What differentiates blog post writing from a written book? I was thinking when a lady came to meet me. She had something to discuss her 20 something kids. She picked up the book by my table, flipped through a few pages and had so-so kind of compliments for it. By evening I had another visitor who was 25 something and a friend of my younger brother. He got a chance to flip through that very book, rolled off laughing and ended with borrowing that book. I am awaiting if he returns it.



The book was “Bakar Puran” by Ajeet Bharti. People young at heart, or should I say that those who have memories of their days as a bachelor, in some Metro city, putting up alone or with friends, do love this book. The target audience for this book would essentially be youth. It lends humor to the day to day happenings, which almost everyone faced, but never thought back to them.



If I try to put it into frames of “ism”, it's not about feminism or Gandhism or any other “ism” for that matter. Every story is also not politically correct, so it might rustle a few feathers. On the top of it they call it “Nayi wali Hindi”. I have yet to understand what this new age Hindi would mean, as Hindi itself is a new language, with hardly a history of 200 years. Yes, I tried to find mistakes in the book and failed miserably at finding the incorrect usage of Hindi. Since then I’ve communicated with the author of social media, so now I have no doubts about his knowledge of Hindi.



Coming back to my initial question on the difference between a blog post and a book, it would again be the principle of communication i.e. KISS. Blog posts are usually simple, they are short and very often they are sweet. Add to it the fact that they are random, subjects in posts vary. Books usually focus on a single subject and they are long. The stories in this book are random, but since every story concerns a 25-30 something, single, employed or looking young man they are all connected.



Stories are crisp and they can be enjoyed on a train journey back home or maybe while returning back to work from the place you call home. You may not like every story but you would enjoy most. There’s certainly a “method in the madness” of youth, “Bakar Puran” just pens it down.