Title - Gift of Confidence
Author - Rohit Narang
Genre - Motivational Fiction
Publisher - Partridge Publishing India
For a student,
what’s the biggest fear? The most probable answer is, that be it any kind of
student, bright to average to poor, they all fear failing in exams. From a
student our society expects a lot, especially our parents always hope that we
should always finish the line first. This novel, Gift of Confidence by Rohit Narang is based on a student’s phase
where he fails to clear his CA final exams and thereafter what all events
unfold that drastically change his life forever. The book is all about that
change and discovery!
Like most
other relevant novels, this too possesses a question: as how to be confident in
life and how to utilize that confidence for achievements? And we get all
answers through the explicit characterization of Pancham, the CA final year
student. Pancham is on a quest – he needs answers on as how to handle failure,
how to brace up for battle that results in win, how to regain everything after
a shock of failure, how to advance in life confidently and many other questions
related to study and exams and grades.
I finished
reading this book in one sitting i.e. 4 hours. The author has written the story
in very simple and yet expressible form. I never felt bored because the book is
short, point to point, covering everything crisply in well-prosed seven
chapters. Though the book is motivational in its stance, however I have mixed
feeling as I found it an incredible combination of fear, confidence, faith, and
spirituality contrasting each other.
However, for
me, spiritual angle stands tall above all the elements, as you can see when
Pancham begins visiting the Gurudwara he subtly expects to find solutions to
his problems. The kind of faith he and his mother shows in the grace of god is
worth attention. The smiling man aka Vandit Ji comes forward to ease Pancham's
tension and to some extent helps him in preparation for his exams.
The author has
quoted relevant and easy-to-understand examples for building confidence, faith
on oneself, faith on abilities, faith on god, etc. As a student we must have
come across such examples and teachers who took great efforts to push our
malleable minds into constructive avenues. This book has come up at a very
right time and going to stay useful for many years at least for the student
community, who have tendency to hop from one source to another to overcome the
fear of failure in exams.
Without any
spoilers, I would also like to say that other than useful points about
confidence and faith and exam preparations, there run two concurrent stories –
one is of Pancham, and the other of Vandit Ji. You must read the book to get
access to their stories. Their struggle and strength of character in the
adversity not only encourage you but also delight your heart.
This book is
available on Amazon
and other leading online stores.
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