Book Review: Vrinda Singh portrays life's various hues in '5 Minutes'


By Joshua Mark

Mangaluru, Feb 8: 5 Minutes, published in 2020, is a composition of an episode of discourses presented in a fictitious backdrop format written by Vrinda – an author and technocrat, an entrepreneur, and an influencer. The book is classified into various sections, each portraying the specific life issue about multiple aspects of a typical girl's daily struggles, using the modern age philosophy as the code for resolving these struggles.

The author uses real-life occurrences and events to discuss the nature of corporate existence and human action therein. The discourses detail the human mind's intricate psychology and understand and gain control over someone's actions and thoughts.

Surprisingly, Pooja in 5 minutes can touch the reader and provoke questions that lay dormant. Women often encounter the problem of credibility and comprehension in the contemporary corporate world. However, Pooja in 5 minutes delivers the message logically and in a simplistic manner that sometimes you must succumb to situations.

The book does an excellent job of justifying its title by bringing the five emotions to the common man in the picture. For example, instead of adding up stale and impractical stories of 'glamour' and 'high heels', the author offers sage suggestions on how to face the past and use it for one's benefit and betterment.

Since the book talks about everyday issues, everyone can easily relate to them. However, it is especially relevant for youngsters who find themselves out of depth in life due to enormous reasons related to work, relationships, career choices, and looking for inspiring real-life stories. It is a useful read for the young minds on the precipice of making life-changing decisions in their lives.

5 minutes is indeed resourceful, but it lacks in certain aspects, especially when it comes to the strength of message delivery. The book deals with many questions, which are not only very relevant but also differ in nature. The book could have benefitted from a better structure wherein the chapters are arranged to allow and engage the reader in natural progress from one issue to another and from one emotion to the next. In certain places, the episodes become monotonous and expansive and run the risk of losing the reader somewhere in the midst.

While Vrinda's ideas are powerful, the lack of appropriate pace in writing has hampered effective delivery. Sometimes, one may be compelled to reread the episode to check for its repetition.

However, the energy in the book is unmistakable and makes for an engaging read. The ideas shared by Vrinda seem new and old at the same time, and hence always feel familiar and relatable. The book's beauty lies in the fact that some of the most mundane questions end up providing some of the most profound thoughts to the reader.

In a nutshell, 5 minutes is a must for all who have traversed through several emotional turmoils. People who have failed to get answers to many questions in life will benefit from the book. This book will be a life lesson for those who are yet to begin their corporate journey.

  

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