Ragging at
its most harmless is embarrassing and silly, but at its worst, it attempts to
prevent individual students from independent thinking, attempts, in fact, to
eradicate freewill
Why I read
this book?
I got this book with the
LybraryThing Early Reviewers program in exchange for an honest review. I asked for it since the story seemed very
touching, even more when I learnt it was based on a true story.
What's the
book about?
The story is told from
the point of view of Disahri, a young woman that was a student at a engineering
school who, along with 2 of her friends, was accused of bullying (ragging) a
girl to the point that she attempted suicide.
The story jumps from present to past, showing us her life in prison as
well as her time at school.
What
about the main character?
Dishari is a sweet
character. She is very naive, or at least I read her that way. She was also
ragged when she began school, since apparently this is a common practice, but
she was determined not to repeat the things that were done to her in the past. I
found some strength in her, albeit she is not necessarily a strong character,
but I think this is due to her being very young.
Final
thoughts
I think this was a very
nice first book. In my opinion it needs a bit more work on the dialogs so they
flow better. I don't know if the situation in India is still like that, ragging
wise, but I do know the situation for women is far from good. Is a very compelling
book, which makes you think and feel for the characters from the very beginning.
Best of lucks to Haldar in her writing carrier.
We enter
the world with fists closed and when we leave, our hands are open. He said I
should make full use of the time given to me for my life.
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