Years back we had management training with a theme – how
does it matter. Never Mind Yaar by K.Mathur is almost on the same lines in this debut attempt in fiction genre. Mathur has taken four youth in a college environment to project
her plot. Lead characters in Never Mind Yaar are Binaifer Desai, Louella D’Costa,
and Shalini Dayal. All are the new entrants to first year in Mumbai’s
prestigious and one of the oldest college - Gyan Shakti College. Binnaifer and
Louella get surprised and happy to see each other in the college on its opening
day, as both had done their studies in the same school. Both of them had a small
interaction with one of the most beautiful entrant in the same class – Shalini.
The fourth main character in Never Mind Yaar is Bhagu – a student activist who
falls in for Shalini having love at first sight.
The story of Never Mind Yaar is about Mumbai having a big
heart to absorb different cultures within its heart with same love and warmth.
Shalini belongs to a Hindu family, Louella is from a Christian family and
Binnaifer belongs to a Parsi family. Having so many cultures in Mumbai is a
drawback too, as it becomes culture and religion sensitive thereby giving space
to conservatives and modern both together. As far as good part is concerned,
reader gets an insight of various cultures (Hindu, Parsis and Christians in
this case). This 214 pages novel is about the friendship of three girls and
love in between Shalini and Bhagu. Bhagu is a student activist who is very
clear in his mind about the current situation of the country and how youth can
play a positive role in handling this situation and holding them becoming
worse.
If you are able to cross the initial hurdle of 40-50 pages
which are very slow and less constructive, you will start liking the story as
it gradually moves on further. Bhagu falling in love with Shalini who belongs to
an economically high stature family, faces a real life hurdle with a constraint
of Shalini’s family not accepting this relationship. Shalini’s grandmother Mem
is a good entry in the story. The later part of
Never Mind Yaar becomes more interesting and you would like to check the
end of this story. Author has tried to touch economical differences and
political & communal scenario that has large impact on personal life of
each individual of out country.
There are many shortfalls in this book. As far as cover of
Never Mind Yaar is concerned, it is very basic, simple and comical – overall not
too impressive and eye catching. Another
drawback of this book is the too small font size that is painful to eyes and
becomes a major factor to mar interest of the reader. Third drawback is the
style of writing of K. Mathur. It is not at all connecting to its readers and
gives an impression that it is a text book. The content looks to elaborative
and extrapolated that it clearly seems the constraint writer had in mind to
overcome the minimum words limit to complete a novel. That makes it a very slow
read and probably becomes a burden for reader to carry on with boring parts of
the story.
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