My diplomatic raised eyebrow w.r.t. the recent Kirkus Review of my book, Earth Republic and a link to the full Kirkus Review

This is what I just posted on Facebook, 16th Sept., 2023:

CALLING THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLISHING AND JOURNALISTIC WORLD!

The exceptionally critical trashing of my book, Earth Republic, by Kirkus (in the unlikely circumstance of it all being a tongue-in-cheek way to signal only geniuses, that THE book of the century is here!), leads one to wonder if there's any extraneous diplomatic or political angle involved with reference to the stance of the reviewer.

This is a 2018 book, but I chose to send it to Kirkus only this year.

One wonders whether the review reflects a powerful nation's utter refusal to accept that India is rising!

This is the note I wrote "about the book", when I submitted Earth Republic to Kirkus for a review:

"EARTH REPUBLIC: Chatter from the Capital's Cauldron (and Beyond), is a non-fiction book that approaches the underlying themes of democratic governance, natural resource management, and world peace through a set of semi-autobiographical essays.

The book, at one level, places the author's country, India, and the author's own socio-cultural milieu and experiences at the centre-point of global solutions to be crafted and sought.

Areas of concern related to biodiversity, environment, approaches to reading the law, ways in which to deal with emerging technologies, and the expansion of democratic values upheld by the spirit of the Constitution of India are dealt with while talking of local, personal, and world events.

The overall time-range that is commented upon is from the 1970s to the year of the writing of the book, with futuristic intentions.

Most of the titles of the ten chapters are self-explanatory, and draw the reader into sometimes niche observations that might fit well into an emerging global jigsaw that holds up optimism, and even immortality via real life, spirituality, and science!

The style of writing is conversational and informal, with pan-Indian accents that are most discernible in the many hyphenated phrases that are used.

For its socio-cultural and linguistic content, the book would also play the role of essential reading for the History of English Literature, while making a welcome bid for setting many conversations going, and flagging key issues, to deliver to the world, Peace!"

And here's a link to the full Kirkus Review, received yesterday:

A link to the full Kirkus Review of Earth Republic