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Sacred Games.. the book should ideally be named as '6 Degrees of separation' or 'Chaos theory' or 'Butterfly effect' .. etc because everyone & every situation & every thing is related to each other.. starting a chain of events, growing bigger & bigger till the end.. when we realise that this ripple which was bound to lead to a tsunami actually led to a bubble..
well its an interesting read.. with many plots.. the religious animosity, gang war of mumbai dons, underbelly of mumbai slum life and underworld.. neuclear threats, india pakistan clash... etc etc.. mixed with snippets of bollywood, partition, intelligence bureau activities & plots, men sleeping with every other women, bar girls, blackmailing & extra marital affairs, informers, etc etc..
its like any typical bollywood movie only that the protagonist is a middle aged mature sikh policeman.. or was it the deadly dangerous, cunning but gullible hindu gangster.. who ever the hero.. it has a lady love, bunch of villains, friend of the heroes, a family, a threat looming large and saviour of the day our simple sardar ji... no heroic stuff just normal jugadoo types..
the most peculiar thing is that the author could manage to write in and attach each significant event in the Indian history since independence into the books and its characters.. like partition exodus, NEFA, maoists of west bengal, Nehru & his visions, 1993 bombay bomb blasts, sikh urgency of 80s in punjab, babri masjid. Most of the characters are also real life inspired like Daowood, chota rajan, Ms India wannabe actresses, maharashtra's legislative politicians.. so well repeated & re-repeated in every bollywood movie.. I read it like i would go for a movie.. but 900 pages of it and the same stuff... there was too much content put into 900.. author could have very well written 2000 pages with the same content but mercifully it was limited & concise.. so at a time when the book could hav been a predictable, drag read it still maganged to be racy & something or the other happening kept me hooked.
So i would advise you to read it for the ample content & series of events like an Irving wallace or thriller novel minus any heroes but don't expect a book that would leave you asking for more. Its over and over for good. Its just a read.. ]]>
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by Manju Kapur
don read.. its full bakwaas.. ]]>