Book Review
The Chronicle of Golgotha Days by Sujith Balakrishnan
The Chronicle of Golgotha Days by Sujith Balakrishnan |
Author: Sujith Balakrishnan
ISBN: 978-9352011780
Genre: Crime & Thriller
Length: 202 Pages
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About the author:
Sujith Balakrishnan is a novelist, a short story writer and a poet as well. He lives and works in the UAE in a reputed multinational company. He has recently made his debut with his novel based on a true event – the 1996 Suryanelli rape – The Chronicle of Golgotha Days. In his novel, Sujith has raised serious questions on the system of justice, corruption and humanity. He has weaved a serious fiction that not only establishes him as an author with purpose but also asks many questions of the readers.
Sujith Balakrishnan with Paul Zacharia |
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Check out his Website: https://authorsujithbalakrishnan.in/
Email: sujithwriter2018@gmail.com
Check out his Website: https://authorsujithbalakrishnan.in/
Email: sujithwriter2018@gmail.com
REVIEW
Narration
The Chronicle of Golgotha Days is a crime-thriller based on
true incident occurred back in 1996. ‘Crime-Thriller’ just to classify into a
main-stream genre. So, The Chronicle of Golgotha Days is a book that put on a
view about inhuman acts and intense cruelty faced by their victims. Yes, this
is about sexual offenders/rapists and victims of their brutality, and in this
case a sixteen-year-old child Abhaya. The prologue successfully channels the
horror of such acts and that it won’t be an easy read for delicate hearts but
it will leave you with nothing but strength. The story is narrated by Abhaya’s
voice. The author has put all the efforts to present the clear voice of the protagonist throughout the seven years of changing voice and writing this book.
Location and Setting
The story, or rather Golgotha Days take place in Kerala. There
is a map of Kerala with all the locations Abhaya had to travel against her will
and with the numb yet overall stinging body. Abhaya would look out to the mist-covered hills with tea crops on her frequent and excruciating bus journeys to
hell full of monsters. She got always locked in the dark hollow rooms for worst
that is to live with such intense pain.
Theme
The Chronicle of Golgotha Days is the gut-wrenching 40 days
long journey of a ninth-grader girl. She gets trapped but she believes that it
was her mistake. Also, she accepts it for her fate as she had no choice. There
is a large network of perverts including child traffickers, sex traffickers,
rich and their attendants, lawyers, government servants, politicians and all
types of men with power. All of these monsters are extracting pleasure
regardless of being brother, son and worst father. Their perversity knows no limit
and their inhumanity makes them worse than demons. They create such a gloomy
atmosphere that Abhaya loses all hopes. There is no escape even if there are
ladies who have suffered through the same but have accepted their fate under
influence and fear of evil.
Plot
Abhaya lives in Munnar with her family. She has an elder
sister, Amala. Her father works at the post office. Abhaya, because of her poor
performance in academics, decides to run away from her current life of hostel
and studies. Little did she realize what was forthcoming. And her Golgotha Days
begins. The days of torments and tortures. The monsters she’s going to fight no
matter what, but all in vain.
My Views
People won’t step up and speak for the victims unless they
are their near and dear ones. People don’t recognize the intensity of this
crime and the pain they’ve gone through until it’s their loved ones. It is a reality. Yes, that’s why there are people like Balakrishnan who take a big step
and try to make a change in society. The least we can do is, call it what it is
and talk about it because violence doesn’t just happen in the vacuum. This book
will open your eyes and call you out to stand with the young victims and their
family. Because here’s the thing, because of the current condition of our societies,
making it to justice is much more harrowing than the pain victims are already
carrying.
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