10 wonderful writers, one successful anthology, edited by
Aman Sharma and Nehali Lalwani, foreword by Vinit K Bansal (I am heartless, Wo
chali gayi and uff ye emotions fame), yes, I am talking about Syahi- The Power
of Pen. A beautiful saga of short stories, and an aptly chosen name, this
anthology is undoubtedly one of its kind in this genre. The concept of bringing
all budding authors at one place in itself is a very nice concept. Coming to
the book, the book has two very beautifully designed covers designed by Sunill
Kaushik and the covers are very wisely designed according to the book. Each and
every story has a charm of its own. I would like to go one on one for this
book.
Starting with the very first story by Apoorva Arora, An
odyssey of Discovering life... again- This story is indeed one of my favorite
stories from the book. Very beautifully penned and described story, Apoorva has
done a really good job in penning this down.
Better Late than never by Hitakshi Bawa- The feel of sweet,
innocent and successful love of Aakriti and Viraat is an inspiration to many
such lovers who feel nervous before proposing anyone. It has a very moral to
the story which tells the readers that one should never let a moment of
happiness go and one should always listen to his/her heart.
Letting Go and It’s never too late by Aman Sharma- Apart
from editing and compiling the book, Aman has penned down two very beautiful
stories for the book. Letting go deals with the pain in the heart when one
decides to let the love of his life go but for the betterment of their future.
It’s never too late is a beautiful story of love which has a moral that it is
never too late to be with the person who you loved forever. Both the stories
have very strong feelings described in them that too in a very beautiful
manner.
26/11-A dark twilight and A lesson for life by Nehali
Lalwani- Editing the book might have been a very hectic work but still she has
written two very strong stories for the book. 26/11 is the story of maybe just
another life whose family was ruined in the incident of 26/11, whose life can
never be the same after that. Both her stories portrays life in a very strong
form.
Life a vague mystery by Khushi Gupta- At times in life, we
make decisions according to what we see or what we feel to be right, but it is
not necessary that what we decide is always correct. We should always see the
other side of every story. Khushi, here, shows the very concept in a very
beautiful form with an example of a family. The story leaves your heart filled
with emotions.
Shattered Tatters and You amaze me by Ayush Agarwal- Both
the stories show what life is all about. I would term Ayush as one of the
finest writers of this anthology. These two stories being my super favorite.
Having a very beautiful flow of writings, the writer can show even the hardest
of emotions in a very subtle form.
Sometimes its not simple and That night @ 12 by Neoni
D’souza-Again, one of the strongest writers of this book, Neoni has done a
commendable job in both the stories. The revenge portrayed in her first story
was well executed in a written form whereas the pure beautiful soul in the
second one was worth a read. Her writing style being very simple yet sober, she
knows what magic words can do.
The survivor- U’khand food disaster and To be hanged till
death by Omung Goyal- Depicting humanity in the form of words is a very
difficult task to take over but still, Omung has done a wonderful job in both
the stories. The incident of U’khand food disaster in the words of a survivor was
a beautiful read. The second story shows that humanity actually exists in the
world. Both the stories have a wonderful mix of human emotions which makes them
a good read.
3 Sins by Salli Shah and It all Started with a key by
Shrutee Parekh- The sins of being a girl child, life this is what the theme of
the story 3 sins is. The truth of many household in today's time of being a girl
child is very well described by Salli in her story. It all started with a key
by Shrutee also deals with one of the important part of the society. The pure
love of a person is very rarely found in today's time but love still exists
above all, this is what the story is about.
Among the negativity of the book, I would say, one more
round of editing was needed because there are a few grammatical errors in the
book. Nonetheless, I would like to congratulate all the authors for writing
such a beautiful work and to Aman Sharma and Nehali Lalwani again for compiling
a beautiful collection of stories. I would like to give this anthology all in
all a 4 out of 5 and wish them luck hoping for many more to come.
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