Mango People in Banana Republic | Book Review

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Mango People in Banana Republic
Author: Vishak Shakti
Pages:  237



Mango People in Banana Republic is a story about Ravi Bhalerao who works as a Strategy Consultant with of the bigger firm and is suffering from fistula. He is not satisfied with his job and feels that his life is lacking purpose and with this feeling he decides to leave his job and leave in search of the purpose which will give his life a purpose and satisfaction of doing something that will give his life a satisfaction of doing something purposeful instead of doing the same work every day.  In this hope he leaves everything behind and travels to various places finally landing in his home town where is touched by the life that the poor farmers are leading and he is driven to do something for them and help them to better their lives. In trying to help the farmers an event occurs which shouldn’t have occurred which leads him to cross paths with various activists, political parties, Maoists, Communists and spiritualists.
Anand Reddy, a former NASA scientist comes to India on a spiritual quest and visits various ashrams in search of true insight and freedom. He finally realizes that a person gets true realization from within and to be free from all the boundaries and be free man has to sacrifice greater things in life to achieve one’s wishes.  To know, if Ravi is finally successful in making his life purposeful and if he is successful in helping the poor plight of the farmers and if Anand Reddy is successful in his spiritual quest read Mango People in Banana Republic

My thoughts:

I liked the writing style of the author. The book was a roller coaster ride of emotions. The author has penned down the plight of farmers in our country very aptly. We get to see the true side the rural people lead where they don’t get the basic amenities and the Govt. policies made for the poor such as the employment schemes and the mid-day meal plan for the children also don’t serve the purpose for which they are set.  The book truly puts us to think if the people of our country are truly independent? Are promises actually kept by the authorities in this welfare state or they are just tell-tale statements? Overall, I liked the book and I am looking forward to read many books from the author.

Rating: 4/5

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

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