The first thing
that will attract you to the book is the front page is Kunal's face showing an unintended innocence - a face that is going to
make you get stuck to the book like the Fevicol advertisement that you see in
the TV channels. I really don't know under what category should we classify
this book? Is it a comedy, a living biography, an emotional narration? Frankly,
it is a mixture of everything - like a diary you maintain daily and pick the
days that form the highlights, stitch them together and present it as a book.
Not many of us
will have events that we can relish from the past. Even if we have, it mostly
will be one of the naughty things that we did during the childhood days as
narrated by our father or mother. I feel really jealous that Kunal has such a
wonderful set of events in his life that he lists throughout the book very
rapturously! Even for those of us who don't remember many things, the first kiss would be an unforgettable event
:-). Even if you had forgotten (let us assume we had) Kunal will certainly
bring back those memories when you read his kiss with Ishani! Okay! :-) (Kissing has some many special places in this book, if that is enough
to inspire you to read this book).
If you are
interested in dating, Kunal has (a set of well researched) 12 points to help
you there as well! The chapter I love the most is "Dinner with Dad" -
A neat, to-the-point presentation on the most useful life lessons that one can
hear from his father! Especially, "Disarm
with a Smile" & Standup when it
counts" are peculiar lessons for every one of us on how to handle
two similar situations, but not losing our cool & not being disrespected!
I am sure lot of
us bobble, and I am sure you will agree by means of bobbling when you read
Kunal explaining about bobbling! :-) There are many emotional moments too -
like the moment with father before he boards the flight to the US (and he makes
it quickly funny by explaining how he was meddling with the TV in the first
class coach :-)), and the departing moment with Dziko. Kunal also presents
"Always Joy" - the little boy that lives inside him by means of a
poem (?!) . Yeah, every one of has this little boy inside us, that we will
realize when we read this! Festivals are special and Kunal adds fun in his own
way while narrating them too!
The language used
in this book is a cool, down-to-earth, easy narration that you will feel that K
sits in front of you and narrates you his life (I promise, this is not another
office meeting scheduled just immediately post lunch where everyone feels sleepy
and watching others to check if he is the only one feeling sleepy)
What do I love
the most in this book (and you will too): A
Thought Recorded on an Aeroplane Cocktail Napkin - a page that you see
once in 20 or so pages, that reflects on life and will inspire you a lot!
I just clarified
the doubt that I myself had raised in the beginning of this review - Under
which category should I classify this book? I realized that, even if you want
to read essays in this book (or pages) randomly, there is no page that is left
without having some kind of fun in it, there is no page that will not make you
laugh at least to a little extent when you read it, and there is no page where
you will not be able to separate Kunal and fun! So, let us classify this book
under "Fun, laugh, or whatever makes you happy and feel elated!"
I am pretty sure as you read through the book, you will enjoy as much as I did, recalling
the petty instances that happened in your own lives!
