2040: The Battle for Life by Sanjay Mittal is an interesting novel that intrinsically explores the self-destruction traits of the human race. The book asks a question – can the people of earth live peacefully without causing trouble on the name of religions, ideologies, prejudice, and commercial interests and so on. And it tries to answer in an imminent future, not so far from today – 2040. The novel features Rohit as a protagonist. He runs and manages a news media channel – MwM. Other characters like Priyanka, Aditi, Shiva, and a few more are part of his life and profession. The story moves ahead in a controlled pace, with all these characters to play role as per the situations and circumstances. Since the lead guy is a newsperson, the novel has optimum scope of philosophical debate on a gamut of topics. However, the broad theme of the novel dives in the issues related to nuclear and bio terror crises. The world is divided with Nato and the USA and their allies on one side, and terr...
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