Off late i have been a little lax in reading novels because of a little sluggishness on my part. Last week when i came across a novel Lashkar in Strand, little did i think about buying it…. Had i not bought it, i would’ve missed a wonderful feeling…..
Ever as i child i liked the commando movies where the hero’s team moved as death itself and rescued innocent people, while cutting necks without being known to eyes….Im not a violence lover but somehow liked movies which have a strike quality in them……My favourite movie in that category being “Executive Decision”..
But i always used to wonder why donot Indian film makers make such movies….Is it that Indian armed forces lack the capabilities (which my patriotic mind would ward off the idea itself) or our people do not like such stuff…..Are they always into guy after a girl and both running after trees, smooching and some stupid uncensored stuff…..!!!!!
Lashkar came in a time where i had not much of work…..I saw the cover page and the design caught attention and also made clear the theme has something to do with India-Pakistan….I read along the storyline which got me more engrossed and the next moment i fished for my card and swiped it along the clerks machine for a 200 bucks……
When i started reading, i thought that this is a good book……The backdrop being the Delhi blasts which killed many a innocent victims, made my blood to raise its temperature…..The narrative starts along with a guy who goes to pakistan for terror training and returns to india after it to create havoc…..Though the writer put a disclaimer about the strategies used, the technological prowess of the army…, such things do not come without some real happenings….
The united stand of the usually crooked political leaders, the firm decision to retariate by a peace loving and humble prime minister, the coolness of the armed forces heads all put me in awe of the way the narration was…..The novel did not emphasize on a single hero but had many which is also very gud….Else it would’ve looked like many a movie which we are bored with…..
The plot which is not explicitly mentioned by, but beautifully unfolded as the novel proceeds……We can guess for sure who are on the hit list with a little of general knowledge…..
The pace at which the novel moves keeps one glued to the pages.
So all in all its a very gud book as per me and i recomment one to read it for sure…….!!!!!!
