Introduction:
This novel is written by Kunal Marathe, a book publicist and now an author. At the age of 27 he is CEO of Legendary Books India having more than twenty titles under his company's aegis. The book is open ended and its second part will hit the market in 2018.
The title of the book 'Tharki' is unique and eye-catching whereas the subtitle 'In The game Of Love You Either Play Or Get Played' reveals the theme and the plot based upon it. And I would give full marks to Kunal for selecting this interesting title and the tagline both.
The cover of the book is also quite attractive and in sync of the theme of the novel. By looking at the cover itself the reader gets an idea about the story; a convoluted love story, to some extent. Total pages : 200.
Story: The story of this novel is an ordinary story of teenage crushes when high on hormones the teenagers fall for each other which they take the most sacred emotion 'Love' and don't even hesitate to experiment the extremes of sexual life during this tender period. Here the protagonist Kunal is a simpleton like a guy next door who falls for any girl coming his way. He's so naive that without understanding the seriousness of the intent of the girls he starts almost loving them madly. The story starts with the affair of Kunal and Tara, his schoolmate at Indore, travels to Mumbai where he happens to have two flings; one with Kamna and the other with Alia, takes a U turn taking him back to Tara. What happens in between and thereafter, here's a compelling read Tharki.
Language and Literature: Right from the beginning the story hooks the reader, not because of the story, but solely due to the stylish narration which the writer has adopted to describe the story. The language is wonderful comprising humor, emotions, love, hate, frustration, anger along with appropriate words and finely chosen metaphors. In between, the narration is spiced up with catch phrases and slang Hindi words, which has made the reading quite amusing. The editing is up to mark and the whole book is devoid of spelling and grammatical mistakes.
Merits: Kunal has successfully woven an ordinary story, ordinary because it happens in the lives of all of us at school and college level, into an interesting read with a crispy language making it a page turner. The thing which I like the most is that the word 'Tharki' denotes no gender and here in this first part it's the females who're Tharki and not the male, proving its actual meaning as lustful or lecherous instead of a womaniser or nymphomaniac normally applied to men only. Congratulation Kunal for breaking the myth.
Demerits: While going through the book, the utter innocence of the protagonist projects him as a fool which's not found normally in today's generation. He could have been more practical as far as feeling and falling for the girls coming his way almost using and throwing him at their will. Though it creates a sense of sympathy for him. Perhaps the second part is going to deal with this aspect.
My Take: Overall a very interesting and unputdownable book and I wish all the best for this and the forthcoming part II as well from a promising writer Kunal Marathe.
Rating: 4/5
Rajeev Pundir
This novel is written by Kunal Marathe, a book publicist and now an author. At the age of 27 he is CEO of Legendary Books India having more than twenty titles under his company's aegis. The book is open ended and its second part will hit the market in 2018.
The title of the book 'Tharki' is unique and eye-catching whereas the subtitle 'In The game Of Love You Either Play Or Get Played' reveals the theme and the plot based upon it. And I would give full marks to Kunal for selecting this interesting title and the tagline both.
The cover of the book is also quite attractive and in sync of the theme of the novel. By looking at the cover itself the reader gets an idea about the story; a convoluted love story, to some extent. Total pages : 200.
Story: The story of this novel is an ordinary story of teenage crushes when high on hormones the teenagers fall for each other which they take the most sacred emotion 'Love' and don't even hesitate to experiment the extremes of sexual life during this tender period. Here the protagonist Kunal is a simpleton like a guy next door who falls for any girl coming his way. He's so naive that without understanding the seriousness of the intent of the girls he starts almost loving them madly. The story starts with the affair of Kunal and Tara, his schoolmate at Indore, travels to Mumbai where he happens to have two flings; one with Kamna and the other with Alia, takes a U turn taking him back to Tara. What happens in between and thereafter, here's a compelling read Tharki.
Language and Literature: Right from the beginning the story hooks the reader, not because of the story, but solely due to the stylish narration which the writer has adopted to describe the story. The language is wonderful comprising humor, emotions, love, hate, frustration, anger along with appropriate words and finely chosen metaphors. In between, the narration is spiced up with catch phrases and slang Hindi words, which has made the reading quite amusing. The editing is up to mark and the whole book is devoid of spelling and grammatical mistakes.
Demerits: While going through the book, the utter innocence of the protagonist projects him as a fool which's not found normally in today's generation. He could have been more practical as far as feeling and falling for the girls coming his way almost using and throwing him at their will. Though it creates a sense of sympathy for him. Perhaps the second part is going to deal with this aspect.
My Take: Overall a very interesting and unputdownable book and I wish all the best for this and the forthcoming part II as well from a promising writer Kunal Marathe.
Rating: 4/5
Rajeev Pundir
