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‘The jungle smiled viciously’
Updated On: 26 September, 2021 09:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Team SMD
Nidhie Sharma’s book throws light upon the army lifestyle in the country, but the main highlight remains the plot of the story where a picnic in one of the deadliest jungles goes wrong for a bunch of kids
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Adventure-thriller with a pinch of humour, yet gripping enough to keep you at the edge of your seat is how one would describe filmmaker Nidhie Sharma’s sophomore book, Invictus: The Jungle That Made Me. It throws light upon the army lifestyle in the country, but the main highlight remains the plot of the story where a picnic in one of the deadliest jungles goes wrong for a bunch of kids. The experience in the jungle near the Indo-China border turn out to be a series of life lessons for Nidhie, the eldest child among the lot that day. “The idea that something can be breathtakingly beautiful and equally daunting if its boundaries are pushed is there for everyone to see,” says Sharma, while speaking of the jungle of Tawang. Despite the nerve-wracking series of events which unfurled that day, Sharma manages to make this a light, intriguing read. Her first-person narrative is as candid as a friend recalling a story. It is filled with anecdotes about her life, and a past-present narrative where the author compares the current situation to her experiences that day. The anecdotes stand as humour elements in this adventure-thriller book which she says is “because I have developed the ability to laugh at myself and I did not hold myself back while writing.” She says a habit of keeping journals helped in chronicling the events. Sharma describes the jungle as a living, throbbing entity with its own rules. “I have used the metaphor of a Venus fly trap to give the readers a strong visual sense of the beauty of Tawang’s jungles and also the perils if you intrude.”
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