A Country for Men by Rohit Kumar Singh Jadon : A Review

 

BOOK TITLE: A Country for Men

ISBN: 9781629519067

AUTHOR: Rohit Kumar Singh Jadon

GENRE: Non Fiction

NUMBER OF PAGES: 150

FORMAT: PDF

SERIES / STANDALONE: Standalone

REVIEW BY: Dhivya Balaji

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20539669-dhivya-balaji

HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: The author sent us a copy for review.

REVIEW:

          Most of the times it is really hard to come by a book that doesn’t involve all the critical elements required to make it a bestseller, but still becomes a book to treasure. ‘A Country for men’ is one such book. In the title, the author conveys the essence of the whole book in a single phrase containing four words. Yes, this is a book about how India has become (or always was and is) a country for men.

          It is time India woke up to the harsh and ugly side of the reality. Rohit has done a wondrous job in compiling the facts as such to present to the nation what it must have read by itself, already, over the years. But for most parts, the book proves to be a shocking narrative. Something about the way the author presents these facts is what makes me want to read this.

          Details previously written and unwritten in media previously, both visual and print, have been included in the book. The other side of every sensational story has been presented in a readable digest. This book is not something to cringe from. It is actually what every literate Indian must read, even if he/she has diligently followed the newspapers and expressed shock, regret (like one advocate general who has done in this book) where it was due.

          This book is sort of an inside story. Of what really happened. What you can read is not actually a collection of news articles or sensational press. The book is actually a detailed story of the families of the victims and the perpetrators. Of what happened and what led to these brutal incidents. They are shown for what they are. They are girls with aspirations, dreams, with intelligence, talents and as whole beings, not as items of sensation and piece of news in papers, forgotten as the week passed.

          It is not usually my practice to quote authors. But I find it appropriate to quote here just to tell you what you should expect from this book. Here are few excerpts,

·        “Well I could be lying here, creating sensation with my words in order to make you read this book. But all you have to do is to go on Google.com and find it out yourself whether or not I’m exaggerating the condition.”

·        “It is a culture that believes that the worst aspect of rape is the defilement of the victim, who will no longer be able to find a man to marry her — and that the solution is to marry the rapist.”

·        “But no nothing is going to get better, 40 rapes registered in Delhi in the last 15 days of 2012 while the protest was going on against the Delhi gang rape case in capital.”

·        “This book might be considered as a good read by some and few might think of it as rubbish. But I haven’t written this to become a literal success. I wrote this so that people should know what is going on with the women of this country. I want women not to suffer; I want them to stand up against the exploitation.”

·        “I wouldn’t mind if people would throw this book in the trash cans after reading but I will appeal everyone to spare just a moment to think about everything one just read”.

WHAT I LIKED: The boldness of the author in touching a subject most people would shrink or shy away from.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:  

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This book is a presentation of facts. For the first time in the history of the blog, I am not writing anything in this column. Its time India woke up to dealing with a mighty ugly monster.

VERDICT:

Classifying this book as a must read in the literary sense is difficult.

But this is a book every man must read to protect the women of his family and respect other women as family.

This is a book every woman must read to know that they are not alone in this fight, and there are ways to come out and be heard.

RATING: (Again intentionally left blank, as rating is demeaning this book)

But, again, the book is given a full 5/5, for the efforts of the author in bringing out something that most men feel queasy to even talk about.

ADDITIONAL LINKS TO FOLLOW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ADEuQ5ufs

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rohit Kumar Singh Jadon (RKSJ) has always taken a keen interest in travelling and the questions about life, which are hard to answer. An engineer by profession and a writer by passion; after being in and out of many jobs his passion have taken over his profession and he is now totally driven towards writing. After the success of his first book, he has written a much bolder book. This book is all about the injustice the women of this country face every day.

EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Paperback, digital.

PRICE: Rs.130

BOOK LINKS: http://www.homeshop18.com/country-men/author:rohit-kumar-singh-jadon/books/political-science/product:31027975/cid:10939