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Customer Reviews for Abingdon Press The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
Abingdon Press The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
Virat and Latha named their son Ashish, for he is the light and glory of their world. Yet a simple drink of water changes all their lives forever. For Virat, Latha, and Ashish are Untouchables, members of a caste who must never contaminate the world of the other, higher, castes.
When Ashish mistakenly drinks from the wrong cup, he's badly beaten. Knowing that his son needs a doctor-which takes money-Virat ventures into the dangerous realm of the high caste. He begs Mammen Samuel Varghese, the wealthy landowner and Christian, for money. He receives the loan-along with a life of slavery for himself and his family.
But Mammen Samuel does not understand the strength of a father's love, the power of a young British nurse who could not forget a boy named Blessing-or the faith of a child.
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Customer Reviews for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
Review 1 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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Date:August 20, 2012
Renee
Age:55-65
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I know we have had our share of racial prejudice, which is hard to believe that it was going on so recently, but it is still shocking to read how people have been treated due to the caste system.
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Review 2 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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Date:July 7, 2012
Falcon
Location:Altamonte Springs, Fl
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
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I knew very little about the caste system in India. It was heart breaking to realize the suffering and the lack of hope due to this system. The news of the Gospel is sorely needed for these people.
I'm looking forward to reading Book 2.
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Review 3 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
Date:April 27, 2012
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I bought the first two books from this series and I can't wait for number three which is coming out soon!
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Review 4 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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This book was one of the best for 2012
Date:June 5, 2012
momella
Location:Kansas City
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
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It was a surprise to me to realize that they still abided by the caste system as much as they do. My eyes were opened up in real way to the abhorent way these people were treated. Of course as usual there were some who took advantage of the system.
It was refreshing to see the nurse show such caring and fearlessness as she tried to care for Ashish. Her desire to follow Jesus and introduce others to Him came across as she worked with the doctor who didn't see things in quite the same wa y. He was always ready to do his best in medical situations, but beyond that he felt no compulsion to go further.
It was refreshing to see the nurse show such caring and fearlessness as she tried to care for Ashish. Her desire to follow Jesus and introduce others to Him came across as she worked with the doctor who didn't see things in quite the same wa y. He was always ready to do his best in medical situations, but beyond that he felt no compulsion to go further.
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Review 5 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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Very moving story of India
Date:November 12, 2011
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The caste system in India was so hopeless unless you were at the top. So glad the light of Christ came there.
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Review 6 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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Date:September 15, 2011
Going into this book I wasn't sure how I was going to like it. When I pick up fiction I'll admit that I'm a romance junkie so a book set in India focused on the struggles of an Untouchable family and their young son was definitely a change for me but I am very glad that I read it. Right from the first page I knew I was going to be hooked and I knew that it was going to be a thought-provoking read. I'm warning you now you will need tissues within the first few pages.
In a society like ours where everyone is treated equally (or at least supposed to be) it's hard to imagine a caste system where the wrong move by a lower class citizen, something as simple as breathing the same air as an upper caste, could result in death, and it was acceptable. Kay Marshall Strom has brought the pain and suffering of the poor of India in the early 1900s to life in The Faith of Ashish. Ashish is one little boy with a boatload of spirit. He is beaten to within an inch of his life, heals with the help of a kindly British nurse only to go on to serve an abusive young master. His story is also uplifting as he and his family learns that he is, after all a true blessing as his name indicates.
Judging by the title you might expect this book to be simply about Ashish and his journey to God but it's not. It's mostly about life, hardships and finding hope where there doesn't seem to be any. This is not an easy story to read but Ms. Strom definitely seems to know her stuff and I learned a lot that I didn't know about 20th century India. If you're interested in missions or other culture's religious views this is definitely a book to read.
*I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for posting my honest review.*
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Review 7 for The Faith of Ashish, Blessings of India Series #1
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a conscience-stirring saga
Date:July 9, 2011
Jeanette Morris
Location:Atascadero CA
Age:55-65
Gender:female
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What does it take to break your heart? Would a brutal beating of a small Indian child, an untouchable boy, move you to discover more about a society that places such little value on life? Why would a lowly tanner, someone who handles dead animals for their skins, name his son “Blessing” in a world where nothing blesses and everything worthwhile is in the hands of the rich and powerful. What faith can possible overcome the heat and hopelessness of the poverty and filth in India?
Kay Marshall Strom’s newest fiction release The Faith of Ashish is a tender, poignant story told with a heart of love for the least-loved people on our planet. The reader enters the lives of Virat, Latha, and their son, Ashish, as they struggle to survive the cruel realities of their outcaste existence. The presence of one true Christian believer, a young nurse in a medical mission compound, shines the light of Christ into their darkness, proving the naming of their boy was not a mistake. Not a foolish rebellion against their dharma—their personal moral law. Hope does exist.
The story unfolds on many levels—revealing not only the plight of the Untouchables in India, but also the inadequacy of Christian mission in the early twentieth-century, and the confusion of true “religion” with those who claim roots in the faith, but do not practice it. Readers also meet the wealthy landowner, Mammen Samuel, who pretends to help poor people, but then makes them his slaves for life. What kind of a world tolerates such deceit in the name of God?
Our world. The one we in the prosperous West ignore in deference to our soft beds, our electronic toys, our stocked-to-the-brim pantries. Kay Strom is on a mission of her own: to bring the suffering people of the world into our homes by any means—to rouse us to action to make a difference. Several of her non-fiction works have highlighted the lives of persecuted believers. Her previous fiction series, Grace in Africa, shines a beacon on the evils of slavery—past and present. Now, she shows us India. The real India.
My heart was broken. I took the risk to read, to feel, to care. How about you?
The Faith of Ashish releases in August 2011. I was provided an Advance Reader Copy by the author.
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