.
In the end, there is a story of Ele, an elephant. who probably, in the end, realised that there is a cost to pay for independence.
The writing style of the author is good and all the stories are good. I couldn't select a favourite story from this collection as there are two contenders - Horata and Love it flow !!! - Ele .
I rate this book 4/5.
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