Tale 0' 12 by Biranchi N Acharya

The Author:

Biranchi Narayan Acharya published his first book 'Encounter with wisdom' in December 2014. He writes in various platforms including newspapers and blogs. He can be reached at infobnacjarya@gmail.com

The Blurb:

Every life event is a story. In fact every moment of our life is part of a story being happened. We always ignore those because we think stories have no connection to real life happenings. But when we read stories or fictions suddenly we connect ourselves to the story-line or some of the characters emotionally or otherwise. That's why stories always fascinate us, entertain us & give us some lessons of life. 'Tale O' 12' is a collection of twelve stories inspired from real life events written in a fictional narrative. One would definitely connect to the characters of the stories someway or other because all the stories have something that's related to everyone's life.

The Cover Page:

The cover page is not bad. It very clearly gives the message that the book has twelve stories. It could have been better if some other background related to stories had been used instead of the clock. Yet, as I said it’s OK, I might pick it up from the book shelf and read the blurb to find out more.

What I Felt About the Book

Short stories are always a gem to read and many times, they do leave a lasting impression on the reader's mind and heart. When I read the blurb, I was excited to read the stories which were inspired from real life. No doubt real life is much more dramatic and adventurous than we can ever imagine or read about.

All twelve stories actually looked very much from day to day life events and thus justified the summary.

What I liked about the book:

1. Language – The simplicity of words and language makes it easy for the reader to connect with the stories.
2. Ability to connect - All the twelve stories narrated by the author Biranchi N Acharya are very ordinary and any ordinary person would definitely relate to some or the other.
3. Choice of morals – Each story very clearly shouts some moral to the readers. The lessons thus sent across are very much needed and appreciated in present era.

What I did not like about the book:

1. Too much wisdom – Personally, I read books for pleasure. This is the reason I prefer fiction. Knowledge and wisdom if gathered along with the entertainment is like icing on the cake. So, the long and detailed insights about various topics did lead me to a bit of boredom.
2. Spelling mistakes – I can recall two instances of a misspelled word (“clean ‘saved’ face”) in two different stories. This can always be because of the auto-correct feature in all editors, but then editor and proof readers must have come to the rescue.

Out of twelve stories, I have following two as my favourites:

‘Why Lesson For Lessons?’ – Absolutely simple story which can me a remake of one of the classic moral stories titled ‘The Greedy Woodcutter”.

“Fear and Danger” – A decent read which leaves the reader to decide the lesson learnt upon himself. I did felt like reading a short story in newspaper though.

‘The Story of Snehalata’ and ‘An Accident I Never Forget’ both had a bit of emotional quotient silently giving a slap on cruel and selfish mindset of society.

The stories might interest readers who like reading about politics. The readers looking for some inspiration on various topics like politics, religion, society etc. would definitely like it. Insightful debates over different subjects would also be interesting for their target audience.

Even after few favourites, but I am disappointed with the book. Some stories had so much scope but just ended up being predictable. I so hate to write this, I did not even finished reading some of the stories. May be, they did not fit into my cup of tea.

The Book can be brought from following links:

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