What do you think?
Rate this book
The Fifth Commandment
Moses is admitted into a British boarding school. His parents make great sacrifices to afford this. Moses faces many problems in the boarding. Back home his sister Miriam brainwashes the parents with the intention of grabbing all the money and property. Moses� father Arman gets corrupt and also gets involved with a young girl Shivani.This in turn strains relationships within the family. After completing studies Moses is helped by a terrorist friend in settling down but this association lands Moses in jail. His sister takes full advantage of this situation leading to the parents disowning Moses. Moses� ex-girlfriend Aashna asks Yashodhar, her estranged lawyer husband to bail out Moses but he intentionally entangles the case and Moses is sentenced. Upon release he marries Asahna. Arman gets paralyzed, and Moses decides to visit him, but riots have broken out after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Moses however undertakes the journey. Moses� parents want to go and stay at Miriam’s house, but she has readymade excuses to avoid them. Moses makes a choice to provide a happy life to his parents, but his decision makes him a suspect in the eyes of Miriam. She perceives him a threat, not as a rival for their love and affection, but for their massive inheritance. She gets busy planning for the final countdown. The story ends with the apathy shown by Miriam towards her ailing father and his tragic death. Thereafter Miriam goes on to emotionally exploit her mother. With the passage of time and happening of other events, Shiphrah’s eyes open and she decides to mete out justice. Moses had seen various types of human pursuits, but ultimately what he experienced as victorious, was his pursuit of dedicated service towards his parents.
300 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2011
4 people want to read
About the author
Amit Abraham
16Ìýbooks22ÌýfollowersThe author Dr. Amit Abraham did his schooling from St. Joseph’s College, Nainital. He did his post graduation in psychology from the Delhi University. His doctorate work is in the area of personality psychology. He is the former principal of Scottish Church College, Kolkata and prior to which he was heading the post graduate department of psychology at St. John's College, Agra and teaching at the graduate and postgraduate levels and also supervising research work as supervisor. He is actively involved in various offbeat research works related with the human psyche. He has done extensive work on human sexuality and five scales developed by him for the measurement of sexual attitudes towards different sexual practices have been published. Several other scales developed by him for the measurement of various psychological variables have also been published. He has published research papers and authored books on psychology and general interest. His books on general interest are being marketed internationally and have been incorporated in many institutions as part of their curriculum. He is the founder and President of a registered mental health organization called Samvaidna which is actively involved in the area of guidance and counseling, therapy, testing and personality improvement programmes along with conducting workshops on various psychological issues. He is offering psychological guidance and counseling via the internet to people across the globe. He is the consultant for the local print and electronic media giving interviews and talks on various psychological aspects and issues. He is also the Recipient of the U.P. Shikshak Saman for the year 2006 awarded by Bright Organization For Youth.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get help and learn more about the design.