Story of Tublu : A Review

Apr 9
NabanitaDhar

Source: Goodreads
Title: Story of Tublu – An amazing journey called life
Author: Jahid Akhtar
About the Author (From Goodreads):

Jahid Akhtar is a software developer by profession. He was born and brought up in Assam and resides in Bangalore with his wife Anjali and their little daughter, Jia. Jahid enjoys writing about some unforgettable moments, in his blog tiled ‘Flashbacks’
http://jahidakhtar.blogspot.com/
Book Blurb (From Goodreads):

Devastated by the floods, Bipin and his little boy Tublu move to a faraway land, where they meet the Sharma’s. This marks the beginning of a long and enduring relationship between Bipin and the Sharma’s, and the growing friendship of their children Tublu and Maina. The book captures the journey of this friendship through childhood to adolescence and into adulthood. From some interesting school and college humor, the story progresses on and develops into a mature narrative. As years pass, Tublu’s plain and silent crush on Maina develops into deep love and longing for Maina which bears the potential to conquer all of life’s challenges. The story has its share of drama, that entertains; humor, that makes one reminisce; love, friendship and emotions that defines the amazing journey that is, life.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssem-SCO8ZE

Now for my view:

This wonderful book has been lying in my bag for about a month now, accompanying me to office and even to the doctor’s. But due to heath issues, I just couldn’t get myself to reading it. If you have been a regular on my blog, you’ll know what a month without reading means to me. Well, it spells dread and depression in the same breath because I simply cannot imagine whirling away precious time. And that too without discovering a new book or story. But I guess the past month was an exception. And hence I must first apologize to Jahid for taking so much time to review his book. Sorry Jahid!
Being a regular reader of Jahid’s work on his blog, I knew ‘Story of Tublu’ would not disappoint and disappointed me it not. The book is described by Jahid as an amazing journey called life and I must add it is an equally enjoyable reading experience as well. And what’s even better is that Jahid’s book helped me break out from my reading rut!
There are purists who believe that a good book must have heavy words to woe readers but I believe otherwise. It’s not so much the vocabulary as the narration, simplicity and honestly of storytelling that is important. Jahid, to me, belongs to that category of writers who have it in them to spin yarns with such candor that you can’t help but get involved with the plot and characters.
For me ‘Story Of Tublu’ is a tale of emotions, relationships and growing up. And yes most definitely a beautiful depiction of all that is life. What I liked is the effortlessness with which Jahid took us through different stages of Tublu’s life.
Now, if I have to pick one thing that I didn’t like about the story, I won’t be able to pick any. But about the book, I can say perhaps the editing could have been better? But don’t get me wrong, seeing a fellow blogger realizing his dream of authoring a book gives me immense satisfaction. I feel so excited, almost as if this is my book. Hence, I cannot be anything but happy for Jahid and wish him all the best for more books in the future.
To fairly conclude, this book is the coming of age tale of a simple Indian boy in a very middle class setting told without any pretentious embellishments. So, if you do get a chance do pick it up for a read and let me know your thoughts about it.
Grab a copy here: Flipkart

8 thoughts on “Story of Tublu : A Review”

  2. I liked the book as well. But, at the same time, I pointed out a few drawbacks in my review. The editing issue, as you've said, is one of them.

    Really happy for him as a fellow blogger 🙂

  3. Good review, Naba! Having read some of Jahid's 'flashbacks' on his blog I can imagine that this book must also be a delightful reading. Perhaps some day I will pick it up, but as you know reading fiction is not something I have been doing lately. All the best to Jahid! Congratulations.

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