Book: How I Became a Farmer's Wife; Author: Yashodhara Lal; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 319
In an age when early retirement and adopting the country existence are another reality for several rat-race weary professionals, Yashodhara Lal's "How I Became a Farmer's Wife" suits the up-and-coming selection cliche like a glove.
It tells a story very similar to some off-beat, but growing-in-number real-life stories of techies and MBAs quitting their high-paying jobs, which involved firing away at keyboards, and opting for to soil their arms increasing celery or chasing different agricultural or selection pursuits.
The ebook tracks the journey of a quintessential city couple in Gurugram, proper from the time when Vijay, the husband and father, first tinkers with the speculation of investing in farm land, after glancing throughout the labeled segment of a newspaper, to the circle of relatives sooner or later residing the dream together, with their children.
The extent of transition -- from city to rural -- which is ready to hit the lives of the circle of relatives is perfect defined in a sentence with a comic turn early on in the ebook's prologue, when the couple first exchange notes about the shift.
"He (Vijay) kept talking about vanilla, amla and something that sounded like Jethro Tull but turned out to be jatropa (an oil rich plant which is fuel for biodiesel)."
The narrative is kind of about how the couple and their children maintain the trade of their lives and the geography around them through the years and their adjustment -- yes, with its trials and tribulations -- to their new existence in rural India.
For author Yashodhara Lal, the ebook may be a memoir of sorts, chronicling her personal reports with juggling other slices of existence with her three children, her career -- all playing out in urbanscape comforts -- and to then having to maintain a different set of issues which incorporates lack of air con, coping with crop rotation battles, weather vagaries and, after all, the mooing of cows in the dairy which Vijay ends up beginning.
The ebook captures the transition of the couple's lives from Gurugram to rural India in earnest, subtly underlining the units of problems confronted by folks, especially farmers, residing in the less privileged parts of an India this is divorced from city comforts.
The story also dovetails the quirkiness and "randomness" of Vijay's hobby with the dedication of Yashodhara as a partner, who willingly sacrifices her corporate career to help him satisfy his dream.
"How I Became a Farmer's Wife" is an city story with an ethical which takes you clear of the seducing glitter that city dwellers are used to, to the coarse pleasures of rural existence and the fight the transition entails. But it also underlines the truth that no journey is daunting if those who love you and you really maintain, come together to face challenges as one unit.
In an age when early retirement and adopting the country existence are another reality for several rat-race weary professionals, Yashodhara Lal's "How I Became a Farmer's Wife" suits the up-and-coming selection cliche like a glove.
It tells a story very similar to some off-beat, but growing-in-number real-life stories of techies and MBAs quitting their high-paying jobs, which involved firing away at keyboards, and opting for to soil their arms increasing celery or chasing different agricultural or selection pursuits.
The ebook tracks the journey of a quintessential city couple in Gurugram, proper from the time when Vijay, the husband and father, first tinkers with the speculation of investing in farm land, after glancing throughout the labeled segment of a newspaper, to the circle of relatives sooner or later residing the dream together, with their children.
The extent of transition -- from city to rural -- which is ready to hit the lives of the circle of relatives is perfect defined in a sentence with a comic turn early on in the ebook's prologue, when the couple first exchange notes about the shift.
"He (Vijay) kept talking about vanilla, amla and something that sounded like Jethro Tull but turned out to be jatropa (an oil rich plant which is fuel for biodiesel)."
The narrative is kind of about how the couple and their children maintain the trade of their lives and the geography around them through the years and their adjustment -- yes, with its trials and tribulations -- to their new existence in rural India.
For author Yashodhara Lal, the ebook may be a memoir of sorts, chronicling her personal reports with juggling other slices of existence with her three children, her career -- all playing out in urbanscape comforts -- and to then having to maintain a different set of issues which incorporates lack of air con, coping with crop rotation battles, weather vagaries and, after all, the mooing of cows in the dairy which Vijay ends up beginning.
The ebook captures the transition of the couple's lives from Gurugram to rural India in earnest, subtly underlining the units of problems confronted by folks, especially farmers, residing in the less privileged parts of an India this is divorced from city comforts.
The story also dovetails the quirkiness and "randomness" of Vijay's hobby with the dedication of Yashodhara as a partner, who willingly sacrifices her corporate career to help him satisfy his dream.
"How I Became a Farmer's Wife" is an city story with an ethical which takes you clear of the seducing glitter that city dwellers are used to, to the coarse pleasures of rural existence and the fight the transition entails. But it also underlines the truth that no journey is daunting if those who love you and you really maintain, come together to face challenges as one unit.
Review: How I Became a Farmer's Wife
![Review: How I Became a Farmer's Wife]()
Reviewed by Kailash
on
May 03, 2018
Rating:
