Men And Dreams In the Dhauladhar | Book Review

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Men And Dreams In the Dhauladhar
Pages: 284
Author: Kochery C. Shibu



Men & Dreams in the Dhauladhar is a story of three people Nanda, Khusru and Rekha and about a hydel power project. This hydel power project is in the remote Himalayas and brings different people from around the country together.
Nanda, an engineer and a Kalari practitioner which is a famous martial art form in Kerala. His family has a long unsettled feud with another local gang in Kerala and has resulted in several deaths in his family including his father, his uncles, and finally his own brother. He finally marries his deceased brother’s wife Nandinikutty. Nanda who didn’t want to be a part of this brutal fight and never ending race to kill becomes a part of this murderous rage and avenges his brother’s killers in a mob fight. From then on he is on run and changes various places and cities and finally finds himself a job as a site engineer in a dam construction project in Dhauladhar.
Khusru, a rugged Kashmiri youth is left towards destiny when is recruited by the enemy as one of ‘Allah’s fighters’ who later on is working as a labourer at the site. The terrorist organization who hired Khusru has planned something horrible.
Rekha, a doctor cum dancer, and madly in love with Khusru.
The snow capped peaks of the mighty mountain Dhauladhar stand as a silent witness as these people are moving towards achieving their dreams and each one hiding their secrets.
Will these terrorists be successful in achieving what they are willing to do? Will Nanda be able to overcome the problems that he is facing due to the local goons from Kerala? To know this read Men & Dreams in the Dhauladhar
My Thoughts:
The storyline is quite impressive and the characters and sub-characters are well developed, the mystery is maintained till the end. The background of the characters is in details which will enables the reader to develop a relationship with the characters. The thing that I didn’t like about the book is that there were too much technical details about the dam construction which would be difficult for a layman to understand and after a certain point it might get boring due to so much technical details. The climax would have been better and action filled but it was quite fast paced. But overall the story was a good read.

My Rating: 4/5 

 Disclaimer: I received this book from WritersMelon in exchange for my honest review.  

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