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“I am blessed that my love for people and passion to help is what I do for a living. Actually, in any way that one looks at it, that should be the primary agenda of every business and professional. To motivate, to inspire, to lead, is what drives me because I sincerely believe that there is a far better future that we can make, even when we believe that we are doing our best. To push people to touch that space where magic happens in their performance, where exhilaration meets exceeded expectations, is a job I take to delivery.”
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Priya Kumar is an Internationally Acclaimed Motivational Speaker with 27 years of Corporate Training Experience.
She has worked with over 2000 Multi-National Corporates across 47 countries and has touched the lives of over 3 million people through her workshops and books.
Priya has written 15 inspirational books which have won 44 International Book Awards making her the FIRST Indian Author to have done so. Her books have been translated into 11 foreign and regional languages with #1 bestseller status in all countries of release.
Priya was awarded the Times of India, Speaking Tree, Good Karma Award, as India’s BEST Inspirational Author. The French Media described her as the Paulo Coelho from India.
Priya is India’s first certified Fire walk Instructor and has conducted over 2000 fire walks across the globe.
With over 700 published columns for national and international publications, Priya’s work has been extensively featured by the media in India and abroad and she has been invited as a celebrity guest on several business, entertainment and reality shows.
Known as The Biography Specialist, Priya has penned the biographies of leading industrialists and legendary businessmen like O.P. Munjal and has now written the official biography of Pullela Gopichand, the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team.
Turned Filmmaker and Screenwriter, Priya has made her Bollywood debut with “I Will Go With You” as her debut web series “The Final Call”, which is streaming on ZEE5.
Priya is also a professional painter, specializing in oils and acrylics. To add to her kitty of hobbies and interests, Priya is also an astrologer and tarot card expert. She is a natural stand-up comedian, who is yet to take her talent up professionally.
An ace academician, Priya was always a top ranker as a student. She did her graduation in Arts. She also holds diplomas in Finance, Marketing & Sales, German and French. She quit mid-way on her Masters in Psychology. Apart from academics Priya has done over 200 courses ranging from calligraphy, to stock trading, to china painting, to several courses on leadership, management, sales, storytelling, and so many more.
As an entrepreneur Priya is the founder and CEO of Priya Kumar’s Training Systems, Books That Inspire (a niche publishing house), Fire Light Films ( a niche production house for short films and documentaries).
Priyanka srivastava –
“It’s funny we are the most superior species on the planet, and our solution to a problem is to destroy it. That’s not being superior, that’s just being dumb and destructive.”
Set in the Nagarjuna tiger reserve, Man Hunt by Priya Kumar takes us on an adventure through a variety of characters each struggling with their own issues. White tiger, who acted like a human and not just any ordinary human, but an evolved one. Bhikku, the monk is the epitome of sacrifice and believes that destruction does not bring freedom. There is a dedicated forest officer who spends almost all her money to keep the wild animals safe and believes that “There are enough people to care about the 7 billion that swarm this planet, but only a handful of them truly care for nature and its life”. There is a family where the stepfather is trying to reconcile with his stepson. Then there is Ram, a journalist who sold his soul to the devil, Rahul, an innovative youngster, and a few dishonest politicians as well. This book is a treat for the readers to see how the characters grow and eventually evolve into who they are meant to be . . . their true selves.
Man Hunt deals with pertinent issues like deforestation, genetic modification of animals, corruption in media, vested political agendas, and a larger environmental impact stemming from our irresponsibility. If all this wasn’t enough, this book is packed with suspense, inspiration, awareness, drama, curiosity, and divinity all at once. Some metaphysical questions too are answered in this book.
One of the many things that I loved about this book has to be the characterization and how the storyline is full of twists and turns perfectly complimenting the fast-paced plot. From the very first page, you will be hooked to the story. The author has left no stone unturned to make the novel more gripping.
Looking at just the title and the cover you cannot make out what exactly the book is all about, and I think that makes it all the more intriguing.
If you’re someone who likes books with a proper closure for characters, including the side-characters, this book is for you. Personally, this is hands down one of the most unconventional books I’ve ever read by an Indian author.
Tanvi Shivgan –
~ Man Hunt by Priya Kumar is a story filled with thrill, suspense, drama action and philosophy. It is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
~ It is set in the Nagarjuna Tiger Reserve centre whose aim is to reserve the tigers, provide them natural habitat which they deserve. While some people are after this goal, others are going after mal-practices, being selfish for money and materialistic things as well as trying to kill them.
~This story is of Neil who works there and always meets Bhikku (a Buddhist monk) who soothes Neil’s soul by his wise words. There are other characters also who one day go on a mission. They were seeking answers to different questions but their aim is similar which is to find the beautiful white tiger who is killing people around. Will they find this white tiger? Is white tiger really killing people? Is there anything special about it? To know this, grab the copy now.
~ This book touches on grievous topics such as deforestation, genetic transmutation/modification of animals, corruption by bad politicians, destruction of the planet caused by humans, etc. Being the cleverest and the greatest species, humans have been interfering with mother nature. But today we are facing the problems caused by us only. We are facing an uncertain global pandemic whose end is unknown to us. We have been caged in our homes, we are unsafe whereas the other animals are roaming and enjoying true beauty of this nature.
~ Charles Darwin had said those who are adaptable, those who are the fittest will survive. But I think those who protect mother nature, those who don’t harm, those who embrace it without doing much distortions in its original form, will survive.
~ This book has a spiritual or stoic vibe which I liked the most. She has written about different things like karma, karmic cycles, positivity, happiness, purpose of life, choices we make in our lives etc. One can easily get attracted by its title and cover. The white tiger and monk in its cover has that positive vibe which can make any reader grab this book.
~ The best thing about this book is that the author has just not only given the philosophical messages but also she has given examples through this story. For eg: how one man’s bad deed can not only affect him but also his family, friends, country and thereby world if we see it through a larger perspective.
~ This book has a spiritual or stoic vibe which I liked the most. She has written about different things like karma, karmic cycles, positivity, happiness, purpose of life, choices we make in our lives etc. One can easily get attracted by its title and cover. The white tiger and monk in its cover has that positive vibe which can make any reader grab this book.
~ The best thing about this book is that the author has just not only given the philosophical messages but also she has given examples through this story. For eg: how one man’s bad deed can not only affect him but also his family, friends, country and thereby world if we see it through a larger perspective.
~ The narration is good. Although ending is quite expectable, author has managed to keep a reader glued to the book till the end. There are many characters who are parallely developing in the book. So, a reader has to be attentive without getting confused.
Urja gandhi –
BOOK NAME: Man Hunt
AUTHOR: Priya Kumar
GENRE: Inspirational/ Thriller Fiction
FORMAT: Paperback
🍁 If you truly want to feel freedom, you need to step into the wild where the law of the universe is at its glorious best. – MAN HUNT.
🍁 Tiger is definitely an endangered species among the wildlife. Not only the tigers, the wildlife is in tremendous danger because of the activities of the being. While our duty is to conserve the nature that God has bestowed upon us, we are the reason of its destruction. But, we are far from realising the truth and taking some action against it.
🍁 This story is set up in the Nagarjuna tiger reserve which is the home of 72 tigers. But soon, a Man hunter is set loose in the territory. Everybody have witnessed it as a white tiger. The visitors, the residents, the protectors are in for a shock owing to the situation. Neil is worried for the monk who is not ready to leave his home even in this dangerous circumstances, while Sakshi because of her love for the animals.
🍁 What will be the outcome of these happenings? And in whose favour? Why this Manhunt began in the first place?
🍁 It’s commendable how the author covers such moving topics, all in a single work and how exceptionally they are executed.
🍁 Each and every chapter is a page turner and thought provoking. The issues that we think are supposed to be the concern of a single person, actually is a nation wide concern.
🍁 The preaching of Bhikku shows how a person needs someone wiser than him in his life and how they prove to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
🍁 The plot is exceptional and captivating and keeps you at the edge till the end and the characters are shaped up greatly.
🍁 The language is crisp and easy and the narration is smooth.
🍁 I would definitely recommend this gem to each and everyone.
MY RATING: 5/5
Neer –
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘸. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘦. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦.
𝐀 𝐧𝐨. 𝟕𝟑𝐫𝐝, ‘𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫’, 𝐧𝐨𝐭-𝐨𝐧-𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞, 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟏𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞.𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥, 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐑𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐓𝐑.
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫?
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬?
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 & 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 & 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 ( 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐮’𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞), 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭), 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 (𝐑𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧). 𝐎𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐓𝐑 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 & 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡 & 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐮, 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 & 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢 , 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐮 𝐢𝐬 🌟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟐𝟔𝟓 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬.𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲.
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫.
Banadeep –
Wild-life is an unavoidable attraction that captures the heart of many tourists and leaves them with awestruck experiences. People who love wildlife have a tendency to run behind Mother Nature for seeking the answers to many unsolved mysteries. Set in the Nagarjuna Tiger Reserve, Priya Kumar is back with her latest release- ‘MANHUNT’.
The story is filled with suspense, drama, and divinity which brings to fore issues like deforestation, genetic modification of animals, corruption in media, vested political agendas, and a large environmental impact stemming from our irresponsibility.
The most beautiful part of this story is ought to be the characterization. Priya Kumar has woven a relevant plot with a few characters and blended them into a form of a novel with her skillful writing. There is a monk who is the epitome of sacrifice and believes that destruction does not bring freedom. Then there is the dedicated forest officer who spends almost all her money to keep the wild animals safe. According to her, “There are enough people to care about the 7 billion that swarm this planet, but only a handful of them truly care for nature and its life”. There is a family where the stepfather is trying to reconcile with his stepson. Then there are corrupt journalists, dishonest politicians, and whatnot. It will be a treat to the readers to see how the characters grow and evolve with time.
Kumar’s writing has always been appealing to me. There is a certain vibe of serenity throughout her description. I have read almost 3-4 books by her till now and this is definitely the best for me. The emotions, the drama, the internal politics, the mental dwelling of a dishonest man, Kumar has left no stone unturned to make the novel more gripping. From the very first page, you will be hooked to the story.
Being a genetic engineer myself, I am deeply surprised by the level of research the author has put into the book. Different difficult concepts are used here and they are explained in a very plain way to make it easier for the amateurs. I can’t wait to watch the novel into a series that is going to come soon in Zee5.
Harsh Agrawal –
MAN HUNT
AUTHOR : PRIYA KUMAR
GENRE: WILD-LIFE FICTION
PUBLISHERS:
BLURB: If you truly want to feel freedom, you need to step into the wild where the law of the universe is at its glorious best. If you really want to feel alive, get out of the four walls of the little point in space you call home and embrace the infinite, immortal truth of who you really are. You cannot know life living in the box of your daily existence. Step out into the planet, step into the wild, and you will come alive. Set in the Nagarjuna Tiger Reserve, the story is filled with Suspense, Drama, and Divinity, which brings fore issues like deforestation, genetic modification of animals, corruption in media, vested political agendas, and a larger environmental impact stemming from our responsibility. Get into the canter for an adventure of a lifetime, through the jungles of India’s most pristine tiger reserve. And as you do, keep your eyes open to the truth about the state of our planet. We were given its custody, and we have polluted it with our greed, ignorance, and misplaced purposes. There is still a way back, there is still a way out to restore our world to the glory it was meant to be. Let’s go. The wild is calling.
The story is good , Character development of some people , especially Rahul is too much to believe , especially just within a time span of 3-4 days. Its literally published on the cover that the series is soon going to be a web series on Zee5. Thats exactly what this book is , a script for a web/tv series . Its as if the author wrote the book in mind that she is writing a script web series , as long as she is writing it , might as well publish it and mint some money.
If we take the web series script angle aside , the overall plot is pretty good and the general Indian reader , will enjoy it. The language is simple and easy to understand. There is no denying the fact that the book keeps you entertained , but thats not the whole point of reading books.
Reccomened if you are a fan of Bollywood films and want to start reading books , this will be a good starting point.
RATINGS:
1)PLOT: 4/5
2)CHARACTER ARCS:3/5
3)LANGUAGE/WRITING STYLE:3.5/5
4)ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR: 4/5
KEETABI KEEDA RATING :3.75/5
Priyanshi Borad –
The cover of the book is enchanting and delightful. The title is unique which depicts the central idea of the book and address the present day scenario. The story is about nagarjuna tiger reserve which is home for 72 tigers. This beauty of nature is prone to forest fires and widespread corruption and poaching. Sakshi, an honest officer who can do anything to save forest and animals. Somehow, sakshi finds out the abnormal activities going on in the reserve by corrupt politicians and media who want to hunt white tiger but there was no trace of such tiger which is also called tiger no. 73. Bhikhu, a buddhist monk who take stand to protect animals and forest from this cruelty. There are other characters too in the storyline. The plotting mainly highlight the issues reagarding poaching, animal cruelty, genetic modification of animals, corruption and media etc. By each passing day man are becoming beast for their own power. Although, as author states, ” evil is not evil if it ends in goodness and greatness”. It is important to find your true inner self and live your own moral values and ethics. Which, is the only key to a powerful, peaceful and happy life. The language used is simple and lucid. Author has beautifully penned down her own thoughts with the help of character bhikhu, who is a monk. His teachings are inspiring and a thought provoking. The book is full of suspense, drama and divinity. It has covered each minute details and author has given mindblowing closure to the story and to each character. Moreover, reader will be smitten by the sheer beauty of white tiger with mystical blue eyes and heavenly monk together.
To conclude, book is an ecstatic to the soul which is also an eye opener for mankind. A very commendable job done by the author. I really enjoyed reading this and not want to finish it so early🙈 i had read many books by this author and she always amaze me by her writing and unique plot❤ i highly highly highly recommend this book.
Thank you🌹
Kiranmayi –
Neil a junior forest officer at the Nagarjuna Forest reserve loves his job because it keeps him near to Bhikku, the monk who stays in this forest. Neil loved to be meet Bhikku, listen to him; something Neil looked forward to daily. After their monastery was ruined in a forest fire, though all his peers moved outside the forest reserve, Bhikku lived in his modest living place in the middle of nature.
Kalu, Neil’s assistant and their driver had intentions to explore the forest but Sakshi, the forest officer who is an honest animal activist and environmentalist would always keep him in check as she suspected him to be indulging in nefarious activities.
Nikhil is a busy scientist from New Delhi who recently got divorced from his wife Naina owing to his busy life and inability to allot time for family. This lifestyle of Nikhil forced Naina to fall in love with Jay Seth and ultimately marry him. The one most affected by this separation is their son Rahul who is not able to accept Jay in his mother’s life. Going on a trip to the Nagarjuna Forest Reserve for Rahul’s birthday is Jay’s plan to get close to Rahul.
Naseer a rich businessman is also on a trip to the same forest on a break from his busy life, also as he muses on the heir for his hard-earned empire as his son Shaan is a spoilt brat reluctant to take over the reins.
Around the same time, Neil is alarmed by the sight of a white tiger near Bhikku; Neil is shocked by its sudden appearance as they have a count of the 72 tigers and strict surveillance as well for them. Is there a conspiracy behind this white tiger and selfish motives of these visitors forms the rest of the story.
I have earlier read 2 books from Priya Kumar and both were non-fiction which belonged to the self-help genre.
This is my first fiction from her, and I did find streaks of wisdom from the author through the character Bhikku. Bhikku is also the most charming character in the story as his presence brings a certain peace and calm; the narration is so descriptive that the reader experiences the forest reserve through the author’s writing. The backdrop for the story is unique, the pace is fast and the way each of these characters is connected into the storyline is impressive.
The story makes for a racy thriller while giving out the message of how humans exploit nature for their selfish motives. The way author mixed wisdom into a fictional story is the highlight of this book. The story questions human psyche and behavior in subtle ways putting across some discomfort able thoughts. If you like thrillers and thought-provoking stories or different storylines, then this is a must read.