Author: Vikas Prakash Joshi
Publisher: Hay House Publishers, India
Genre: Literary and Contemporary Fiction
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Books are the quietest
and most important of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of
counsellors, and most patients of teachers.” stated Charles W. Elliot.
The very name of this book itself kindles the readers to know that why the author has chosen it. Actually Cinnamon is the English word for the
spice Dalchini. When the character Cinnamon was small, he was unable to
pronounce the word of his name for long time.
He called himself Cimmanum or Cinnamum. His Baba and Maa found it so
cute and they made it, his nickname.
The author Vikas Prakash
Joshi has woven an enchanting story about the young boy Cinnamon. It’s a fabulous
narration of the beautiful life of Cinnamon in seventeen chapters. The story has many experiences faced by the young
boy which made him understand the
reality.
The author who has
started his writing career at the early age of eleven and later won “six letters
of the week” contest.
Niloufer Wadia, the fine
artist has illustrated about twenty-odd pictures with the propriety of the
story and particularly the painting on the book-cover is simply awesome.
Passion for new places
and experience, curiosity to know about the native place, attention to even the
small things, ability to ‘go local’, willingness to experiment and flexibility
in situation are the rare qualities of a good travel writer. The author has many of such qualities and
made the readers to travel along with him Pune to Ratanpur, with a touch of
travelogue.
Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports
the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of a
child from infancy to adulthood. This finds place in this story with clear
picture about the sacrifice of Baba Rishi and Maa Basundhara. Though both of them were the social parent to
Cinnamon, as a husband Rishi and as a wife Basundara were caring and
understanding each other to bring up their adopted child Cinnoman.
Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and
responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the
adoptive parents. When Cinnamon was six
years old, he was adopted by his social parents Baba and Maa, from an adoption
centre, Pune. Baba told Cinnamon the
story of the day they adopted him. Baba
and Maa brought up him very carefully and never hid from Cinnamon, or anyone
else, that he was adopted child.
On hearing the words of his
classmate Sundar, Cinnamon thought that he was being adopted child, not the
real child and that why the social parents refused his request. In this situation, the vivid narrative tells
the story of a young boy who forced himself to overcome from his emotions, thinking
about his real parents. So he wanted to meet his mother.
Aditi Gavit was the
biological mother of Cinnamon a strong woman. She remarried, after the death of
her first husband Vilas Krishnarao Gavit who was the biological father to
Cinnamon. To make their living, she
along with her spouse Santosh dealing with countless rude customers in their
own small high-way restaurant.
Mark Twain said ‘really
great make you feel that you, too, can become great.’’
Similar to this, the
social parents help Cinnamon to overcome from his emotional stress and feel
great.
The book definitely is the
apple of the reader’s eye.
(This blog post is a part of Blogchatter's book review programme)
