Book review: Glorious Uncertainties

The title reads 'Glorious Uncertainties.' Is it? Well not always in life. But they are better than inglorious certainties, believes banker Peekay aka Prashant Kumar Singh in his debut novel.

Prashant captures resilience in the face of uncertainties— it's up to the protagonist to rise from the lowest ebb or perish from a crest.

Life is a smooth ride for Garima Pradhan, the central character, until she falters. The fall reveals her feet of clay. Being relegated from a go-getter, she is reduced to being a trophy wife.

There are other disillusionments as well. She witnesses death of a child because of lack of medical facilities and callousness of authorities after an incident of rape.

One cheers as she fights with her back to the wall and bounces back. She clears the civil services exam and is posted as an IPS officer. The author here draws from his experience and presents a vivid description of the struggle of civil services aspirants who throng the national capital.

All along, the story underlines the strength and grit, which perhaps only a woman can possess. Also, the changing times which has—and rightly so—sounded the death knell for stereotyping women.

"He remembered the nights where he had forced his will on her and she had acquiesced. He had mistaken it for timidity and failed to realize that it was love in true sense of the word...."

"In spite of all odds, she was now an independent woman—completely self-driven and on her own..."

The novel, rather a novella, is without frills. Straight to the point. Best for a lazy Sunday afternoon—to be read in one go. The pace is fast. The plot, however, turns predictable mid-way, but the end is well rounded.

Some cliches do creep up, as is the case with many linear plots. The strength, however, lies in the story's straight trajectory which hits the mark.

The novel published by Times Group Books is available at www.tgb.indiatimes.com

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