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The God War
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This is a story of a common folk who observes the world minutely around him as he grows. He sees conflicts in the society in the name of different Gods. As a pediatric doctor in the labour room attending to new-borns he sees them pop out of their mother's wombs innocent and un-initiated into any religion. Soon they are stamped with a divine tag and a distinct faith. They learn to have an exalted view of their own faith as they denigrate the others.
It is sheer serendipity that the lead man finds himself amidst happenings that go to form this story. The dissensions go from squabbles and scuffles to acts of terrorism. A holy shrine is attacked by the armed forces to flush out the nefarious elements spreading terror. The masses are furious as their sanctum sanctorum has been violated. The empress of the land is killed in anger and resentment. It leads to mayhem. Many innocents have to endure torture and gruesome death. This is cruel, pitiless and heart rending.
There are some unforeseen unfortunate incidents that go to complete the narrative.
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S. K. Aggarwal was born in a Punjab village and was raised in Amritsar in the streets around the Golden Temple. He has written this book under his pen name “Kabeer Ess Kay”. He graduated in Medicine from Medical College Amritsar and worked in rural areas of Punjab after his studies. During his this stint of rural job he had an opportunity of visiting different nooks and corners of the state and other neighbouring places. He moved to Delhi in 1979 and had been working here as a Medical Doctor in a busy maternity and children hospital till his retirement in 2012. He happened to see the happenings in this part of the country in times of turmoil and has described them vividly.
This is a story of a common folk who observes the world minutely around him as he grows. He sees conflicts in the society in the name of different Gods. As a pediatric doctor in the labour room attending to new-borns he sees them pop out of their mother's wombs innocent and un-initiated into any religion. Soon they are stamped with a divine tag and a distinct faith. They learn to have an exalted view of their own faith as they denigrate the others.
It is sheer serendipity that the lead man finds himself amidst happenings that go to form this story. The dissensions go from squabbles and scuffles to acts of terrorism. A holy shrine is attacked by the armed forces to flush out the nefarious elements spreading terror. The masses are furious as their sanctum sanctorum has been violated. The empress of the land is killed in anger and resentment. It leads to mayhem. Many innocents have to endure torture and gruesome death. This is cruel, pitiless and heart rending.
There are some unforeseen unfortunate incidents that go to complete the narrative.
About the
S. K. Aggarwal was born in a Punjab village and was raised in Amritsar in the streets around the Golden Temple. He has written this book under his pen name “Kabeer Ess Kay”. He graduated in Medicine from Medical College Amritsar and worked in rural areas of Punjab after his studies. During his this stint of rural job he had an opportunity of visiting different nooks and corners of the state and other neighbouring places. He moved to Delhi in 1979 and had been working here as a Medical Doctor in a busy maternity and children hospital till his retirement in 2012. He happened to see the happenings in this part of the country in times of turmoil and has described them vividly.
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October 8, 2019
Religion can be a boon and curse both. It can set us on path of peace or path of violence depending upon the circumstances and our inclination. the protagonist visits many places of interest and finds about the motivations of men. He goes to Swarna Mandir in Amritsar and finds about the history of the Sikh religion. How the Mughal emperors killed the 10th Guru of Sikhs along with his sons? The fanatics of all religion are same.
The basic premise of book is good and pertinent to today’s India’s condition. However, I find the narrative very disjointed and basic. There was no connect with the story. It seemed like a documentary and simple narration.
The basic premise of book is good and pertinent to today’s India’s condition. However, I find the narrative very disjointed and basic. There was no connect with the story. It seemed like a documentary and simple narration.
September 27, 2019
In the introduction, the author mentions that there are conflicts in the society because of different faiths. They are different as they are born in different faiths and by default, they are what they are. They have faith tagged on them as they are born in families living with those faiths.
Written in first person from Chander’s point of view, the story traces the life and experiences of Chander Mohan right from his childhood, school days, college days to the present day. The author has described in detail the history of various religions and the customs, traditions and taboos associated with them.
The language is simple and the narrative is very realistic, it is as if Chander is siting and telling us a story. And the best part is that the names of some places and characters have not been mentioned and terms like, head of the cow, underbelly, Empress have been used, but it was easy to identify people and places. The descriptions are detailed and I could picturise many scenes as some of them reminded me of my childhood.
Overall, an interesting book which tells the reader a lot about religions, places and people. The glossary at the end of the book gives an idea of the facts in the book.
Written in first person from Chander’s point of view, the story traces the life and experiences of Chander Mohan right from his childhood, school days, college days to the present day. The author has described in detail the history of various religions and the customs, traditions and taboos associated with them.
The language is simple and the narrative is very realistic, it is as if Chander is siting and telling us a story. And the best part is that the names of some places and characters have not been mentioned and terms like, head of the cow, underbelly, Empress have been used, but it was easy to identify people and places. The descriptions are detailed and I could picturise many scenes as some of them reminded me of my childhood.
Overall, an interesting book which tells the reader a lot about religions, places and people. The glossary at the end of the book gives an idea of the facts in the book.
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