Reading Room

Just finished reading "I too had a love story" by Ravinder Singh.

I would not like to be a cliche' but there sure have been many writers that have just apparated from thin air after the Chetan Bhagats, Dan Browns & J K Rowlings got everyone back to their books. And surprisingly not, many a young writer in India (of the college going-just into job crowd) has tried to theme his/her work according to the experiences that they think has most shaped their lives till date. And so we have a flurry of books on college,job experiences and the like.

Ravinder Singh seems to have used a similar structure in his maiden work. As one commences and proceeds, the book seems to smell of amateurishness. Too many explanations and going of the way to explain or detail some plot that ultimately holds no interest to the reader. I believe (from the proclamations of being one of the national bestsellers) that perhaps a certain "section" of the crowd might feel their interests captured, but overall, the book failed to sell itself.

However, there is one detail, which if not overlooked, changes the whole way one (or for that matter I) would rate the book. This is a "Real Life Story". Ravinder Singh deserves a true bow down from us that he could have the strength to finally put into words all that must have been pounding inside of him.

I too had a love story is not a book, rather a candid confession from a lover put into words.