Summary
Nikhil Arya falls into destiny's
trap . Is he prepared ? Well he will have to find out that for himself . Nikil
an MIT student goes on a trip to Cambodia , the trip does'nt go good unless you
call being amputated "good" or living in a basement surrounded by
your excrement and the smell of a dead-friend's corpse as "good" . He
somehow escapes and founds himself in a Buddhist Monastery . And so his life
turns and twist from one tale to another .
On and on , it takes Nikhil aka
Buddha aka Nick aka Donos aka Sahib to Cambodia-Brazil-Silicon Valley and
finally India .
Review
I have been wanting to read the
book since the first time is saw it on the "Crossword" shelves
, also it was suggested to me by a Dial-a-book service employee .Moving
on
The book is a light read despite
the exotic locations , and dangerous circumstances in play .It is pretty
entertaining specially for all those Indians who have always wanted to
see an Indian version of a guy who does not loose his nerve in a problematic
situation . I would have said the Indian James Bond , but since all of you
readers are past cliche's I wouldn't want to use one ,specially when its all
wrong .Nikhil is not some special agent , he is a simple guy who touches
people's lives in a way which is not what you call usual or temporary .
All throughout he is setting the
perfect example of a man who never gives up
I love everything about the book
other than this one thing , Nikhil is just too intelligent , too physically
perfect (other than that left arm ) , emotionally stable and creative . Call me
jealous , but other than Sidney Sheldon characters there are few who
master such "perfection" cause even those characters can never attain
modesty that he possesses .
The book is more of an NRI clan ,
there is little Indian about him other than his background .
That however is not a flaw , since
the author has proved the point, that, you dont have to add unnecessary
decorations to make the protagonist more Indian .The entire book is about how
everyone , everywhere has similar capabilities and qualities .A foreigner
of a friend willing to give his life for you is better than the school buddy
whose name you don't remember at the school re-union .
I found few similarities between
me and the protagonist , me and the author and the protagonist and the
author.
I wonder which pusa road school he
has studied at , because if its the same as mine , another similarity will be
added to the list :p
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| Mr Karan Bajaj |
The author seems very modest ,and
can even be contacted on his email email@karanbajaj.com
Well I am not that bad myself , so
if you need me just comment and I will be all ears for you .
