![]() ![]() While there are no specifics about which city or country the revolution is happening in, it harks back to the Arab Spring that changed the entire Arab world. The book showcases how a revolution gets a life of itself and what happens to it. While I wasn’t wholly new to the politics of the Middle-East, I never paid much attention to studying it. Sameera finds friendship in the City, across nationalities, which are often tested in the difficult times. ![]() She works as an RJ and is adjusting to life in a foreign country which finds itself suddenly in the throes of a people’s revolution. Jasmine Days is about a young Pakistani girl, Sameera Parvin, who has moved to a ‘City’ in a gulf country. I took a more than a few days to get through the first 50 pages, and after that the story just gripped me, and I finished it over a few hours. Jasmine Days is the first political-fiction I read, and it took me a while to get through it. ![]() It made me reflect on the meaning of freedom, nationality, patriotism and all the baggage that comes in a world with borders. As India was gearing up to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day, I was burning the midnight oil and pacing through ‘Jasmine Days.’ It was probably the most appropriate book I could have picked for the occasion. ![]()
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