Midnight's Children

I really wanted to like this book, but I do struggle to finish Salman Rushdie books. There is just so much dfetail to get through. Once you get to the story it is great and there are some little gold nuggets along the way.

This is the story of Saleem Sinai who was born at the stroke of midnight on 15th August, 1947, at the exact moment of India's independence. But what's more intriguing, or rather eccentric, is not his coincidental birth - he had born in this impossible age with telepathic powers that somehow connect him to other thousand "midnight's children" as him. Furthermore, he perceived the power to sniff out danger beforehand that others are unaware of.With a political underlining running deep, the novel is infused with heavy dashes of fantasy. Saleem's biography is a torrent of antithesis in the course of the glorious modern India.Salman Rushdie's writing is magnificent with dazzling drops of wit and vitality. No wonder this novel has become such a great success and emerged as a major novel which redraws the literary map of India. I recommend everyone reading this novel. The novel is fat (647 pages to be precise) but I assure you the reading will be worth it.

This is the novel about a man, born at the stroke of midnight on 15th August, 1947, having unique power like others born at the same hour and his journey upto 31 years (his future death?). Indian politics, fate of other children born at that midnight has run parallel in the background whereas, the boy grows up within and out of his family.The book started very promisingly, but Rushdie's English was very heavy for me. Plus the narrative is somewhat complex and full of metaphors and magical realism. Characters are very close and similar to each other. But it sticks you to the book until the end.0If you're a novel lover, must go for this book.

If you have heard stories from your grandparents about their youth that was spent in India , the wars , emergency , streets full of suprises , towns(since cities were VERY few) I think one can cherish this book. I had to ask my nana about the details about the society then (mostly) thread my thoughts and align it with that said in the book ... And my 2-3weeks of reading this book was the best experience. Wanted to know all the unknowns of my country of which I wasn't a part then! HIStory and rushdie sirs way of connecting it with Saleem sina's life (the irony ) with every major events of his life must be understood and could be, if you know what happened precisely, mostly learnt from those who have seen, heard and experienced the same in that time ..

Pretty long book!!! Saleem's story entwined with that if new born India is a reavealing one historically and also on individual basis. Through the story we get an idea of how the major and minor decisions at the time affected people individually. The picturesque scenes of Kashmir are beautifully described and it almost comes alive in front of us. The whole book is very beautifully written properly winding up history and magic. Some parts of the book are written very craftily making it difficult to understand a bit. Getting into the flow of Rushdie's writing is also a bit of a task. Other than that the book achieves whatever it wanted to and it gave a proper expected ending which leaves a feeling of satisfaction. Though not a must read but worth a try (if you have a lot of patience!!!😛😛)