๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐
๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ญ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ : ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ค . ๐๐๐
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ : ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ : ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐
๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ : ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐
The story recounts the life of three youths, Omi, Ishaan and Govind trying to make a life staying in small-town Gujarat. Given Govind's business acumen and Ishaan's love for cricket, the youngsters decide to open a shop that sells cricket goods. Omi's family helps them to get a rented place outside a temple, and soon enough the place is a hit with the locals. Chetan's biggest strength as a writer is his ability to create interesting settings and situations. And that's true of his latest book too.
Moving on, Ishan takes a great liking to one of the local Muslim boys, Ali with a 'magical' ability to smash the ball for a six each time. Living with the regret of making it himself, Ishan decides to train the 12-year old. In between, there's a love story thrown in between Govind and Ishan's sister, only to have Omi spout cheesy lines like, 'You can't hit on your friend's sister, that's an unwritten rule' etc.Honesty, I wanted to like this book. It begins well, itโs setting is wonderfully created and importantly, it truly attempts to give the reader a slice of small-town India.Again this is for teenagers, not for a mature reader group, have read this when i was in my collage that time i liked it.
My Rating
3/5