Meenaxi's Muse

Meenakshi M Singh #1BookRead #100BooksPact2016 #FlightofHilsa A satiating and beautiful read with the hangover. Flight of Hilsa evokes the Hilsa within the reader in pursuit of purpose and happiness in one’s life. Bringing forward the truth about love, be it with a lover, parents, friend or with life, weaved beautifully through the journey of Avantika, the protagonist , reader is compelled to introspect. “It’s easy to be Kabir than Buddha” pushed me to think and the “basis of love is Faith” is so reassuring. Also it’s a story of an artist who faces the dilemma of choosing the path of heart or what the world preaches, to get tamed, a conflict between the idealism and materialism. Any artist can resonate and relate to the life story of Avantika and it builds the belief on staying true to the heart and earning love than sheer material. Loved the mystic, romantic and philosophic exchange between the Captain and the woman. How the story builds the bias strongly about a community ...