BOOK REVIEW- THOSE WERE THE DAYS BY N. S. RAVI.

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Title- Those Were The Days.
Author- N. S. Ravi.
Publisher: Frog Books (An imprint of Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd.)
Language: English
Pages-  249 pages.
Cost- : Rs. 195.
ISBN: 9789352013050

 About the Author: N. S. Ravi holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and has had a distinguished and chequered career in senior positions in public and private sector enterprises dealing in jewellery, infrastructure and textiles and apparel in Europe, Africa and India. He speaks Tamil, Hindi, English and French. 
Ravi is married and has two children. 
‘Those Were the Days’ is his debut non-fiction work.
He can be reached at nuranisravi@yahoo.co.uk

 Blurb: I get frustrated when I hear my own people criticizing India. I feel sad when I realize that more than half of the Indian population is unaware of what we have achieved in the recent past. It is unfortunate that we seniors along with the government have jointly failed to make our younger generation know how great this country is. We teach them about Ramayana, Mahabharata and few selected leaders during the independence movement. We name all our new schemes after one or two leaders as if they were the only ones who did everything. India is more than just few leaders. India has been a movement which assimilates everything which comes into contact with it and it is people who live here who make it happen. The last fifty years have seen tumultuous changes world over. These have had vibrations in India as well. Let us re-live these years.


 Review-
Here the author has made the plot in a unique way and the story is uncommon. Rarely authors write such books and he is one of them. The story speaks for itself and wants to prove that India is not just a developing nation but even more than that which many people fail to understand and continue to criticize their very own motherland, their very own country.
The story is one of a kind and totally different. While reading the book one would get the patriotic feeling within them and enjoy it, even if you were the one criticizing your country some moment or the other. Here he has shown his love for his country which is never ending. He tries hard to make people realize that India is more than what we think, there are her own achievements which we need to see and stop pointing out the drawbacks and continue criticizing. 
The main aim of the author here is to make the present generation realize about the progress India made in different areas over the last few years. Through this book, he leaves out a message for the youth about the steady growth of our nation.
The narration is done in a good way and the book is in easy English which stands out to be a plus point.
The title is catchy and leaves you to think what the story would be.
The cover depicts the plot of the story and is very appealing.
The blurb does its job and takes you on the short journey of the content of the book.
The book is unique in its own way.

 Rating- 4/5 :)

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