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Aavarana

Written by: Sandeep Balakrishna - translator, S. L. Bhyrappa
Narrated by: Deepti Gupta
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Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was. He, along with his family, forces her into practicing Islam. This sets Lakshmi on a journey to uncover India's history of religion, caste, and creed. And she finds out that although Indian society has come a long way over the centuries, it still remains as rigid as before.

©2014 S. L. Bhyrappa, Translation Copyright Sandeep Balakrishna (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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A ture hide story of many.....

A ture story which is hidden from indian’s only
By few party which had only one goal to be in power

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Deep insights!!!

Love every bit of this book. The author has shed light and deep insights into some nagging questions I always had about Islam and any other religion that thrusts beliefs and opinions onto others and reject any alternate view. At the end humanity must prevail. Religion is only a source to find peace within oneself through devotion. Afterall, if one can't recognise the value of a fellow human being out anything within the nature, everything else is just an outcome of one's hallucinations and whims and fancies. The ending was also very informative with exhaustive citations and references. Wish I could read at least few of those. Thank you SL Bhyrappa garu for a wonderful book.

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Amazing book & equally good narration

This book is simply amazing in various facets like story narration, detailing of various customs, the finer points of the islamic conquests, the impact of islamic conquest on a man & a woman.

I felt like I am reading a docudrama with the facts presented in a vey lucid fashion

Amazing way to convey the historical facts using a story like an ignorant Hindu girl falling for a muslim man under the guise of secularism & progressive movement.

Amazing character building that is the muslim husband who switches between his communist ideology & islamic ideology as per convenience.

Then there a character of a Hindu born man who is a typical communist & his encounter with Lakshmi after a key incident is a bull’s eye. He gets an amazing lesson on Karma by life

Then it is also covered on how a child of such union would be brought up & his mindset.

The special privileges of the muslim husband are quite well exhibited.

The characters of a mulla Al Humdulla Sahib & the prince are really noteworthy. Amazing way to convey a message using them.

The depiction of Kashi before the destruction of the Gyanvapi Mandir & then contrasting the out of the world thinking

Amazing depiction on how the Indian history school textbooks are written & how the mainstream media operates.

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a realistic worldly story!!!

First of all, the narration was plain and emotionless. Much could have done to bring the book to life but...

i started the book to get some insights into the hugely complicated sociological divide in our multi-religious society and indeed, I got some...

The book reminded me of Yogi who famously said Hindu and Muslim are two different civilisations who can't exist together. they are bound to collide. the question is what will these collisions yield and how can we expect any fruitful solutions.

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Eye Opener

it has been a wonderful journey listening to the audiobook. The writing is brave and based on facts. Supplement the book with other material and research of your own for better experience.

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A Courageous effort

An amazing book with lots of eye opening facts. Not a lot of writers write about Islam with such clarity. A must read . But what u take away is important... Its about knowing the history in its purest and truest form and understanding the wrongs and the rights.. And then improvising those rules for the betterment of our present and future... A must read....

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A Walk Through The Past....

The book makes a good reading / listening. Narration was good. A lot of research must have gone in to the making of this book, it appears. A good recap of the past!

On the low, the toggling between first person narration and general narration was a bit confusing at times.

overall, 4.5 / 5.

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MUST Listen for every Indian.

Any country must learn from History. No group of people should base their ideology on History, but nobody should conviniently turn their backs to Historical facts. This novel achieves these objectives in a very effective manner.

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Eye opener

This novel is a must read for every Indian to uh understand the truth of barbaric invaders and their apologists in today's media and so called intellectual circle.

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It changes you.

SLB will remain one of the best historical fiction writers of India. The facts of the past explained well in the circumstances of today.

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