Her Resurrection by Soumyadeep Koley

About The Author:

Soumyadeep Koley is a graduate with Chemitry Honours and currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Psychology. Read more about him and his work at his Good reads profile.

The Blurb:

What is it like to be an unwanted girl-child in India? What is it like to be sexually harassed at a tender age of five? After being tricked and forced into prostitution, can such a woman fight back to emancipate herself from the unyielding shackles of that life, and intermingle with the ‘society?’ Or would she get lost in the sands of time like the ephemeral existence of a sand dune beset by a sandstorm?

So begins Maya’s story in the picturesque countryside of Maharashtra, where she grows up amidst cruelty and domestic violence, being an unwanted girl-child. Yet, like a lonesome beacon beset by sinister wilderness, she pursues her dreams of reaching the stars with her tiny wings. One night, a twist of fate triggers a series of incidents, when she loses everything she had—even her virginity.

Severely traumatized after her father’s death, her mother’s imprisonment, and her own gang-rape, Maya finds herself all alone in the streets of Mumbai, with wolves lurking around for raw flesh. She’s weary, but not wary. She has no sense of the fate that awaits her. What follows, would change her life forever, as also yours, as her heart wrenching, yet inspiring story echoes through time.

Inspired by true stories of survivors and real life events, ‘Her Resurrection’ bravely paints an appalling picture of the society. Heartbreaking, hopeful and immensely healing at the same time, this emotional roller-coaster through dreams, tragedy and triumph is a moving tribute to womankind. Are you ready to embark on a transformational journey with Maya?

The Cover:

The cover page is very colourful and has done full justice to the plot. I would definitely pick it up atleast once if I see it in a bookshelf. 

About The Book:

 It's unfortunate and sad for any part of the world to have a fact that 'we have to fight for the rights of a girl child'. It's actually sad to fight for rights of any child irrespective of it's gender. The book takes the reader to a depressing but real world of cruel fate and tearful facts.

Her Resurrection took me straight inside the heart of a an innocent child, a mother, a teenager, a victim, a survivor and the Winner

Imagine a child telling her dream - "...I want to go to school and speak English like Gavaskar".

I was all smiles on reading this.  Its was such an innocent yet realistic dream. A dream which subsequently led Maya to dream more.

The story is so tragic and Maya is constantly failing with her luck. Yet the human nature to wish and  pray for better is very well visible in the story line.

What I Liked About The Book:

1.    The End: though some parts of book were predictable, yet I so loved the end. It was well constructed and beautifully written.

2.    The little dreams: The small dreams in the eyes of different characters were so real. Dream to speak English, dream to buy a SLR camera, the dream to own a Camera etc.

What I Did Not Like:

Only flaw I found was that some parts were just left behind without any conclusion. For example the so called court case and something which Maya's mother wanted to tell her someday.

Other than this, I was absolutely glued to the book till end.

 There were few gems which can be written anywhere in bold for motivational aura and some for their candid nature:

When a man is here having sex with us, you know, somewhere in a city, a girl is saved from being raped

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

 No matter how much life gets tough, stand up, pick up all your broken pieces and move on as the best is yet to come.

 No matter what else you do, put yourself first, and love yourself more than anyone else.

It’s never too late to realize your dreams.

 If you slap a lion, will it remain silent and un-aggressive? Go and stand at the back of a horse and slap its butt. Try to tickle an alley cat and see what happens. See, nothing in nature remains silent if you constantly hurt it, unless it's created defenceless.

...all problems in life are temporary, but suicide is permanent. It can never be a solution.

...a woman is never alone. When she is born, there is born with her a veritable, indomitable warrior. Together, they see, fight and endure so much—periods, childbirth, abortion, miscarriage, eve-teasing, rape, domestic violence, social stigma, breast cancer, trafficked into prostitution, being forced to renounce her dreams… Still why do we stereotype and say that men are stronger than women?

The book can be brought via following links:

Amazon Paperback                         Amazon Kindle Edition                       Her Resurrection (English)

Note: A PDF copy was sent to be for honest review