I was
anxious and excited at the same time. I was looking forward to read the book. After
all, it was penned by Ravinder Singh!!!
I had loved his earlier works:
© I too had a love story
© Can love happen twice
© Love stories that touched my heart
(Where he was the editor)
As add on,
the constant updates from the author in Facebook added to the restless. The
curiosity only heightened when I read the preamble. It was tempting and turned
me nostalgic!
As I started
reading the book, the acknowledgment itself touched my heart. It seemed to be
straight from the heart. A smile never left my face. As a reader, I felt
special... As if the author was thanking to me personally!
Like it happened yesterday is a beautiful collection of certain
events straight from the life of the author. It talks about his life up to that
day when he got enrolled himself in the college.
The
narrative is detailed and vivid. It describes about the author’s first day in
school when he cried uncontrollably... Those days when he was taken to
dettol-smelling hospital to get his injections... Those days when he made
friends... Watched TV and serials... And that experience of watching a movie in
the theatre... Those childhood innocence and a teenager’s mischievousness...
His first love and that first heart break... That motivation and never ending
desire to do something worthwhile and make-it-big...
Thus the
story carries oodles of genuineness and tons of innocence. The flow of the
narrative is impeccable; the words also maturing with the protagonist –
Ravinder.
Yet, there
was a moment when I wondered why I am reading the autobiography of a person who
is just another persona, like you and me. And that question itself came with an
answer. I am reading for the exactly same reason; because he is like you and
me.
The beauty
of this piece of work is that you will never see the protagonist there. It not
Ravinder you see there and relate to. Instead you see yourself. As you turn
more and more pages, your life comes in front of your eyes. Your first day at
school... Those painful injections... Those friends made and lost... Those
teachers and chapters... That first love and first heartbreak... That first
failure and the lesson it taught... That innocence of a child and the naughtiness
of a teenager... EVERYTHING.... EVERYTHING runs into your mind... Like a
phantasmagoria!
And BANG!
The author strikes a chord with us...
He wins our
heart...
Once again...
All over again...
Therefore I
say, folks, go for the book.
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