Kachri Kamble: Selfie that rewrote politics by Sandeep Sinha

 Kachri Kamble: Selfie that rewrote politics by Sandeep Sinha

SELFIES is a part of our day-to-day leisure. But can this simple selfie be fatal? This theme allured me to read a book that captivated me throughout. I was lost in the choices made and their implications, so heart-pounding. In Kachri Kamble: Selfie That Rewrote Politics, the author demonstrates how a single moment may alter a person's entire life.

The narrative starts in a Mumbai slum when a young, naive girl named Kachri Kamble receives unwanted attention after taking a simple photo. When she is cruelly deceived while travelling to Ludhiana for an advertisement shoot, what appears to be a fortunate break turns into a nightmare. But her gut feeling makes her doubt their intentions when she could not recollect the memories of the last shoot or exploitation made during the night.

When Kachri refuses to be exploited, she is subjected to assault and a perverse arrangement that results in the deaths of two police officers and her being accused of murder. Her truth is buried beneath scandal and lies as the media relentlessly pursues her. But to her fate, she is recognised by her love, Vishwa, in the jail, who seeks for help. Journalist Shukla and criminal defence attorney Adhira Matondkar support her in this struggle for justice.

Kachri's change is what most impressed me. Her ascent from Mumbai's slums to the political limelight seems to be a result rather than the result of ambition or desire. Betrayal, survival, and the necessity to adjust to a world that shows her no mercy influence every move she makes. Her decisions are complicated, painfully understandable, and morally dubious.

The story subtly exposes the frailty of authority while making fun of it. Until catastrophe shows otherwise, everyone – politicians, the media, even the police – thinks they are in charge. Seeing things fall apart and knowing that the collapse is unavoidable yet still being enthralled with how it happens creates a peculiar tension.

The author has meticulously woven the tension behind a parent's fear and the outrageously courageous shown by a slum girl to not give up even when dozed off with drugs each day. He has woven the narrative in an adroit manner, depicting varied shades of life and deceit.

Overall, this is a hard-hitting, provocative read that challenges the reader to confront how society creates its own villains and then feeds on their downfall.

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