E-59 : The Colony Brats

The Colony Brats by Vineed P Menon is a contemporary fiction with a flair of action and drama taking readers on a journey of seeking justice against discrimination.The story is set in an industrial town in Maharashtra, India exploring themes of social inequality between hierarchical distribution of employment in Cement Plant, leading to sequences of events causing action, drama, plotting, and violence. The basic structure of the story is the depiction of the division of people based on social class or rank the bread earner holds at the workplace, viz. Cement Plant. The lower wage holders or wage board workers are depicted as underprivileged who face injustice and discrimination against all odds in every way possible, including lifestyle, education, and access to basic amenities. But the best part is even when it appears the protagonist lost the battle there comes a turn that leads to a satisfactory ending that every reader will crave in this story.