Its a must read if you want to have a spiritual journey. ” Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation”. Lastly I would like to quote the main theme of the book. I am 22 years old and I am doinng Masters from University of Calcutta. You might not change your instrument but how well to play is entirely in your hands.” Or, this one – “Intellect does not easily break down, whereas love can effortlessly reduce itself to rubble. Like this one- “Your destiny is the level where you will play your tune.

Every one of them makes the reader philosophically and spiritually enriched. There is a detailed description of the forty rules which Shams taught Rumi. This is a story of transformation through love and compassion. In parallel just like Rumi, Ella finds her true love in Aziz, a Scottish in origin who converts to Sufism after his wife’s untimely death. And Shams of Tabriz is his soul mate who kindles Rumi’s spirit to a higher level with his forty rules of love. This story is the unexpected transformation of Rumi from a preacher to a famous Sufi poet. So is Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish, who is the mentor and friend philosopher guide of Rumi. Rumi the famous thirteenth century poet is a historical character. This is a book inside a book and the story of Ella and Rumi runs in parallel. A novel that revolves round the life of Atish Dipankar, an eleventh century Buddhist monk, scholar and explorer to Tibet. The book is about Sufism, about the Turkish poet Rumi. In this book Ella travels through a spiritual journey and the starting point of that is a book written by a promising author Aziz. Ella after her fortieth birthday gets a job at a literary agency and this becomes the turning point of her life.Įlla is the main character of the book ” The forty rules of love” by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. But in an emotional level she has grown apart from her husband. Ella leads a comfortable life with her husband, David, who is a dentist.

In modern day Massachusetts, Ella a stay at home mom of three has a very busy life.

নাস্তিক পণ্ডিতের ভিটা by Sanmatrananda