Book Review :Poonachi -The story of a black goat

Poonachi -The story of a  black goat

Written by Perumal Murugan

Poonachi,  is a little black she-goat who  survives the world, against all odds.

A human couple was given a black She goat by a stranger. Story moves on how the couple loves the goat kid like their own child and  raise her through various troublesome time. The story moves on with how slowly poonachi  reaches teenage time, her growth , maturity and henceforth. The story also talks about her motherhood, nurturing her kid and getting separated from them. Poonachi's life  and suffering including seperation from the one she loved can be easily connected to human's life and the society we live in.

This is my own opinion and I think this book should fall under classic category of our times.

Consider this little orphan goat as a girl. A Human girl name Poonachi. or even a goat with human emotions n then read the story. and you will understand how beautifully the author weaved the two together. An irony of a girl child getting born in rural areas. Difficulty  the girl faces n her family soon after her birth.The author also talks about the animals, the voiceless creature getting tortured , sacrificed and also castrated.

The book has been  translated extremely well, with easy english.
It will remind you of George Orwells  Animals Farm.
A sensitive potrayal of WOmen's life.


A must read book if you are from India or looking forward to understand life of a women in India from Rural areas.


Rating: 4/5

Book Review : Wake Up,Life is Calling By Preeti Shenoy

Wake up ! Life  is Calling. 

The story is  nothing special, YET gives a POWERFUL Message.  There are few book which leave you with positive thoughts about life, and here  is one such manual. An oversensitive person who gets suicidal thoughts often,  needs to read some of the important points  in this book over and over again like a manual.

This book reminds me of a bengali movie which I watched some years back called Hemlock Society- a school that teaches how to commit suicide with failing.  ( many a times suicide becomes unsuccessful and aspirant ends up in hospital with more problems around) 

There are many important lines in the book, but this one I found was  noteworthy.

We are not responsible for other people's actions. Those are choices they make. Can we control how other behave?  ....We do not control others. We only control our minds. We should do everything we can to keep it in check.

Ankita the protagonist suffers from Bipolar disorder  and was sent to the mental hospital by her parents. After curing she returned back to her normal life and joined creative course in Mumbai.  In her class library she discover a book  which is a suicide manual.This book digs her past out again and she is back to her fits.

How she comes out from it is the answer for many people in reality who suffers from past trauma.

Rating 4/5