"The Life is What You Make It" ( Preeti Shenoy) which I recently finished.........
The backdrop of the book is set in Cochin and Mumbai during eighties. Anita, the protagonist of the book, is a beautiful, intelligent and creative girl studying MBA from one of the topmost colleges. But some unexpected incidents in her love life have a deep and hidden impact on her mind leaving her mind in a state of guilt consciousness. She becomes obsessed with her creative abilities to prove herself perfect in every field pushing her unexpressed turmoil behind which leads her to total void mental condition. How she struggles to realise her self-importance, regains her confidence and chooses a different path to give her life a meaning, is the message what author wants to convey through her writing.
The book is written in simple and lucid style, irresistible to finish in one read. Though some repetition of words and sentences irritates sometimes but overall has a gripping effect. The best part in the book is, where the author explains the mental chaos of the girl so elaborately, which seems as if she herself has experienced all this very closely.
Such mental agony can be the main reason behind suicidal attempts by bright young students who swing between their Indian family values and their love for individuality but can’t discuss that.
Frankly speaking having a creative instinct I can associate myself to a particular part of the writing where is shown that people can find a solace in the lap of the art to get out of their mental depression.
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