Book Review # 95 Urban Insanity: Saheba Atal

This book was sent by the author in exchange of honest and unbiased review. 

Blurb:

In this urban life, where each day can drive us insane, we crave sanity, tranquility and yearn to achieve it. You can only attain the code to live your life by keeping your mind, heart and soul as sorted as much possible. Only then your mind and your physical being can feel the essence of living. When you relate to someone like you, you resonate to life and to the craziness that life has brought you to. We have made simplicity extinct and complexities exist with our jumbled minds. So let's open this jumble with Urban Insanity.

'A few realities are bitter and the rest are too sweet. To those things that are priceless in life, we shall never take them for granted.' 


My Take:

The title of the book is a very apt one. It talks about the insanity of the modern time relationships. Relationships are complex as well as easy depending on the mindset of the people in relations. Perspective plays a very important role. The author has laid down the different perspectives of the people in such relationships and scenarios.

Looking at the same thing from a different perspective, the one which hurts us the minimum is the right one for us. It's like one shoe doesn't fit for all. The author has used examples to make her point. Not all are worth a thought or do I agree. But some are definitely worth pondering.

The one that talks about husband's affair out of boredom and the way the wife looks at the same is not something I agree with, but it is an interesting point of view. The chapters are easy to read and understand. More of a self help book that talks about the complexity and sanity of relations in modern society. These days moving on, being practical in relationships, using people and discarding are the ways of modern society.

A bitter facts of today's life style is shared with examples and stories. Divided into small chapters which covers topics like karma, success, emotions, women empowerment etc. The author sprinkles pearls of wisdom in quotes which makes it more interestin.  The book is not the preachy kind but a refreshing style of talking about the complexities the new generations face in terms of handling relations.

Rating:

I would rate this 3.7/5.