Sunday 11 October 2015

Review:- S.O.A.R by Abir Mukherjee.


S.O.A.R

Publishers:-Frog Books

Author:-Abir Mukherjee

ISBN:-978-93-52013-24-1

My Reviews:-
What does SOAR mean? Any guesses? Let me tell you the meaning. Soar means to fly high just like a bird with ease. But remember that bird too doesnot start flying from the first day. It falls and learns and one day it touches the sky without much effort.


Similarly in the novel 'S.O.A.R' written by Abir Mukherjee and published by Frog books, the three main protagnist Uday, Adhyayan and Rajasekaran starts a new innovative business in the Silicon valley of India i.e. Bangalore. The innovation is very new hence never tested. As a result they don't find many customers for it. They approach many institutions that may become the customer of their organisation. However they dont find any of them. At last, with the help of Adhyayan's neighbour they get a subscriber of their services. Since the first subscriber is well reputated institution in the city, many such institutions join. After the few initial months, the organisation starts lacking resouces to run the organisation. The situation starts worsening and they too start drifting on various matters and programmes of the organisation. Will the organisation continue providing the newest services in the city or will it shut down due to various unavoidable reasons. You need to read the novel for answering all the questions in your mind.

The author vey beautifully takes us through each and every situation in the story. The story goes through many patches but the best thing I liked was its simplicity. The way the author explains the things, you will never feel as if you are reading a novel.

One thing that hurted me the most was the suicide by the student. How rude has this world become? It doesn't care of you at all. All it wants is - its satisfaction, its profit. Moreover I would like to ask a question to the parents too. Why do you parents pressurize your kids for coming first or getting 100, 99, 98% marks. Does marks mean everything. Do only marks define your child.
No. Absolutely no. I can give you thousands of examples of students who were the worst in their academics, but today they are doing the best in their profession. So please dont pressurise your child. Let him/her fly like a bird. They might fall at the beginning but at the end they will soar high in the skies.

The author has very beautifully portrayed the characters. He very nicely introduces us to Adhyayan who is in the US. He then takes us back at the beginning from where the whole episode actually starts. The characterisation is beautiful and I doubt if anyone can find a flaw in it. The best of all was the portray of the character of Shristi, Adhyayan's wife. Her understanding, her support to Adhyayan in various situations is just commendable. She is surely going to take away heart of many readers.

The title "S.O.A.R" completely suits the story and the reader will realise that once he/she has read the book. The novel has a subtitle too and the title acts as an acronym to it. The subtitle "Success Over Adversity Reigns" gives us a message that Success in life comes only when we pass the toughest situations. The author has tried to give readers a glimpse of the background of the story and he has succeed beautifully in it. The cover too is appealing showing three people looking at the sky. It also shows their shadows which has wings. The cover too adds meaning to the title and what the author wants to convey through his work.

Overall it is a good story with very beautiful characters. It shall motivate young minds who wants to test and bring new things in the world. It has various messages for the readers at different points in the story and these messages might help those persons who want to do something new of their own. Overall it is a very good read and it shall be best liked by young minds and profesionals who wants to explore by doing something different, something which is not yet in existence.

About the Book
Frustrated with their current jobs, Uday,Adhyayan, and Rajasekaran team up to start an innovative business, non-existent in India until then. Ignoring all pragmatic aspects of life, they chase their dreams with immense pleasure. However, their journey is no cakewalk, as they confront financial crisis and rejections soon. Uday plays a business trick to triumph over that uninfluenced market; it works initially, but soon boomerangs, blowing the team apart. The police arrests Uday accusing him of illegal activity by his organization.

Were there any blemishes in their plan or was it just a typical Indian market, reluctant to accept an unexperimented concept? Will they be successful in implementing their innovation, staking their hard-earned money, stable jobs, relationships, and life?

‘S.O.A.R.’ is the story of chasing a dream, quandary between desire and responsibility, friendship and love.Join the gutsy journey of three young entrepreneurs.

About the Author
Abir Mukherjee was born and brought up in Bardhaman, a small town of West Bengal. He is currently based in U.S.A having completed more than 8 years as an IT Professional. He has completed his B.E. in computer science and engineering in 2005 and started working in different software MNCs. ‘S.O.A.R’ is his second novel. Blackbuck Publication has published his first novel, ‘As Life has No Undo’.
He loves to sketch and write in his spare time. He writes to entertain people, not to teach them how to live life, how to be successful in life or any other philosophical lessons.

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