“The whole thing felt like a bloody joke at my expense.”
The author has thrown light on the corruption, our nation deals in within its judicial system at every level. The truth is that, sooner or later we all succumb to it and unwillingly become a part of it.
Through this book, the author Cheta Mahajan has describe a part of his life, showcasing the miserable days of his life. The guy in the novel is a hot stud from Delhi and has everything with him that any guy can dream of which includes handsome salary, great job, beautiful wife, adorable kids and wonderful pets. In simple words, one could describe it as a perfect life to lead. The book states a story of this guy how he takes up a new job with new hopes and aspirations and how these all fade away, leaving him behind all shattered and smashed.
In his organization has a chain of IIT classes referred as Toppers, which is not working in a proper manner. On top of it, one fine day, the students of the classes demand a full refund of their fees.
Chetan has been wrongly sent to the jail, considers that his trial would only last for a day or two. However, the painful tenure lasts for a long month. Through this book, the author has portrayed the real scenario of life in jail, which is dark, dirty and the choices one can make from the given circumstances of a prisoned life.
Certainly, the system in Bokaro jail is like Walmart. Everything in the jail is available at a given price. The novel showcases a real picture of what actually happens in the jail and how the system runs in jail in India. Be it food, ward, cigarettes, alcohol, cell phone, exemption from manual labor…one just needs to show the bucks and all your demands will be fulfilled. The price depends upon the facilities ward possesses like TV, hot plate, heater, phone etc. Each and every ward in a jail has a leader who will deal with you in order to fulfill your demands. Moreover, in the jail you can also encounter the inmates who are accused of all sorts of crimes and maintaining sanity, which is in itself a struggle.
Here, the protagonists in jail, goes through a stark opposite life from his life in Delhi. Hats off to this man who not only adapts this life, but also make a few friends among his prison inmates. In the jail, the writer has his daily journals and thus manages to sail this boat.
To know more about his life in jail and how the jail system in India runs, read out this touching book. Truly a painful, surprising and indeed an enlightening novel by Chetan Mahajan.
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