1. “It is alright to cry”- says the soothing voice from the helpline. And the choked emotions come to the fore filling the line w ith
his sobs… eventually making him confident enough to start reading his ancestor’s memoirs. From 1857 to 1984… the story
of Delhi seems interw oven w ith his family history. It is a city that provided him w ith shelter, yet never w as quite the home he
yearned for.
‘Roots’ is the story of Ganesh, a priest and astrologer w ho makes a living predicting others’ future. Unknow n to him, fate has
w oven a strange tw ist into his life. Concurrently, ‘Roots’ also tells the story of a tow n doomed to lose its existence in the
march tow ards development. Who w ants this development? Do the residents have any say regarding their future? Can ther e
be any compensation for losing one’s home and hearth?
A suicide, a dam, a reality show … all come together in this gripping tale of longing and displacement that tugs at the heart
for w hat could have been.
Title: Roots
Author: Rahul Bhatt
Language: English
Nationality of the author: Indian
Genre: Fiction ( Novel )
ISBN: 978-81-931590-0-2
Hindustan Times
http://w w w.pressreader.com/india/ht-city/20160501/282084866001122
The Hindu
http://w w w.thehindu.com/new s/cities/mumbai/entertainment/pangs-of-migration/article8896001.ece
Deccan chronicle interview -
http://w w w.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/080616/a-strange-turn-of-fate.html
blogs / others-
http://w w w.spectralhues.com/books/book-review s/2016/05/book-review -roots/
http://himanshikasharma.blogspot.in/2016/05/book-review -roots-by-rahul-bhatt.html
http://w w w.indiacafe24.com/book-review s/roots-by-rahul-bhatt-book-review
http://w ordcurd.blogspot.in/2016/04/review -of-roots.html?m=1
https://booksandstrips.w ordpress.com/2016/05/02/review -roots-rahul-bhatt/
https://thereandtheir.com/2016/06/24/book-review -roots/