Positivity Through Books: Day- 17

Name of the Book: A Hundred Little Flames

Author: Preeti Shenoy

      In, the process of growing up and earning money in life we humans forget about the meaning of true relationships and love. The people and things which we treasured during our childhood days turn out to be unwanted and unimportant ones later in life. When, we are small our parents take care of us but when we grow up we forget that we should also take care of them because old people are the grown up children. The real happiness in life lies not in any materialistic things rather happiness lies in the smile of our loved ones and one who understands that wins life.

     The book “A Hundred Little Flames” by Preeti Shenoy narrates the story of relationship between a young man and the old man. The old man here is Gopal Shanker. He is the grandfather of that young man Ayan. This story have taught me about the importance of relationships in life. The relationship with our grandparents, parents and all the elder ones in our family. When we grow up in life we think that we are more knowledgeable than our parents but this attitude indicates that we are still immature in heart and mind.

     I have read this book even before an year back but the diary entries in the book which was written by Gopal Shanker remains fresh in my memories. That have taught me about the importance of writing journal and diary in life.

      Do read this book because it has many things to teach you. The book holds infinite lessons which will be useful for the young adults. The best line from this book which I loved the most is that "Once a flame is lit, it can burn brightly and divide into a hundred little flames".