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Not Too Dreamy... Close To Reality (Book Review)

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Book: The American Indian Dream
Author: Pranay Sahu
Publisher: Half Baked Beans

I received this book from HBB via Goodreads and the first thing that caught my eye was the name of the book. The American (striked out) Indian Dream, something indeed very new.

The plot is fresh and I must appreciate the research the author has done be it in terms of the activities in the Guru's ashram, the simple things involved in the lifestyle of different cities mentioned or the entrepreneurship and also the insides of media/journalism.


The beginning of the story reminded me of Karan Bajaj's writing. His books 'Johnny Gone Down' and 'The Seeker' reflects similar essence of the raising the curiosity about the protagonist’s life, which was going smooth and then what went wrong. 

In this book, the protagonist Roshan wanted to pursue his career rather ambition in U.S. and it took him great efforts to change his mind and adapt to his situation and pursue his dream in India. The back and forth or the past and present narrative is interestingly carved to keep the readers hooked. Everything was fine, but suddenly one decision took a toll on his career, life and future. He carved a flourishing business from nothing, now will this one event destroy everything??? That's for the readers to fine out :)

What shouldn’t have been in the book, a few grammatical errors; for an example repeated word like ‘started begun' or repetition of few facts/ sentences could have been seriously avoided.
  
Overall, the story which is based in today’s urban set-up, feels very real and practical. It can easily happen to you or me.  

My rating: 3 stars
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