Sunday, 8 October 2023

SATURDAY STORIES BY RASHMI BANSAL


Author : Rashmi Bansal
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
Genre: Literary &contemporary fiction
Book buy link :  @Amazon

SATURDAY STORIES promises to deliver the readers the timeless inspirational warmth which everyone will come to love. Everybody should take a few minutes here and there and read the stories to remind themselves of the good in the world. One should also learn to appreciate the simple things in life to free ourselves from the whole lot of mess we create around.

Graced with many moving stories, this collection of SATURDAY STORIES will familiarize readers about the things that happened during the pandemic. Most of the stories' help us to realise how hardships effect everyone and the way they overcome differs from each other. 

These are  stories no doubt, but not the fairy tales. These bring out the everlasting truths and wisdom that every human being should know and follow.

The stories are presented to the world as illustrator of the ideals of duty, the force of character, the spirit of self -sacrifice and philosophy of life which have inspired and guided the destinies of millions of humans.

As a Sanskrit professor, I was so glad to read the story titled PATH OF DESTINY. It deals about the bondage of Guru & Sishya. The Guru pandit Umashankar Tripathi molded his disciple Mani in his Gurukula in such a way that he handed down the ancient knowledge by tracing the lineage of saptharishis, and divine shakthi which was Lost to the world over the centuries. The concept of Brahman is reflected through the quantum physics, science and spirituality would never have to be at war again. 

The book SATURDAY STORIES by Rashmi Bansal - the author of the best-selling STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH has nearly 30 short stories which are sure to engage the readers without any disappointments. Interestingly at the end of every story is a QR code upon scanning the readers can hear an audio bite from the author. The book has another six set of stories by the students of the students of the Rashmi Bansal's short story writing program.

The author was successful in presenting the stories in a lucid way. Use of Hindi language in between gave a complete Indian touch to the book. ODE TO LOVE is a poetical presentation in English whereas MAIN SHAYAR TOH NAHIN in Hindi. The shows the author ‘s fine command over both forms of Literature in both the languages.

“Chal, meri Dhanno!” Babita said under her breath. Don’t let me down today. These words from the story CHAL MERI DHANNO is an excellent example of self-motivation.  Self-motivation drives people to keep going even in the face of setbacks, to take up opportunities, and to show commitment to what they want to achieve.

This story teaches every one of us that Self-motivation is the force that keeps pushing us to go on – it's our internal drive to achieve, produce, develop, and keep moving forward. When you think you're ready to quit something, or you just don't know how to start, your self-motivation is what pushes you to go on.

 

Like these there are many teachings and messages to every one of us out here and the book is worth reading.

“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” – ANN LANDERS


(This book review is a part of Blogchatter's book review program)

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