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Book Review | Tapestry of Life Cadences by Prabhupad Mishra



Rating: 4/5


“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”

These are lines from The Dead Poets’ Society and they hold to be so true for this book.

‘Tapestry of Life Cadences’ is a collection of prose and poetry that hold conversations; not the whole lot but tiny snippets and segments. It holds stories of everyday life and the lessons to be learnt. It hold the penning of the heart and soul with its raw emotions and deeper dwellings.

Reading this book is a journey. When you read it, multiple lives revolve around you and they interconnect within each other. The story of Romeo and Juliet, where the fates were the same but the journey was different – real, believable. The conversations a father wants to have with his daughter, conversations within himself, stories of love where love isn’t viewed a possibility. It all comes together in this book and blossoms.

It’s a small book- just a little over a hundred pages – but it is one that would take a while to read. From what I experienced, there were times when I felt stupefied by the text, lost in thought, and times where I was inspired enough to pen down my own words.

There is a saying of the Romantic era – the literature that inspires is what we shall hold for the future, for that is the literature that’ll never cease. This book holds to that. It inspired me to write, to reflect. It inspired me to talk to old friends I haven’t talked to in years.

However, no book is perfect. This one too has its flaws. And while it is perfectly fine text even with those flaws, one that should be given attention to is editing. While reading the book, I felt there was a need for another round of editing, just to rectify simple errors of grammar and spelling and to trim the text a little to make it more crisp for a better impact.

Other than that, this book was a good read and I definitely recommend it!


Reviewed by Muskan Rajani

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