Book:
Batman’s Guide to Life: Breaking Myths Since 1994
Get a copy here.
Author:
Chetan Soni
Publisher:
Amazon Kindle
Sometimes
long essays are not enough to convey your point, sometimes, it just takes a
couple of lines.
Batman’s
Guide to Life by
Chetan Soni can be summed up in this one line. This book has around 5 dozen thoughts
that invoke a range of emotions from deep thinking to laughter and each of them
is quite different from the other. The book opens with a prologue, describing what
is a prologue, and with that the tone of the book is set. Then we move on to
the reason why the book is named so, and Chetan makes quite a convincing
argument for that one, and then we delve into his mind till we reach the The
Long Short Story of Kabir-Sonia.
Writing about
this book is a challenge in itself because Chetan has used brevity to convey
his message. Each of the quotes in the book are a story in themselves and you
cannot but imagine the grey between the lines. For example, “Instagram has
made more photographers than Canon or Nikon ever did.” And this is my favourite,
“In India, there are two types of people-Party AND Broker” and then it hits you, the idea behind the line
and this is true for each and every line in the book. Now coming to the twist
in the tale, The Long Short Story of Kabir-Sonia is a wonderfully
crafted love story between 2 people who beat the odds and made distance their
friend. This story deserves a special mention for the very fact that it felt
real, like I am watching it unfold and it was mesmerizing.
A
definite recommendation, grab a copy at the earliest!
Batman
takes away 4.38/5 from me.
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