The Ring of Truth

The title of the post is the title of a book that I had the opportunity to read recently.  It is authored by Medha Upadhyay who hasn't entered her teens yet at the time of writing this review!  I have known Medha since her childhood.  She had all along impressed me as an academically inclined girl who was fond of penning down tales and essays.  And yet, despite this familiarity, her maiden published work did come as a surprise to me.  I am wonderstruck by the story woven by the young author around the eternal struggle between the good and the evil.  Here they fight for gaining control over a divine ring that can empower them to achieve their goals.  The narrative and also the style are spellbinding. As the struggle progresses, the evildoers do succeed a couple of times in abusing the power to bring about misery but the good, aided by divine forces, ultimately prevails.  The author invokes the images of the Mother Divine too in the battle to wrench away the ring from the evildoers.

It is an eminently readable books for both kids and grownups.  The author shows great promise and is sure to make a mark in the creative world of literature.