The Sky is Falling

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The recorded news of the BCCI meeting on the recent world cup debacle of Indian cricket was flashing in the laptop. Ravi Shastri, Sharad Pawar, Whatmore and to surprise Viv Richards faces were flashing on the screen. I was eyeing on the sketches of the story on the meeting. But was keen on completing the book I was seldom reading for the past two weeks. I was in the edge of the chapters and wanted to complete. It was really tough to read the binded piles of paper after quiet sometime. But the author compels you to do so due to the journey he takes you through.

The novel I was on was "The sky is falling" by "Sidney Sheldon". The story was about a TV journalist solving a murder mystery of an entire family. Dana Evans was the main character around which the story revolves and the story is about the murder of Winthrop family. The story has a good plot, paced move and makes you to read the next chapter after completing one. The language used is not subtle and makes the reader comfortable. The novel has several twists with right mixture of imagination, suspense and fiction. I was really impressed with the relation and logical reason it has for every point referred. It was really a pleasure to read this thriller and it has the advantage of you getting into the mid of the story. It makes as if you are watching all the happenings undoubtfully. That’s the success of the novel.

I dare not comment on Sheldon as his accolades speak about. He can be referred as a Hi tech Rajesh Kumar who is famous in writing Tamil crime pocket novels. What is interesting about Sheldon is the way he approaches each sequence in the novel and he obligates the reader to finish the novel at a stretch. The language he uses is lucid and lively to the situation. "I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down," he explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter." Yeah! this carves the key for his booming stories. Luckily read his novel from the place where he was born :-)

Meanwhile SPB is really troubling me a lot and causing me to tap my feat always. SPB introduction songs are the most welcomed and suited for a Rajini movie. The good thing about it is it exactly fits Rajini on screen and most appealing when he sings the introduction song which always holds a message to society. The song "Sooriyanum Santhiranum yaar" from the latest hot flick "Shivaji – The Boss" is the one disturbing and the top in my play list. It’s awesome! Balelaka!!