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Hello!

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Namaste

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My name is Meghna.

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Most welcome to my channel

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And today

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I'm sitting in the Indraprastha Park

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I read a beautiful book

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Which I'm going to tell you about.

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The book we are discussing today is

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Geetansh Thakur’s "Veerta or Balidaan".

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As the title and book cover convey,

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The book is written in patriotic theme.

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Our India got its independence in 1947

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But how it got it

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How many sacrifices were made behind it

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How many heroes shed their blood for the country

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That's the story in this book by Geetansh Thakur

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"Veerta or Balidaan"

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The story is about Phoolma and Kishan.

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Kishan, who has

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two brothers and one sister.

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his widowed mother,

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They all are living in poverty

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One day Kishan finds out that

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the Britishers tend to stop his work

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replace the work with machines.

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He now worries about his income, family

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and how he'll raise his siblings.

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So he thinks about joining the Army.

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After joining the Army,

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working for British made him feel guilty

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and in a way he was harming

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his own country's citizens.

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He thinks that I'm beating & hurting them

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"What kind of independence it is!

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What kind of work am I pursuing!

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But time goes on….

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And his younger brother joins

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India independence movement

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And show his bravery

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by protesting against Britishers.

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Seeing this, Kishan felt empowered and

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vowed to never work for Britishers.

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He left the Army and became part of the

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independence movement.

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The love interest of Kishan

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is also portrayed in this story, where

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Phoolma is his lover.

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He loves her.

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How their love grows with time.

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Phoolma tries to convince him

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that he should go

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and join the Army and work for the country

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So this is about the short,

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beautiful story of this book.

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Talking about the writing skills,

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The writer Geetansh used short sentences

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and has tried to use simple language

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for the readers.

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At some places,

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there is a spelling mistakes

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which I can understand

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since it is his first book

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There are so many writers

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like Geetansh Thakur

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who want to communicate their thoughts

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to the world.

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They want to say so many things

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but do not find their way.

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This is a self-published book of Geetansh.

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Writers can opt a way of self-publishing

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their book to communicate

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their thoughts and opinions to the

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readers like you and me.

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The speciality about this book is,

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When you read this book,

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you will get to know the situations

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and environment of the time

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when India was on its way to independence.

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Like when Gandhiji reached India, how did he influence the anti-british movement,

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When Bhagat singh stood against the British and became the inspiration for the youth,

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how did it all affect Kishan

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These are the many types of imagery that has been shown in the book.

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On the other hand, the relationship between Phoolma and Kishan is portrayed….

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When he returns from his military training,

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He bought for Phoolma and tried to put it on to her.

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But Phoolma doesn't accept it,

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It's really a beautiful scene which is portrayed

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He says I really love you and brought it for you.

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But she says I will accept it on the day we will get married.

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There are many small instances like this that Geetansh has included in the story.

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Some instances feel so real while reading it almost feels like you are a part of it. Or u r present there.

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Like when Kishan’s mother Meera goes to Shobharam’s house to ask a hand of his daughter for her son,

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that' s a very good scenario,

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Or when Meera narrates her own story of how she participated in the protest movements against the British,

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Like in what ways she sacrificed,

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Like how she was married to Dharamveer.

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All these small stories in this book make it worth-reading.

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So if you want to study something inspiring and patriotic,

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you can pick this book i.e.
Veerta or Balidaan

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Written by Geetansh Thakur

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The price of the book is ₹199.

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The link is provided in the description box and you can purchase it from there.

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Do share with me how you feel about this book.

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You can join me on Instagram

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And watch more such videos on my YouTube channel

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I will meet you in the next video till then,

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Thank you so much.

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