Review :Men And Dreams In the Dhauladhar

Men and Dreams in the Dhauladhar
Author: Kochery C Shibu
Publisher: Niyogi Publishers
Page: 284
Price Rs 395 available at amazon.

The story starts with  Nanda an engineer from Kerala and also a Kalari warrior, set to work in a hydel power plant  in a remote village called Dhauladhar  which nestled in Himalayas .Nanda  has a dark past which he wants to escape.

Khusru  the second character,a native from the village of Kashmir finds himself joining terror group, who plans to blow up the power plant .
The third character was Rekha who is a doctor by profession and has a passion for kathak dance. She longs for someone who would make her feel loved. She  meets Khusru and  fall in love with each other and  elopes. They hide in the site. Fate brings the three together and their story gets interconnected.Will there dream come true?  Will  Khusru and his terror gang succeed in blowing up the power plant?
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My views:

• The background story  of each character was depicted minutely.The details helped in understanding the three character and their connection with the story. From Kerala to Kashmir I could definitely feel the essence  of the character's native place.
•  The local language was something I loved reading  except the Hindi slangs. Language blended with the description of each place whether it is Kerala or Kashmir
• My favourite character was Nanda. I enjoyed reading about his family background and their culture of Kalari Art. 
• The author depicted the real struggle of the  construction worker after doing much research.
•  The technical portion which was extremely researched by the author was little  tedious for a layman like me to understand.
• Some of the part was unnecessarily stretched.It made the story more like a document.
• There were too many side characters which at times got  confusing.
• Would have enjoyed more if the climax was little more detailed.
• Overall the book was an easy to read with beautiful description of the mountains. 

would I recommend this book? Yes definately, if you enjoy technical fiction grab this book.

Rating: 3.8/5

A big thank you to the author for sending me a copy of the book.