The
title is suggestive, the cover page corroborative and the back cover reveals
only that much which is enough to build the irrepressible urge to know what the
title suggests and the cover page corroborates! And the urge meets with its “mate,” is validated, once
is entered Blinks in Blackout!
Life’s
conspiracy, in favor, blinks without any blackout. Even when the appearances
are to the contrary… Even when all seems “black” and out of hands… And even
when there is a “blackout.” The blackout blinks, as the “blinks” wink!
So
has come into being another captivating presentation, Blinks in Blackout—capable of keeping the readers, unblinking,
glued, backing out not even for a moment, till the mysteries that shroud, the
mystical clouds that hover, open up… Well, Dr Hari Parameshwar has already
carved a niche for himself, presenting the reality of spirituality,
consciousness, incorporating the corporate as his template. Indeed, he is an
advocate of corporate mysticism, and what an advocate he is! He maps the mind
and beyond, so well… This, his fourth book, as reinforces, so carries forward
his signature style, as he conveys his message in the way he does! His
story-telling, the depth of the presented, the message intrinsic, penchant for
details…is awe-inspiring. The way he has presented Vikram Purohit, the
protagonist! Such is the power of Vikram Purohit that despite being in blackout
for the major part of the book, he is the protagonist! Well, for a moment, and
maybe many moments, readers, and many at that, might be led to muse: Whether Dr
Hari has been in the shoes of Vikram Purohit, whether he had accompanied Vikram,
in the latter’s sojourn, the blackout! Yes…there are moments, when the
descriptions, of the received, in and from and of different “levels” of
consciousness, might seem eerie or creepy. But that passes in a jiffy, like
a blink, giving a wink, leading to see the “light” in it, such well-knit and
engrossing is the author’s style.
Vikram’s
blackout presents a picture of various levels of consciousness that are in
operation, in and as one’s persona. The levels of consciousness, as are made
manifest, through one’s being…—one’s thoughts, actions, speech—it is that quest
for existential truth, that has been presented lucidly, yet vividly, by the
author. Who or What is the Real Self? This is the sole query that matters
truly, and the answer to it and its realization forms the purpose sole of life.
This, Dr Hari has yet again presented via a “fiction”—fiction leading to the
ultimate non-fiction, the reality of self!
What
more to convey, in and as a review of Blinks
in Blackout? Suspense is inevitably conveyed, when one reviews a book like
this! The view is to be had and can be relished only by entering the book! As
one enters, one enters to be greeted by the blinks, life affirming
itself…calling out for unconditional self-acceptance, as only then, the path of
self-realization flows freely, every incident on the path, neither white nor
black, but a blink evolutionary!
Sushmita,
January 27, 2017
