Shikaari (Munim Asghar)- Novel Review by Shoby
Munim Asghar is a pleasant addition in the latest lot of writers. This teenage guy has writing talent in grand volumes. I just got to read his short novel Shikaari, based on social issues and here is my my analysis about it.
Shikaari starts of with a tragic incident in Yamna's life. One rainy night, her mother deceased and she became all alone in the big strange world. As written in the books of nature one of her aunt asks her to live with them and considering the difficulty of survival for an all alone girl in this society, she agrees to go with them and live with their family.
Meanwhile it is shown that Aasam who is everything but good murders a girl after ruining her life and he happens to be the younger son of Yumna's Khaala (aunt).
Yumna starts living with them and Taeb (elder son of Khaala) starts liking her for her innocent and pious personality. Aasam tries to get closer to her in order to take advantage with evil intentions and one day when everyone in the family are out for a wedding, he ruins Yumna, who in turn curse him that he has to face the justice when his sister will be trapped and ruined by someone else. Family members upon their return orders her to leave the house as they do not believe her claim about Aasam.
Justice comes into play and Aasam's sister also gets the same treatment from another guy and Aasam gets severely injured in a road accident, loosing both of his legs.
In the end, it is shown that Taeb gets closer to Yumna as Aasam seeks forgiveness from her.
Munim instantly engages you in the story from the very first sequence and makes you feel his visibility by stating such a strong monologue, "Usey laga, jaisey woh yakdam thanndi chaon se tapti dhoop mein aa khari ho." What a beautiful line to describe how the girl felt after the mother's demise.
A great lesson lies within almost every line of the novel. Munim's words explains the reality in a simple yet impressive manner. "Jo log nafs ke ghulaam hotey hain or khud ko nafs ke hawaley ker detey hain, woh darasal apni dunya o akhirat tabah kar rahey hotey hain... Aisey logon ke dilon per ALLAH moher laga deta hai, jo phir kuch dekhney sun'ney ke qabil naih rehtey".
Munim literally shocked me with his writing at places. See how beautifully he has used "Aasam" as a symbol of evil by saying, "Yeh to koi or thi... Shayad Aasam ki Maa". This is a quality of great writers that they create the novelty and derive their own proverbs and adjectives from their writings. Bravo Munim... Well done...
Munim's imagery and symbolism are superb even at this very tender age. His statement, "Woh dubara se tapti dhoop mein aa khari hui, jahan door tak koi saya na tha..." shows the acute and miserable conditions of Yamna and how uncertain she became after that incident.
Overall, this novel is a pleasant read. Although it tells a very simple story with a solid message in heart and there is nothing out of the box sort of unorthodox writing in it but it is certainly much above than what you expect from a new writer who is so young. I wish Munim all the best for his career and want him to write more of these sort of novels for the betterment of society.
Munim Asghar is a pleasant addition in the latest lot of writers. This teenage guy has writing talent in grand volumes. I just got to read his short novel Shikaari, based on social issues and here is my my analysis about it.
Shikaari starts of with a tragic incident in Yamna's life. One rainy night, her mother deceased and she became all alone in the big strange world. As written in the books of nature one of her aunt asks her to live with them and considering the difficulty of survival for an all alone girl in this society, she agrees to go with them and live with their family.
Meanwhile it is shown that Aasam who is everything but good murders a girl after ruining her life and he happens to be the younger son of Yumna's Khaala (aunt).
Yumna starts living with them and Taeb (elder son of Khaala) starts liking her for her innocent and pious personality. Aasam tries to get closer to her in order to take advantage with evil intentions and one day when everyone in the family are out for a wedding, he ruins Yumna, who in turn curse him that he has to face the justice when his sister will be trapped and ruined by someone else. Family members upon their return orders her to leave the house as they do not believe her claim about Aasam.
Justice comes into play and Aasam's sister also gets the same treatment from another guy and Aasam gets severely injured in a road accident, loosing both of his legs.
In the end, it is shown that Taeb gets closer to Yumna as Aasam seeks forgiveness from her.
Munim instantly engages you in the story from the very first sequence and makes you feel his visibility by stating such a strong monologue, "Usey laga, jaisey woh yakdam thanndi chaon se tapti dhoop mein aa khari ho." What a beautiful line to describe how the girl felt after the mother's demise.
A great lesson lies within almost every line of the novel. Munim's words explains the reality in a simple yet impressive manner. "Jo log nafs ke ghulaam hotey hain or khud ko nafs ke hawaley ker detey hain, woh darasal apni dunya o akhirat tabah kar rahey hotey hain... Aisey logon ke dilon per ALLAH moher laga deta hai, jo phir kuch dekhney sun'ney ke qabil naih rehtey".
Munim literally shocked me with his writing at places. See how beautifully he has used "Aasam" as a symbol of evil by saying, "Yeh to koi or thi... Shayad Aasam ki Maa". This is a quality of great writers that they create the novelty and derive their own proverbs and adjectives from their writings. Bravo Munim... Well done...
Munim's imagery and symbolism are superb even at this very tender age. His statement, "Woh dubara se tapti dhoop mein aa khari hui, jahan door tak koi saya na tha..." shows the acute and miserable conditions of Yamna and how uncertain she became after that incident.
Overall, this novel is a pleasant read. Although it tells a very simple story with a solid message in heart and there is nothing out of the box sort of unorthodox writing in it but it is certainly much above than what you expect from a new writer who is so young. I wish Munim all the best for his career and want him to write more of these sort of novels for the betterment of society.
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