Navarasa
Vinaya Patil
2018
Half Baked Beans
pp. 98
Navarasa by Vinaya Patil is a collection of short stories. As the title suggests, the stories depict the nine moods. A brief anecdotal story precedes each short story, sort of serving as a prologue. Each prologue is a super short story in itself though. I found the prologues as interesting as the short stories themselves.
Vinaya Patil
2018
Half Baked Beans
pp. 98
Navarasa by Vinaya Patil is a collection of short stories. As the title suggests, the stories depict the nine moods. A brief anecdotal story precedes each short story, sort of serving as a prologue. Each prologue is a super short story in itself though. I found the prologues as interesting as the short stories themselves.
There is a very everyday
quality to it. The book served a reminder to me that we come across the nava
rasas in our everyday life, even though at times life seems to
be predominant of one mood. The book is a gentle nudge towards living life with
awareness of the different rasas in
it. To not forget to laugh, to cry, to love and to live…
quality to it. The book served a reminder to me that we come across the nava
rasas in our everyday life, even though at times life seems to
be predominant of one mood. The book is a gentle nudge towards living life with
awareness of the different rasas in
it. To not forget to laugh, to cry, to love and to live…
The stories are light and refreshing. Although I usually don’t
enjoy short stories much, this one turned out to be a good read. I would have
missed out on good writing had I not picked up this one. I liked the one
on Adbhuta Rasa the best. But I think every reader would find
a different favourite in it.
enjoy short stories much, this one turned out to be a good read. I would have
missed out on good writing had I not picked up this one. I liked the one
on Adbhuta Rasa the best. But I think every reader would find
a different favourite in it.
Overall a good read. At less than a hundred pages, I think this a readable book
for everyone. I was able to read it in one sitting.
for everyone. I was able to read it in one sitting.