Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Immortals of Meluha: A Review

Aah! Just finished with just another book by just another IIM graduate. But the story this time was not just another story that we listen to or read every other day. This story was of none other than that of Lord Shiva who has been portrayed as not the God but a superhuman who earned that status of Lord Shiva through his righteous fight against the evil.

The story is of Shiva, the tribal leader of a Tibetan tribe who’s invited by Nandi to his kingdom of Meluha in the lands of Sapt Sindhu. The people of this land are blessed young-forever because of the treasure called somras that they drink. This civilization is an extremely advanced one where everything seems to be perfect and everyone seems to be rational. They have the most advanced scientific tools at disposal with most intelligent people to develop them further. Everything seems to be fine with them, except one thing. They are Suryavanshis – descendants of Lord Surya and followers of Lord Ram – and they are faced by continuous attacks from their ‘enemies’ – Chandravanshis, descendants of Lord Chandra. This is where the story begins, but it ends with the defeat of Chandravanshis by the Suryavanshis under the guidance of Lord Shiva. To know how and why, you have to read the novel.

The story has been greatly put together. The research has been fantastic. It doesn’t look like the debutant novel by Amish, I thought he’s written atleast half a dozen novels before penning this down. If you are interested in mythology and fiction, this is the best book that you can read where mythology meets fiction and creates a great story. I’m waiting for the next two novels in the Shiva trilogy by Amish.

-Arun Sharma

(Originally published at www.whynothavefun.wordpress.com by Arun Sharma)

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Prabal Aggarwal said...

hi Arun

It was a real coincidence, I was just browsing through new best sellers through flipkart.com and came across this book. then i went to its website at http://www.shivatrilogy.com

But, still was not able to make up my mind to pick it or not
Now, your recommendation has made my choice easier!!

Nora B. Peevy said...

Interesting -- might have to check this one out myself.

I am a horror and fantasy author.

My blog is at:

http://norabpeevy.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you there!

-Nora

Prabal Aggarwal said...

Dear Nora

If you want to contribute to this blog, can mail me at aggarwal(dot)prabal(AT)gmail.com

And obviously, in your signature of any post you can mention your blog or website

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