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Name of Book : Bridging The Gap (Collection of stories)
Author : Rachna Vinod
Publisher : Inkalab Pulication, Mumbai
Pages : 54
Price : Not Mentioned but e-book edition free
“Bridging The Gap” is a collection of stories in English and has been authored by renowned writer Rachna Vinod. It is also in e-book format as well which can be accessed without any cost.
This book under review contains seven stories in an innovative style of writing laying emphasis on needs for communication among different human beings to carry on smoothly for happy relationships. The innovation is the very first story which further has six parts narrating, first person hitherto unknown true life account of a person very well known to us. That’s the surprise element! It is well known that the need for communication has always been very crucial factor for a healthy society. Whether it is love for the nation when a youngster leaves his higher education midway following call of the nation to join Army as ‘ Narrative of A Soldier or serving agonizing,
Partition of the country as in ‘She and He’ or effect and importance of changing values in family structure and love for fellow beings as title story ‘Bridging the Gap, the unique freshness of the stories make an interesting and efficacious read.
Twist & Turn
The story ‘Nuance of Nature’ which was adjudged the best story in online contest, it emphasizes the importance of co-existence. ‘Unshaken Faith’ set in beautiful scenic beauty maintains our faith in the Supreme Power while, the ‘Elated Vibes’ successfully keeps the suspense about emotions of the main characters.
The story titled: ‘Road-Widening’ is another example of the faith in Divinity and courageous spirit for survival. Without dwelling on right or wrong, the flow of thought is left by the author to the imagination of the readers.
Impressive Style
Written in simple, easy to understand impressive style, the stories reflect the sensitivity in depicting various relations, which is a distinctive style of writing of Rachna Vinod.
Married to Capt. Vinod Kumar Gupta, ex- MD of J&K Finance Corporation (Retd.), granddaughter of Lala Mulk Raj Saraf, popularly known as Father of Journalism and youngest daughter of Om Prakash Saraf , journalist. She carries the onus of her rich legacy very gracefully. As regards her professional aspect, she has served All India Radio for over 23 years and then took voluntary retirement. A keen widely traveller, she has been writing extensively.
Good Reading Material
A prolific writer in prose and poetry, Rachna Vinod has been contributing to Daily Excelsior and other newspapers and periodicals. So far, she has authored twelve books in English, Hindi, Urdu and Dogri besides making literary contribution to twenty five anthologies. Her story characters do not confine to any particular region, religion or culture. Some of the books authored by her include: “Mere Hamsafar”, Urdu poetry book, “Eternal Heritage”, English poetry, “Ankahi Sargam”, Hindi poetry, “Yasmin-e-sugandh”, an Urdu poetry, Shahada Aisha, a poetry book in English, 6 – Lotus Lore, short stories in English “Adya Madya Geeten Bharya”, a Dogri poetry , “Madhya Ratrik Kshan”, Hindi short stories .
Bridging The Gap, stories in English is her fourth e-book of 77 pages and has been published by Inkalaab Prakashan, Mumbai which is available free on Google Play Store in addition to its availability on Amazon and flipkart. I have gone through this book and found it interesting.
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