Every one of us comes with some kind of a passion. Even if we do not come with such a passion, we develop one over a period of time. For some, the passion could be a sport, for some others, it could be business, for others, it could me many different things. Many a time, as it normally happens and we have seen, this passion slows down or even dies with time. It could be because of a lot of factors - family, work pressure, health etc., There are only few people that cross all the difficulties, follow their passion diligently no matter what comes on their way and emerge successful. And, this success that means and tastes differently than what we call as success traditionally. Precisely, this is what Vishwas brings out in his fiction "Losing My Religion".
Rishi Rai, the character that Vishwas chose to depict this and more, takes us all through what I will call "a brilliant presentation" of "Secret of Success"! Most of us will agree that what we are today is very different from what we wanted to be, when we crossed our Class 10 or 12! Vishwas tells us a lesson through Rishi. We have often heard that travel makes us feel better. This book stresses that point. The central theme of the book is entrepreneurship. Kudos to the author for not deviating from this theme. Whether it is the game company, or selling coconut, the author brings out this theme throughout the book consistently. The language and the flow are good. Especially, I liked the introduction very much. (I think use of explicit words could be minimized to some extent).
What I thought could be different or better: A fiction while have to keep the audience sitting on the edge and not have spoilers, it better should not surprise (not blacked out) the audience suddenly also. During the actual competition between Wolf's and Rishi's team, I felt it would have been better if the author had left some clues that Rishi's team is working behind the scenes.
The specialty of the book lies in connecting the dots beautifully from the start till the end. Bringing Kumbh Mela in and the business face of it aligns beautifully to the theme (the SMS examples are a little too much and I do not like them, but I do like using the Naga saint for promoting it!). The choice of characters, their introduction, their names are just perfect!Vishwas has done lot of groundwork to understand the business aspects in India and in the US and has presented it in the best manner!
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