Lessons Unlearned

In his debut book Vinod Kumar Nagpal the author takes us back to the early 1960s. This is the story of a child who is gullible inquisitive and curious about nature religion and God while he is still five years old. He poses a lot of questions to his father about mythology religion God and the partition of Bharat as his parents migrated from Western Punjab of the then undivided Bharat at the time of partition of the country. His father narrates a lot of incidences/mythological stories to his young son and also shares with him painful memories of partition and his struggles thereafter. Incidences/stories told by his father carry many good lessons. But because of his careless nature and aversion to studies he does not pay heed to those lessons and suffers as a consequence. When he grows up he realizes his mistakes and tries to re-learn those lessons which he had unlearned. Is he able to resurrect his life?A must-read to recollect childhood memories and get nostalgic. The book also discusses what God wants from us what the actual meaning of religion is and how one must conduct oneself.