Hello!
Namaste
My name is Meghna.
Most welcome to my channel
And today
I'm sitting in the Indraprastha Park
I read a beautiful book
Which I'm going to tell you about.
The book we are discussing today is
Geetansh Thakur’s "Veerta or Balidaan".
As the title and book cover convey,
The book is written in patriotic theme.
Our India got its independence in 1947
But how it got it
How many sacrifices were made behind it
How many heroes shed their blood for the country
That's the story in this book by Geetansh Thakur
"Veerta or Balidaan"
The story is about Phoolma and Kishan.
Kishan, who has
two brothers and one sister.
his widowed mother,
They all are living in poverty
One day Kishan finds out that
the Britishers tend to stop his work
replace the work with machines.
He now worries about his income, family
and how he'll raise his siblings.
So he thinks about joining the Army.
After joining the Army,
working for British made him feel guilty
and in a way he was harming
his own country's citizens.
He thinks that I'm beating & hurting them
"What kind of independence it is!
What kind of work am I pursuing!
But time goes on….
And his younger brother joins
India independence movement
And show his bravery
by protesting against Britishers.
Seeing this, Kishan felt empowered and
vowed to never work for Britishers.
He left the Army and became part of the
independence movement.
The love interest of Kishan
is also portrayed in this story, where
Phoolma is his lover.
He loves her.
How their love grows with time.
Phoolma tries to convince him
that he should go
and join the Army and work for the country
So this is about the short,
beautiful story of this book.
Talking about the writing skills,
The writer Geetansh used short sentences
and has tried to use simple language
for the readers.
At some places,
there is a spelling mistakes
which I can understand
since it is his first book
There are so many writers
like Geetansh Thakur
who want to communicate their thoughts
to the world.
They want to say so many things
but do not find their way.
This is a self-published book of Geetansh.
Writers can opt a way of self-publishing
their book to communicate
their thoughts and opinions to the
readers like you and me.
The speciality about this book is,
When you read this book,
you will get to know the situations
and environment of the time
when India was on its way to independence.
Like when Gandhiji reached India, how did he influence the anti-british movement,
When Bhagat singh stood against the British and became the inspiration for the youth,
how did it all affect Kishan
These are the many types of imagery that has been shown in the book.
On the other hand, the relationship between Phoolma and Kishan is portrayed….
When he returns from his military training,
He bought for Phoolma and tried to put it on to her.
But Phoolma doesn't accept it,
It's really a beautiful scene which is portrayed
He says I really love you and brought it for you.
But she says I will accept it on the day we will get married.
There are many small instances like this that Geetansh has included in the story.
Some instances feel so real while reading it almost feels like you are a part of it. Or u r present there.
Like when Kishan’s mother Meera goes to Shobharam’s house to ask a hand of his daughter for her son,
that' s a very good scenario,
Or when Meera narrates her own story of how she participated in the protest movements against the British,
Like in what ways she sacrificed,
Like how she was married to Dharamveer.
All these small stories in this book make it worth-reading.
So if you want to study something inspiring and patriotic,
you can pick this book i.e. Veerta or Balidaan
Written by Geetansh Thakur
The price of the book is ₹199.
The link is provided in the description box and you can purchase it from there.
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