“Everything that we
see, observe, sense and do is all pre-scripted. The future is pre-scripted as
well. The next page of this invisible script of destiny gets unfolded in front
of us and we simply play to its tunes, perceiving that we are the doers when we
are not.”
Feeling frustrated that your future can’t be in your own
hands? That it’s not you, that matters because it’s all written already?
Destiny, a word I love immensely makes me immune to my surroundings because I know
I’ll reach where am supposed to be. But at the same time, I am scared as much
any human being shall be; scared of my unknown circumstances, scared of the
unknown in short.
When it is all pre-written as said, what do I need to do? How
should I proceed with my life? Some say I should take each day as it may come,
but when I know each day is just a dot to the pre-scripted end of mine, why
should I even bother!
“Though the future is
pre-scripted, it does not mean that we can’t change the script!”
See what I mean when I said feeling frustrated? Confusing as
hell, this statement contradicts the first one head on. Same as what Sarthak
Arora, the main character of ‘When The Heavens Smiled’ feels and I was with him
in this state of confusion. But what this book unveils will sate your hunger
for these answers.
With your pure heart, good deeds, selfless sacrifices,
helping hand, and by being true to yourself; you can change any pre-written
scripts of your life.
“When you start
giving selflessly to others, good fortune starts coming back to you ten-folds.”
We believe we are the ones enduring great amount of pain or
we are the only ones dealt with the unfortunate cards in our life, what we don’t
ACCEPT is you’re just a bleep in this whole world where people suffer each day;
just not necessarily similar to yours but they do as well. This book doesn’t
encourage your beliefs; it will open up the gates to your inner self where
purity lies, a purity which helps you to reach out to the people in need,
people who are unfortunate just like you but YOU can help them and in return,
God will help you in any shape or form unknown to you.
So, this is what this book is all about!
Summary
A strong, independent, Mumma’s boy named Sarthak Arora
enters into his professional career where he meets a beautiful Bengali girl
named Sarangi and falls in love. Falling in love is not the hardest part,
holding on to it is what breaks or makes you. How Sarthak holds inevitable and forced
the Gods bend to his wishes is a good read and for that you need to experience
this book yourself.
Idea Behind The
Book:
In my opinion, ‘When The Heavens Smiled’ was all about these
above preaching and I loved this part of the book, not the whole love story
weaved around it. But you can’t just throw out these beautiful lessons of life
without taking a dip into the journey so; you have to bear with it!
What makes this journey interesting is how the author Ritesh
Arora has provided a detailed background about each and every character
introduced in the book; no matter major/ minor, credit is given to all equally.
Character’s personal experiences are just like us; a regular
guy/ a girl which helps us to connect better. It gives you a feeling of
belonging. Cherry on the cake was how Sarthak met Rajan, his boss for the first
time; it was epic and humorous in spades! The way whole scene was crafted is
appreciable, that too in humour!
What could have
been better:
When author gives you a little peek into the future while
you’re riding along in the present, was a bit confusing for me. We all know
that author is the one ‘Know It All’ person and we want the story to unfold at
a certain pace, not after every other paragraphs. It made me frustrating at
times because it tempted me to just jump on a particular chapter and unfold the
suspense myself. It breaks the concentration from the current scenario and your
attention span is severed. Pace of the story was a bit fast in my opinion which
made me feel like running in joggers!
It is shown in the beginning that Sarthak is close to his
mother and shares every major event of his life with her. So when he is
transported to a different place for work and falls in love with Sarangi, it
felt a little bit odd that he didn’t contact her even once.
Conclusion:
A problem remains to be a problem till you keep on accepting it, but the
solution comes when you take it at a face value and become desperate enough to
try any and every avenue to save your loved ones, and yourself. With the help of
your family and support from your loved ones, you conquer every obstacle in
life.
A fascinating read which forced me to become a fan with just
one chapter in the book and sadly that came at a much later in the journey so
please have patience and do READ it! It came to me as a review copy and I read
it just because, but after reading this, I suggest everyone should read it
atleast once!
Title: When The Heavens Smiled
Author: Ritesh Arora
Publisher: Srishti Publishers
Publication: 1st edition, 2015
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Self-Help (for me)
Table of Content: Distributed amongst 8 chapters with NO
table of content.
Pages: 157 pgs
Price: Rs 195
Rating: 3.5/5
+Breaking Him by R.K. Lilley
