“Like it happened yesterday” by Ravinder Singh is a tale of his life, which has been described by him in a minute detail. In my context, it should have never happened, especially by an experienced author like Ravinder Singh as he is expected to bring out something substantial with a good writing style. Here in the book, the narration falls flat and when compared with his previous works I would rather like to read them once again. Read out this write-up to know more flaws and unexpected things which made me think if really the best selling author, Ravinder Singh has penned this novel.
His previous works like ‘I Too Had A Love Story’ was spur-of-the-moment book with some sincerity, while his other book ‘Can Love Happen Twice?’ was premeditated along with overly dramatic elements, but with ‘Like It Happened Yesterday’, the author has come out with the worst, which I want to regard it as a strained and futile attempt and gives me an impression about the author’s situation if he has written this book on the gunpoint.
He epilogue sounds you great and provide you with a sincere portrayal of his life story. In three pages, his effort to grab the interest of readers succeeds, but with the turning of pages you will feel like you have been deceived.
“The story in this book is about those days when mobile phones, Internet and ATM cards hadn’t yet invaded lives. It is of the time when Doordarshan was the only available channel on the Indian Television sets…” Sounds a little clichéd, right?
He has just picked out some instances from his childhood memories and put them into black and white in the worst possible manner, just for the heck of writing a novel. When talking about plot…sorry guys there isn’t any. The story has missed the common notion, of intertwining different episodes in a thread called plot, which results in missing the connection between the consecutive chapters.
However, the only positive or substantial thing which I found in the book is that it has addressed
social issues like child exploitation, peer pressure, and has given emphasis upon developing one the personality of an individual.
There are some scenes which have been exaggerated, yet the book fails to make a connection with the readers. This so-called novel, Like It Happened Yesterday is nothing more than an assortment of low-grade short stories. After reading this half-hearted effort of Ravinder Singh, I was neither happy nor sad, I was just frustrated for wasting my time on this book.
This is my personal review, but the die-hard fans of Ravinder Singh out there, do not feel disappointed as there are times when we tend to do mistakes. No worries as you may like this book even, with your different point of views.
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