Terrorism is a corrupt word. It leaks blood of a lot of innocent lives. No part of the world has been spared by the vicious impact of it. Our country has been the worst sufferer over the time. Author Jyotirmoy Mazumdar in his book "The Silent Howl of Demise" talks about the North-Eastern state affected with terrorism. So is his effort valiant enough to touch people's hearts? Let's find out.
First look at the title and the readers will be impressed with the choice of words for it. The cover image too is a sensitive one. The blurb talks about the plight of Assam and the problems faced by the people there. The blurb is good enough to give a fair idea about the book's theme by holding back the journey secrets.
The story revolves around Harsh and his family and revenge of his sister's death Rimi and the secrets which unfold one by one in front of his eyes about his sisters death and the cruel picture of Guwahati and the raging fire of some anti-national sources. The peace of the city is disrupted time and again and people live under a constant fear of terrorists and terrorism. Many of them victim to the bloodshed. Harsh meets Piyali with whom he embarks on a journey to seek justice for the people of Assam and to make people aware of the happenings in the small little N-E state. A story with a lot of twists and turns and secrets and sacrifices which will eventually lead to either victory for the people or ignorance and failure.
The sensitivity of the subject i.e Assam and it's terrorism prone capital Guwahati makes the story an absolute pleasure to read. Right from Rimi's death till the end of the book there are a lot of facts and lots of unheard stories which will make people's hearts cry in sympathy and agitate a few minds too. Harsh's initiative to start a movement against this uncalled for act of blasphemy by some people is the central theme of the book. Love is also an added attraction in the book. A sudden and unexpected end to the story keeps the curiosity of the readers alive.
The downside of the book is the extensive coverage to the Piyali story and the love chemistry between Harsh & Piyali. It could have been trimmed more. There are few spelling mistakes too i.e Bhramaputra is not the spelling, it's Brahmaputra. A part in one of the chapters has been reprinted again i.e at page no. 76.
It's not an easy book to go through considering the topic it covers. The book sans the stretched love story covers the issue of terrorism in Assam extensively and with utmost care. The book will shake you up, stir up your emotions and then give you the feeling of going out there and do something for our fellow innocent beings. You need to go through the book to understand the plight and the intensity of fear among people living in those areas.
RATINGS:
4 OUT OF 5.
Assam, 2002: A young girl, somewhere in her early twenties becomes a victim to her good deeds, in an attempt to save one of the victims of the blast, she lost her own life. Life and death though are the two different sides of the same coin, change human life, very differently. When an innocent heart loses a loved one to the adversities of life and the wrongs of the people, it sows the seed of revenge in the mind, and soul of the one who is affected. The maturity of the heart falls prey to the fury inside the mind of the victim. Harsh, along with his friends, go on an adventurous journey, to find the truth behind the death of his sister, but the venture, wasn’t as peaceful as they expected it to be. In the turn of events, they find out the reality behind the fiction they believed, about their own friends. Revenge, it tastes sweet, verbally, but to attain the actuality of revenge, one needs to risk, everything they ever had. From the deepest parts of their corrupted souls, to the filthiest intentions of their conscious minds, and the luxurious dreams of their illusionary world, revenge takes away, all of it. Revenge, will, not make them surrender, but it might kill their existence. What would this revenge do to the purity of their characters and the poison of revenge in their hearts?
First look at the title and the readers will be impressed with the choice of words for it. The cover image too is a sensitive one. The blurb talks about the plight of Assam and the problems faced by the people there. The blurb is good enough to give a fair idea about the book's theme by holding back the journey secrets.
The story revolves around Harsh and his family and revenge of his sister's death Rimi and the secrets which unfold one by one in front of his eyes about his sisters death and the cruel picture of Guwahati and the raging fire of some anti-national sources. The peace of the city is disrupted time and again and people live under a constant fear of terrorists and terrorism. Many of them victim to the bloodshed. Harsh meets Piyali with whom he embarks on a journey to seek justice for the people of Assam and to make people aware of the happenings in the small little N-E state. A story with a lot of twists and turns and secrets and sacrifices which will eventually lead to either victory for the people or ignorance and failure.
The sensitivity of the subject i.e Assam and it's terrorism prone capital Guwahati makes the story an absolute pleasure to read. Right from Rimi's death till the end of the book there are a lot of facts and lots of unheard stories which will make people's hearts cry in sympathy and agitate a few minds too. Harsh's initiative to start a movement against this uncalled for act of blasphemy by some people is the central theme of the book. Love is also an added attraction in the book. A sudden and unexpected end to the story keeps the curiosity of the readers alive.
The downside of the book is the extensive coverage to the Piyali story and the love chemistry between Harsh & Piyali. It could have been trimmed more. There are few spelling mistakes too i.e Bhramaputra is not the spelling, it's Brahmaputra. A part in one of the chapters has been reprinted again i.e at page no. 76.
It's not an easy book to go through considering the topic it covers. The book sans the stretched love story covers the issue of terrorism in Assam extensively and with utmost care. The book will shake you up, stir up your emotions and then give you the feeling of going out there and do something for our fellow innocent beings. You need to go through the book to understand the plight and the intensity of fear among people living in those areas.
RATINGS:
4 OUT OF 5.
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