A Girl On A Train: A Silent Scream
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1518807321 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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This gave birth to the'Great White Hunter,' series which reminds the reader of Jim Corbetts stories. And folks he unashamedly created new stories by letting his pen flow according to what he felt these legends would have written if they were alive today. Ashok Kumar Singh was born in 17-11-1957 in north India in the town where George Orwell once lived as an infant. His ancestral village is just 6 miles from Mokameh ghat where Jim Corbett once worked as an officer in the
Will she survive?????. She is a fraud who buys and sells human dead bodies, taking advantage of the fact that many people belonging to the lower income groups did not burn their dead. Hindu's fight back under the leadership of a Hindu godman. Father Burns is a Catholic priest of the aggressive kind. "A Girl on A Train," is a modern day Christian persecution story in Hindu majority India. He behaves like a company C.E.O and believes in taking Jesus right into Hindu homes. Christians under Father Burns go into overdrive mode in converting Hindu's to the fold. She is persuaded to stop her nefarious activity of dealing with unburnt dead bodies bodies. She did this to attract the sympathy of passengers who threw money lavishly into her begging bowl. They simply threw the body in the river. Unfortunately there is a war on. Shanti is a beggar woman of a different kind. People fished these bodies out of the river and sold them to Shanti who took them to the railway station and begged over them claiming the dead thing was her dead relative and she did not have money to cremate it. The newly convert Christian is caught in the cross fire. Norine Dunne is his female friend who shares his enthusiasm in spreading the word of god. They go hammer and tongs for the Christians. Father Burns and Norine Dunne manage to convert Shanti to the Christian faith
So when he started writing stories, his story telling was greatly influenced by these legends. Fifty miles to the north of where he lives is the town where Rudyard Kipling got the idea for his famous Jungle Book. About the Author Ashok Kumar Singh was born in 17-11-1957 in north India in the town where George Orwell once lived as an infant. Ashoks animal books for teen aged children and young adults will remind the reader of Kiplings works. This gave birth to the'Great White Hunter,' series which reminds the reader of Jim Corbetts stories. His ancestral village is just 6 miles from Mokameh ghat where Jim Corbett once worked as an officer in the Indian railways. And finally 50 miles to the south east of where he lives is the famous Barabar hills(Marabar hills in the book) which is the focal point of the plot for E M Forster's '
Four Stars Very interesting book. So different writing style - not a book for the faint hearted!. "Five Stars" according to Rajesh Chowdhury. Very nice book