When you already know a little about the book it does create an interest “Blessed Curse” was just that. This book is about an Indian middle class household that is holding together three generations in generous harmony with all those ifs and buts about the generation gaps The book undoubtedly is an inspirational read especially at a time when the concept of “nuclear households", remains a widely spread idea among the Millennials It recalibrates your mind to question , debate ,accept and celebrate every generation’s point of view
This book is the story of Jagdamba Prasad & his wife Pushpa Devi living with their son, daughter in law and grandchildren in one of the colonies of East Delhi’. The author in this book takes the reader through good, bad and ugly about each generation. The beauty is, it does not come as a bout of episodes but as “cosy chats” between the members of the family, the son, the grandchildren and Jagan Babu himself. The conversations that happen at the family’s Dining table, at the Birthday Cake cutting function , during that family train journey or that Ola ride through the Delhi roads do showcase author’s versatility to keep the spectrum of readers happily engaged in the family chats
This 191 cover to cover “paperback” navigates into memories and feelings as it journeys into nostalgic moments “Nostalgia is a peculiar experience It has a warmth to it , the flash back moments do turn emotions. One is bound to enjoy the tete-a-tete between Jagan Babu and his grandchildren Rakhi, Roshan and Pinki Once you get into the book you could really feel the pulse of Jagan Babu’s generation whenever he walks us through his “memory lane”
The book is definitely a must read for the present generation, who are so lost in the euphoria that they refuse to appreciate the pain and agony that the past generation went through in making an India that we live in today. The generation that neither had Google or Alexa at their command nor smart phones to power them to keep in touch
The “Blessed Curse” is probably the fourth book coming from author Dinesh Verma’s Desk and I had the privilege to read them all. I would not even blink an eye to recommend them all. They are worth the read . Do go for it It is available in Amazon
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The book published recently is fulfilment of my long-cherished desire to take young readers back to initial years after India shook off colonial yoke so that they, who have smart phones in their hands and laptop on their laps, can have the hang of the harsh reality of their grand and great grandparent’s day to day struggle for survival, their pain and agony. They need to be transformed into living with them and watch them holding slates in their hands and learning to write with white kharia ( mud-ink) on Takhti , a (wooden sheet) on their lap.
Born in early 1940ties, I lived that period as a child, a toddler and then as teenager and now have good fortune to enjoy the company of my grand-children. Having sojourned in two different worlds, I have attempted to do through the pages of this book precisely what I have been watching with curious eyes the phenomenon of mind-boggling change during the preceding seven decades .
My books are available at Amazon.in for India and Amazon.com for listed countries.
1. The Blessed Curse....by Dinesh N Verma https://amzn.in/d/0dF4FYLb
2. A Fascinating Trip to Humans Manufacturing Site ... by. Dinesh N Verma https://amzn.in/d/0ijiQK1o
3. My Times My Tales…..by Dinesh N Verma https://amzn.in/d/0615SOqU
4. Mere Samey ki Meri Kahaniyan ( Hindi version of stories ) by Dinesh Verma 'Khushdil
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