Six Suspects: A Review

Review: Six Suspects
One murder ,six suspects, all suspected for the reason that they are in possession of a weapon at the murder site - the "Number six" farmhouse of Vicky Rai,the victim.Vicky Rai,an industrialist,a film producer,a spoilt brat of rich influential father.

Vicky Rai has been acquitted in a murder case ,thanks to his influential father Jagannath Rai -home minister of Uttar Pradesh.He has murdered a bartender,Ruby Gill, at point-blank just because she refused to serve him another drink.To celebrate his acquittal Vicky Rai has organised a party at his farmhouse inviting who's-who of the Delhi's political circles and page 3 celebrities.On the eve of this party some devise a plan to finish off Vicky Rai which includes his father as well.

Among the many who have sketched to kill Vicky is Mohan Kumar,a corrupt bureaucrat and a close aide of Vicky Rai.Mohan Kumar has been taken over by the spirit of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi when he attended a seance which was meant to bring the spirit of Gandhiji but beacause of some turmoil at the venue Mohan Kumar was occupied by Mohandas Gandhi.At one moment he would show the traits of true Gandhian like abstaining from alcohol but the very next moment he would turn into his usual self.The psychology termed his behaviour as DID-Dual Identity Disorder or split personality.The Gandhian in him decided to kill Vicky rai as the victim of Vicky's gun ,Ruby Gill,was a student of Gandhian philosophy.

The other person who wanted get rid of Vicky was his own father Jagannath Rai as Vicky was a hurdle for him in becoming the chief minister.Jagannath Rai's political career was in shambles thanks to acquittal of Vicky which was grabbing nation wide protests and the legislators or the party high command wouldn't like to be on the bad books of people by supporting the candidature of Vicky's father Jagannath Rai for chief ministership.

Munna mobile,a petty thief in Meharauli,is in love with Ritu Rai,sister of vicky, but the father-son duo are not happy with the alliance of Munna and Ritu but Ritu is adamant on her love for Munna.The adamancy draws ire from her brother and he beats
her up mercilessly leaving wound marks on her face seeing which Munna develops hatred for Vicky.Munna gets to know from his mother that Vicky had killed his father in
a BMW hit and run case which flares his anger for vicky even more and decides to take revenge for his father's death as well as Vicky's assault on his love interest Ritu.

The other suspects, a tribal called Eketi from Andaman is at the party venue to get a shivaling,which is the remedy for all the malaise happening back in his island, back to his island which is in possession of Vicky.

Shabnam Saxena,heartthrob of millions of youth is at the party to seek help of Vicky and the last suspect Larry page,an impostor,under the name of Rick Meyers as a hollywood producer is at the party with a gun provided to him by a CIA operative.

The book narrates how each of the six suspect end up at the party venue,their motives and finally digging the truth.The plot does not loose its sheen throughout and urges the reader to turn page after page.It is gripping till the end in a quest to reveal who the killer is.The author brilliantly puts all the current events happening around into a book like the Jessica Lal murder case,BMW hit and run case, terrorism, underworld and politics nexus,hunting of endangered species etc.

The characters of shabnam saxena and larry page could have been done away with as they are mere suspects but they dont have any motive to kill Vicky Rai.

My experience with ATM

John Shepherd-Barron's invention was meant to make life more simpler,has he fulfilled it?The answer is both yes and no.For people wondering Shepherd-Barron, who? he is the inventor of the machine which has plagued our daily lives, more commonly known as ATM or Automated Teller Machine.

Discussion of the shortcomings and advantages of ATM is akin to discussing technology which gets dragged to great lengths.I am here to share my personal experience of ATM.

Eons ago when there was no ATM, people thronged the banks frequently and stood in long queues for hours to get their money.But ATM has relieved them of this abysmal trouble to some extent.At least for me it has brought both ecstasy and agony,the former because it provided me the money,when I desperately needed it at any time of the day, like a very thirsty crow finding a water body to quench its thirst and the latter part because the ATM gets my goat big time as I cannot locate any ATM or even if I do it would have gone bust with a paper stuck to its glass door reading "This ATM is temporarily out of order.Sorry for the inconvenience caused" which is like thumbing its nose at me in an act of derision.The ATM has always dented a hole in my wallet and made it money-less because of the fact that I know even if my wallet doesn't have any money I can locate an ATM anywhere around and get the money but many a times this fact of mine has boomeranged on me and how.

The other day it so happened that I did not have any money to head back home from my office and there was no ATM near-by.Even i could not call any friends around because they had already left for home.And did not have the courage to take an auto-rickshaw and ask him to take me to the nearest ATM because of the fact that if that should the ATM not work, I could not pay the auto-rickshaw guy which would result in facing his wrath and get some earful from him because of the ugly expletives they are known for, which would be the last thing in this world I would like to have.I decided to take a walk towards the ATM which was about 2-3 kms away,I knew it was going to be a long walk.I took the service road or the side road,it was deserted with some huts on the road side,the sun was descending and it was getting darker.And I was walking in that road with heart in my mouth as I had heard stories about people being looted while on their bikes/cars in broad daylight but here I was on my own walking in the dusk ,where I would be feast for those hoodlums any day.I had no other choice.Grabbing all the guts from within I walked and safely reached the ATM and to my joy it was working fine and so did my card and withdrew some money and headed to the bus-stop as a very relieved and a happy man.
From that moment onwards I decided to never take the ATM for granted and have some money in pocket always and before it gets over head to ATM and help myself.

Cyclo Mania :)

I had a great adventurous experience of bicycling from mysore to srirangapatna and back, on a chilly night and on a highway bustling with heavy traffic,with two of my friends(Ratnakar Kulkarni and Nadig Vishwas H S),a first of its kind for me.After this stint I was in awe of cycling.

Cycling was something which I had a longing for ever since I moved to Bangalore, basically to commute to the office.The unpleasant traffic of bangalore added to my interest.Instead of spending hours at various traffic junctions spread across the city a cycle would be the best alternative and viable option to counter them.Not that being a cyclist you can jump the signals,
although a cyclist is not entitled to obey the traffic rules but still a cyclist has to keep in mind not to create nuisance to other vehicles plying on the road,he can maneuver himself in the narrow roads or in the sidewalks too.

Not only does it help to reach your destination quickly it also serves a dual purpose of keeping you healthy,fit and refreshing and saves you the time of working out in the gym after your day at the office.So with due deliberations with myself for over a year or so, whether buying a bicycle would be feasible given the woeful traffic condition in bangalore which I was told is not at all
bicycle friendly, I decided to own one.I needed a geared bicycle to help me travel longer and I bought the same.

Bicycling in bengaluru has been quite a decent experience so far ,although I take my bicycle only to ply to office.Other than the dust, which comes out from the construction sites beside the road and on the road as well in the form of fly over,road widening ,cycling on bangalore roads is quite manageable.Even the summer's scorching sun cannot faze me from cycling.

My paramount desire is to repeat the old feat of long-distance cycling,but this time around to commute from Bangalore to Mysore and back a la Tour de France.

Happy Cycling :)