Soldiers are in our Society !

When I am writing this post, a thing which is not tolerable is again happened in our country. I am talking about the ghoulish crime report of rape in our national capital. A brutal crime with a 5 year old girl child. How can one do that...??? Why...??? Where is the Humanity...??? For God Sake.... How one can get such disgusting ideas in mind...??!! And then, who can forget "Damini" who fought with the death just to make sure that the world that the enemies of mankind will get punished. And yes though she is not here, her enemies are feeling the guilt. infact, one of them attempted suicide death. But the thing arise, why, with such disgusting mind, how...???
But the system is corrupt, full of faults, and the people know it. That is why the Protests, Heavy protest started again, and who can forget that historical moment, when scores of people gathered at the Rajpath to show the sympathy with Damini, to show anger against the system, to get assurance from the nation's supreme. And if this mob includes women, it also had a large amount of men. My Salute is to all those Men who stood up against such a brutality, with one voice, with one vision to change such divagate minds among their fraternity. These men stood up, with one voice, that they will never let the same thing happen, that they will restore the status of Devi, that they will always respect the devi, the feminine power.

I would also like to give respect to that man, the friend of the "Damini", who stood up, despite thinking of what would others will consider him as, and showed up on the TV with all those wounds he got from the system, from the humanity, and described how was they treated that night. His Intentions were clear, to show the society its real face, the dark side, where no one cares, where there is no sensitivity. He stood up to save, to respect the half population. He is a hero.

 And then, this photograph, look at the anger, on the face of that girl child, angry because, she knew that she came into a society where the Goddesses are worshiped, and where the women are used as toys, but i am damn sure that she knew, she was in the safer hands, assured by her father. I would consider her father as a Hero, that he stood up against such crime in delhi, and then came along his doll, to show up that he is there, men like him are there, and they will always be there, to assure the half population, that they will be respected, that they will be much safer, and will be protected against the devils of society.
I am not specifying anyone, take this in broader way, that the soldiers, who can stand up for the women, are here, in our society only, they can be a father, friend, brother, they also knew that some among them are criminals, and they also want to assure that those criminal minds would learn the lesson, the lesson to respect,
and with such soldiers available in the society, i am sure, the change is near.

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Book Review : ""TANTRA"" by ADI

Title : TANTRA
Author : Adi
Publisher : Apeejay STYA Publishing

ISBN : 978-81-908636-2-9

Genre : Thriller (Fiction)
Pages : 335
Edition Language : English
Format : PaperBack
Price : Rs. 195
Website : www.tantrabyadi.com 

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About the Author :

This is the very first novel of Adi, who grew up reading fiction books late at nights. He give more credit for his successes in life to these late-night reading habits. Deeply impressed by the vast religious history of India, he picked up this topic for his very first novel.

My Review :

May be you do not get much excited with the Book Cover... I'm sure you won't regret picking this book, after you will finish reading it. Engaging.... the only word i can say to that... We heard a lot about Vampires... read many books about them.... but have you heard any Indian version of it.... if not... then u will surely get surprised with a mystical thriller of the season... However, since it is an Indian Version first... it is a tantra based story first then vampires second... and this thing really adds up to the reading experience of the whole book.
 
The main character is Anu, leather wearing, no-nonsense professional guardian with a reputation of hunting vampires, who just lost a lover in New York and moves to India to find the vampire who killed him. But here in India, she finds that things are not as she thought. She came to know that there is something much greater threats to city than the vampires. And then you will find all the paranormal activities, references to the "astras" we are familier to from mahabharat or ramayana, and this brave strong female character, Anu. Readers will get familier with these mystical events, with a good use of words like 'brahmastras', 'sattvic', or 'tantric' . There is another character called 'Senaka' (the evil tantric) against whose tantric forces, Anu will fight... Another character Dr. Sharma, guiding Anu about the ancient weapons and the Sage Pandit Grover who will give an important lesson to the main character. The battle of Sattvic and Tantric forces is an interesting thing in the book and the readers will surely love reading this. The concept of supernatural forces and power beyond imagination and then the comparison of the evil and good forces is something the book is all about. This book leads as a paranormal thriller giving that peculiar and extraordinary Indian penchant for juxtaposing good and evil and even seeing parallels between the two.

This book is an interesting one to read. Though, first few chapters are not so catchy, but as you go through it, you will find the story catching up the pace. and that will surely stick you up with the book till the last. Definitely a page turner for the later half of the book. The characterization of Anu is greatly done, although I thought others characters can also get some more footage than they were given in the whole plot. The storyline is in a smooth flow, though you will find some elaborating parts getting boring. The story had some loose ends, as I said other characters in the story are not getting enough space in the book and the editing part disappoints at time.However, the efforts put by the writer, Adi for his first novel are really appreciable.

Overall, a good read and recommended for it being a totally different version from the traditional Vampires stories and the touch of Indian origin and the Supernatural forces is what commendable.

My Rating : 3 / 5

Review by : Adarsh Kothia

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