Book Review : Malala
Title : Malala
Author : Christina Lamb
Read on: 14th Dec, 20
It’s a real story of Malala from Pakistan who endured her
survival and right to education in presence of Taliban.
The story is knitted beautifully with the details of the
history of Swat people and their existence over few decades as a part of
Pakistan. I learnt that Pashto is a language and they have their own style of
writing poetic verses. One gets a feeling of being on tour to Swat. I can
imagine all the tourists’ places and wish to see it at least once.
I always thought Pakistanis to be our enemies and so do all
the kids in India. It has become a mindset that almost all the people from that
land are terrorists. Only in recent times, after reading and watching content
on them, I do understand that there are way too many good Samaritans there. All
those good voices are being suppressed.
I did hear Taliban many a times in news. Never knew that it
truly means a group of people who follow Islam. I thought it to be synonymous
to terrorists. From the book, I learnt that they are worse than terrorists.
The book walks us through the dreams of a father and
daughter duo captivated by longings of not so privileged ones. Most of their
discussions and day-today activities would put a smile on your face as it does
resembles greatly to any next door girl’s life. The family’s magnanimity does
set apart.
Some of the commonalities with her for me were Twilight, Wizard
of Oz, Physics, love for books, asking father – why he doesn’t do dishes or
household chores, hairdo, Bollywood, poetry, writing and so on.
It is one among the
most inspiring stories where one outlives for others and does so much with
unconditional love.
It’s a must read for everyone.
- Saranya
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