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| A Broken Man |
Title – A
Broken Man
Author –
Akash Verma
Genre –
Fiction
Publisher
– Srishti Publishers & Distributors
No of
pages – 224
Main characters – Krishna, Chhavi, Ram Singh
The plot
It is a
heart-wrenching love story of Krishna; a low caste boy belonged to Bihar and
Chhavi, a Brahmin girl from Lucknow. It is a story of separation, patience,
time and about rules set by the society. The story entirely revolves around the
main characters in the novel called Krishna Kumar and Chhavi Mishra. It sheds a
light on a Dailt boy’s life, where degradable comments and struggles are never
ceased. Krishna is a broken man with broken expectations, lots of bitterness in
him and struggling with his confidence and aims in his life. And there she
comes with a light and guide in his life changing his entire life making him
from broken man to a successful Dalit boy in his village. The story shows love
is stronger than anything that can tear apart the differences set by people to
people. It is a story to read and know the plight and struggles of being born
in a low caste family.
My review
At first,
you may think this is yet another love story served by the same old spice. However,
as you progress from one page to another, you realize it talks about the plight
of low caste, their never-ending struggles and how even loving someone belonged
to upper caste has a price to pay. The author Akash Verma creates a perfect
backdrop of Dalits where he let the readers know about this deprived section of
the society. It starts from students’ politics in colleges and universities to
real life love. Our society has created many differences and invisible layers
to every field, be it education, job or love.
Krishna, a
Dalit boy from Bihar has aspirations and passions to fulfill like others but
his caste holds him back from everything. In order to earn name in the
university like other upper caste people, he gets involved with wrong people. However,
call it a destiny; he saves Chhavi from getting torched during a protest
against reservation. Things get complicated when Krishna and Chhavi’s love
blossoms after this incident only to be get crushed by the society.
When Chhavi’s
father, a political leader learns about their love, Chhavi is forced to make a choice
between love and society. The chapters of their love story get sadden as you
read further.
At the end
whether they get reunited or part their ways, you’ll have to figure out by your
own. For that grab your copy as it is available on all leading online book
stores.
Writing style
Author has beautifully
taken support of Hindi poems to express and add more heart to his writing. However,
the narration throughout the novel remains a bit slow.
What I liked?
The author
has also used moral stories throughout the novel to pump up the energy in his
readers. The short stories narrated by Chhavi provide inspiration and hope to
the readers. I really liked the way author has used a mix of Hindi poems and
short moral stories.
My suggestion
People who aren’t
aware about the reservation politics and the hardships of low caste people must
read this novel. It is just not a love story.
The moral
Chhavi’s character
has shown very powerful. The novel teaches us no matter how difficult times you
suffer from, always keep your head and hope high. Through Chhavi’s character
the story has become stronger.
My rating
3.5/5
About the author
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| Akash Verma |
Akash verma
is an entrepreneur. His work has received an international acclaim. His real
life experiences takes a shape when writing stories.
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