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I am forming an opinion that books, good books, the ones that are considered classic, should not be sold without any caution! Books like Animal Farm or The Vegetarian! I read both these books, and this post is specifically about Animal Farm. I am currently on a mission to read 40 books, and while I was reading The Hindus by Wendy Doniger, I thought of switching it up, and read the animal farm!

Sitting in my room at 4’0 clock, I wonder why the fuck did I even read Animal Farm! Not that it is a bad book, but because it is too good of a book. When reading, it stirs some thoughts here and there, you find yourself questioning the society you are living in, questioning your place in that society, but the problem is not there! The book lasts an impact which is more deepening than just that one time read. I resisted writing a review on this book, but when I found myself sitting at 4’o clock in the morning, reading the Hindu, and with every text, viewing the vedas and things mentioned through through the lense of Animal Farm, I had enough!

So, what do I do now? How do I unsee the truth that the book animal farm has uncovered for me! How do I accept that the vedas, the religion and the so called concepts of Karma and caste, are the truth of the older times and even are true in many forms in the present. For, now whenever I read these, George Orwell questions through me, is religion just like the commandments animals wrote in the Animal Farm. Initially, written to help everyone and to have an equal society, but over a period of time, the meaning was twisted to support the powerful and to oppress the others. How do I convince myself, the existence of GOD?

For a long time, I have been running away, shying from any political discussions. I would tell myself, there is nothing I can either ways do about it, so just let it be! But, how do I go back to work, when I know that I am part of the Animal farm, and right now I belong to the lowest of the blocks of it, for I could be slaughtered just like boxer was, or killed like the other animals were, when they raised their voices. How do I shy away or run away or avoid the fact that the world that we live in, there is no room left for questioning the authority. For questioning the authority, would mean being either killed or isolated. How do I stop myself, from comparing our current leaders with Napoleon!

For if there is a book like Animal Farm, where are the books on steps to follow, on things to do, actions to take, that can help in changing the situation, at least changing my stand in the animal farm that I currently live!

It is for this reason, I believe books should come with cautions, or a meter of how thought provoking the book could be! How it could change your world view, or for worse change your view of self!

I am not sure for how long the torment of reading animal farm will be in my life. Not sure how long with George Orwell make me question everything around me, and most importantly, when I do find myself question, will I find people, authors who would help me in answering these questions without depriving me of hope, who will help me in navigating through this animal farm, knowing that I did not succumbed, that I won, if not in all, just the animal farm I am living in!