And so it begins..
I had subscribed to the Blog Addas' book review program a while back and this was the first book which I received from them to read for free. All that is required of me is to post a review of the book for the readers' benefit. A win-win situation for all the parties involved.
Now coming to the book:
Book: A Flawed God
Author: Arjun Shekhar
Publisher: Hachette India
Something about the Author:
To borrow from the description provided in the book, Arjun Shekhar is one of the founders of Pravah, a not-for-profit organization created to motivate the urban youth to become active citizens. After working as an HR professional for several years, he now runs a consulting firm called Vyaktitva which explores the relationship between an organization and its people.
He has debuted as an author in fiction with this book.
About the book:
A Flawed God will be of interest to those readers who have some knowledge of share markets. People who have an understanding of capitalism and communism can also enjoy the book.
The entire premise of the book is based on the hero Sanchit Mishra a.k.a Sanchos' disillusionment from the corporate world. And though he has portrayed a few caricatures based on the different regions of the country, none of them come of as demeaning to a particular region.
So, there is Pause Daniels - a cunning Malayali who has the charms and the intelligence to make a breakthrough in the organization. Murugesan a.k.a Murg - a Tamilian who has no spine. Rana - The goonda/politician. Janice - The American representative of the consulting firm Mcsinki( a play on the famous consulting firm) and other various characters.
Frozen air is the organization where Sancho works and the during one of his appraisal cycles, he gets a notice from a secret organization called Progress in Work Collective. And as in any case, there has to be a villain and that is another organization called the Shareholders' Conscience.
And thus, the narration plays back and forth between the vast and beautiful locales of Turkey to his cubicle and office back in New Delhi.
Sometimes, you get the picture that the author has borrowed a few parts from the Hollywood movie Wanted starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy.
Also, the pages and pages of details of the Collectives' charter and the reason of existence makes you go back and recollect Ayn Rands' masterpieces.
Though this book can no where achieve the glory of The Fountainhead, but it still makes you wonder about the mechanisms of the Share Market and the alternative which the author proposes does make you want to stand up and applaud, if not for the narration in the book but atleast for the thinking behind it.
It is this naivete and amateurishness of the author which brings forth a sense of freshness to this entire book and makes one read all the pages.
always for all,
thepersonwithin.
I had subscribed to the Blog Addas' book review program a while back and this was the first book which I received from them to read for free. All that is required of me is to post a review of the book for the readers' benefit. A win-win situation for all the parties involved.
Now coming to the book:
Author: Arjun Shekhar
Publisher: Hachette India
Something about the Author:
To borrow from the description provided in the book, Arjun Shekhar is one of the founders of Pravah, a not-for-profit organization created to motivate the urban youth to become active citizens. After working as an HR professional for several years, he now runs a consulting firm called Vyaktitva which explores the relationship between an organization and its people.
He has debuted as an author in fiction with this book.
About the book:
A Flawed God will be of interest to those readers who have some knowledge of share markets. People who have an understanding of capitalism and communism can also enjoy the book.
The entire premise of the book is based on the hero Sanchit Mishra a.k.a Sanchos' disillusionment from the corporate world. And though he has portrayed a few caricatures based on the different regions of the country, none of them come of as demeaning to a particular region.
So, there is Pause Daniels - a cunning Malayali who has the charms and the intelligence to make a breakthrough in the organization. Murugesan a.k.a Murg - a Tamilian who has no spine. Rana - The goonda/politician. Janice - The American representative of the consulting firm Mcsinki( a play on the famous consulting firm) and other various characters.
Frozen air is the organization where Sancho works and the during one of his appraisal cycles, he gets a notice from a secret organization called Progress in Work Collective. And as in any case, there has to be a villain and that is another organization called the Shareholders' Conscience.
And thus, the narration plays back and forth between the vast and beautiful locales of Turkey to his cubicle and office back in New Delhi.
Sometimes, you get the picture that the author has borrowed a few parts from the Hollywood movie Wanted starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy.
Also, the pages and pages of details of the Collectives' charter and the reason of existence makes you go back and recollect Ayn Rands' masterpieces.
Though this book can no where achieve the glory of The Fountainhead, but it still makes you wonder about the mechanisms of the Share Market and the alternative which the author proposes does make you want to stand up and applaud, if not for the narration in the book but atleast for the thinking behind it.
It is this naivete and amateurishness of the author which brings forth a sense of freshness to this entire book and makes one read all the pages.
always for all,
thepersonwithin.
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