When I picked up this book, I was new to the author and I
chose to buy this book only because I found the title of the book very
interesting. Even after reading the back
cover of the book I thought the entire book must be about what the title says.
But mistakenly, but in a good way it wasn’t and I am glad I could thoroughly
enjoy the short stories author Mr. Arum Sikka has narrated in his book.
When I finished reading the first chapter named Derailed; I
was a bit confused. I felt I was reading from the mid section of a book because
I felt I was missing something. But I turned to the second chapter New moon and
by the time I finished it; I wanted to read more about it and felt a bit sad
that I couldn’t read more of that story.
The third chapter of course was the book’s title story and
it was a fascinating one as the name and it will make us laugh and think at the
same time. The Fourth Chapter ‘Three Women in a Kitchen” and the tenth one
named ‘Flowers that Blush Unseen’ made me think about people from different
genera’s of life and how they get along sometimes and how they help out one
another and how tough times brings together people who are good at heart and we
see in them something we have missed to see before.
I loved the way how the author has presented corruption ,
injustice and immorality with a clear sense of humor and has shed light on the
age old saying of how good triumphing over evil in Chapters ‘Oh, to sing the
songs I Like’, ‘Savior’, ‘ A holy War’& ‘Ambush’.
The 11th Chapter in the book ‘ The Journey is the
destination’ was really touching. The last chapter in the book ‘The Gift of
Giving’ left me a little disappointed like the first one. I wanted something
more out of it.
The chapter that entertained me the most was ‘Three journeys
randomly taken & God’s will’. After reading this particular chapter I felt
as if I just watched a movie, the experience was really thrilling and I loved
every single moment of it.
All in all I would recommend my friends to read this book by
Mr. Sikka. It is like small capsules of wisdom coated stories; a book worth
investing in. It was lovely reading and I as a common reader would give him 4
Out of 5.
