Sukanya Roy
Book Title : Smiles and Tears: Journey of a woman
‘Smiles and Tears: Journey of a Woman’ is an amazing and prodigious collection of 13 stories. Each story belongs to the real-life experiences of a woman. The life journey of the author has gone through various ups and downs. The turns of life are knitted with words that catered to readers. Along with all the diversified reading experience, the book gives some purposeful messages to live life at its full. ‘God always has some plans’, and this spontaneously motivates the readers. Some moments are exciting whereas some are emotional. This is the beauty of ‘Smiles and Tears’ that’s glistering from it in every story. ‘Smiles and Tears’ is woven with emotions and designed with affection. A complete package to get the ecstasy by mere reading! A word about some stories. a) Last letter to husband: Marriage is often seen as a national passion. Without marriage, there is no existence of life. Being an Indian woman, we are not able to make decisions, and a decision like marriage is determined by our elders. ‘Last letter to husband’ is a story where a girl talks about her marital journey, where she takes the most important decision of her life i.e. “to step out of a marriage where respect and love don’t exist”. b) Acceptance: It is the story of a friendship. “Bindu” belongs to Hijra Community far from being a perfect society. I find the beautiful connection in the imperfect world, where I meet the most beautiful persons “Chahat & Bindu” and I am blessed to have such wonderful friends in my life who taught me the power of words in life. Cheers to friendship!!! c) God’s World: Ashutosh a construction worker, taught me pondering about life. People often end up with the consideration of luxurious life, but it is God’s world that we must make happy instead of running after money and materialistic world.
