Book Feature.
Ever heard of a book that keeps you hanging on the edge from start to end? It is a mix of beautiful endings, but a tragic past that resides in Meena's mind throughout her life. This book also has the magic of friendship and selfishness; the author has excellently blended everything together.
It is set in the 1970s in Eastern India, as a nine-year-old moves with her family to Khurda Road in Odisha.
Slowly and steadily, she finds peace in her friendship with Kasturi, a ten-year-old Odia girl. Although life was easy for them when they were together, they enjoyed each other's company, sang their favorite song together, and enjoyed every day as if it were a celebration.
The book cover itself is very captivating; it tells a story in itself that, although these two friends are living in different countries and environments, there is one common key that keeps them together, and that is faith and endless hope.
They sent letters to eachother but one day that also started coming late. My take on the characters - Meena is a loving character who has a caring nature for everyone, but she is an overthinker who keeps a record of everything in her diary, whereas, on the other hand, Kasturi is a light-hearted girl, and she is free-spirited; her endless and unending support for Meena makes their friendship even more precious.
The difficult part for me to read was the riot part, where the houses were being burnt, Meena and her mother helding unto eachother, their escape to the District Magistrate's House at 4 in the morning, while Meena was half awake, still she kept holding onto Kasi, not an ordinary teddy bear, but a symbol of their friendship.
My overall take on this book is that it's a complete package for everyone to read.
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