Book : The Color of Love - Priti Nair

This is an interesting piece of fiction. It could be very well be titled as "Practical step by step guide to PR and Media Lies". That's what the story is all about.

Its about a painter at heart turned lawyer trying to break free of cobweb of lies that she builds around herself as the story progresses.It is inspiring to the extent that it does motivate you at some level to believe in yourself and just take the plunge. Somewhere I felt some shades of the alchemist's universal conspiracy theory in action and at others the media ritual theory of participative media.

So here is a woman who fools everyone and lies to the entire universe to be true to herself.

Media plays an important role in the build up. She creates a fictional character to live her life through the surrogate.What does media do?It makes fiction turn real so everyone knows about FORUKI - the fictional character.Media is news hungry , believes all you say ,investigates life and above all has the power to make or break lives.That's the power of media.

So whats with the color of love? Its a fun read. I don't know whether to call it Chic-lit or something else. But if you enjoy comedy of errors - this one is for you. Though it's not a must read.