Tuesday 29 August 2017

The Age of Aspiration by Devinder Sharma - Book Review

Devinder sharma novel


Book Name- The Age of Aspiration 

Author- Devinder Sharma 

Publisher- Invincible Publishers 

Blurb- 

The growth of the Indian software industry is a success story rarely witnessed in the world and an election issue for Donald Trump. Admired by some, envied by others and inspiration for many countries "The Age of Aspiration" (Story of Indian Entrepreneurship) deals with the seeding of the Indian software industry and thus dawns the Age of Aspiration for millions of Indian youth and traces the life of Ajay a software engineer from a small backward village to becoming a software entrepreneur. From his coming of age to being the youngest head of a department to a roving ambassador for his company, he relates as an observer and a commentator of the important events during 1998 to 2004. It will fire reader's imagination as it takes him through his entrepreneurship, phoenix moments, management of sexual desires, mastering moods, an advocate of the principle of Oneness, sense for rightness and justice and remain untarnished by success. 

Review- 

The Age of Aspirations is an interesting story about entrepreneurship. This story talks about Ajay's (the protagonist's) life right from his struggling days to his success. It talks about his college life and his work life. 

Reading a brief account of somebody's life is something that interests me. I get to know the person very well. I know about his struggles, his sacrifices, his success and his life. I find inspiration in such books. This book too did the same to me. The protagonist seemed like a familiar person. 

The story has been narrated in third person narrative. The language is lucid and the book is rich in vocabulary. The manner in which the story has been narrated tells you how good the author is with the language. The author has introduced the characters in the story at the beginning of the novel. I found it very thoughtful on author's part to do the same as there are many characters and there is a possibility that the readers might get confused about them. 

The novel is a good read. It's inspiring. However, I didn't like the typesetting and layout of this novel. There are many long paragraphs which were a turnoff for me. 

I rate: 
Cover- 3/5 
Characters- 4/5 
Story- 4/5 

My overall rating for The Age of Aspiration is 4/5 stars.

You can buy your copies on Amazon.

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