Title : Beyond the Veil
Authoress : Siddhi Palande
Blurb : A Lawyer by profession, Janhvi Desai has lived her life on the dictates
of her family. Assuming that marriage will bring in freshness and freedom she
gets married to a Mumbai based engineer, Ram. But once again faces wrath of the
society. Every passing day as Janhvi Desai - Raghuvanshi, her self-esteem
diminishes as her dreams get trampled upon. But while finding the meaning of
her being her relationship with her estranged husband takes a beautiful turn.
Between Ram and Janhvi rests a delicate secret and an irrevocable difference.
But some relationships thrive despite the difference.
Delve into the
dysfunctional world of an Indian girl where patriarchy is villain, free will
far remove, where two bruised souls meet and it is only to change the
definition of soul mate.
My View :
The book holds the saga of a woman buried under the heaps of
distress. The story is very nicely woven around the life of the protagonist
named Jahnvi Desai. The lovely cover and the perfect title worked in grabbing
my attention and then there goes a subtitle which openly suggests what the book
is about.
The book inaugurates with a very wonderful quote followed by an
intriguing prologue. After reading the very first chapter, I was zipped up with
the excitement to read the whole book in order to discover some interesting and
engaging episodes. But my all excitement faded very soon. The theme of the
story is very common and the whole content in the book is regular and is presented
in a common way. This effect will definitely ignite the feeling of boredom in
reader’s mind. In short I would say – The story lacks the magnetic effect. The
story is fast paced and is traced along the known and reckoning phases.
The book sprinkles the pain of an
Indian woman tied across the demands of dowry, unhealthy marriage relationship
and agony of in-laws. Janhvi’s life becomes very painful but then by time it
goes on driving through the happy moments and her relationship with her husband
named Ram becomes positive. But the end will not serve its readers what they
may be thinking; the end of the story is totally different and here I can say I
have located some newness in the book. The book would prove to be more
compelling if authoress had served some new flavors for its readers.
The writing style of the author is
easy to go with. A very neat narration is done in the book providing a smooth
flow in the reading journey. It is interesting to find the traces of the
prologue in the book and the reader will be more glued to the book when they
are about to acknowledge it. The description of the places and events is
praiseworthy; I could easily relate the Mumbai life with the episodes woven in
the story.
A general story with frequent situations having an aberrant
end. Altogether a book having hues of anguish, stress, friendship and relations!
Recommended to every woman out there.
Rating : 3/5
Reviewer : Megha Biloniya
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