This is a novel by Anish Deb regarding a dystopian future where many human beings have lost the basic humane nature. As many of us have watched the Hunger Games movie series or we have read many more dystopian future stories, in the same way this story takes us to a future where the very existence of human beings are very difficult.
Recently I listened to an audiobook of this novel on the YouTube channel of Mirchi Bangla. After that I thought to write about it as I haven't read this novel before listening to the audiobook.
In this novel, we found the hero Zeehan, a true human being with proper values, facing challenging situations throughout the story. The reason Zeeshan is able to overcome all those challenges is because of his strong integrity of character. As we notice a deterioration in the values around us in today's society, this story presents the positive hope that only basic humane values can hold a society together and take it to its true potential. Though it may seem that this story follows the expected track in storyline, i liked it because of its message which it imparts through the story. Moreover, this story was written by Anish Deb many years before such dystopian stories became popular. He wrote it in the year 2010 and 2014. The element of fear, terror as well as disgust ('vibhats ras') is there in the story which made me somewhat alienate myself from listening to it, but gradually the goodness of the main character as well as many other small characters overshadowed those feelings of disgust.
Overall, this is a story of the triumph of humanity over selfish, destructive and power hungry forces.
Do listen to it or read the story to feel these emotions.
With lots of best wishes,
Jai Shri Krishna.
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