However, the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe crisis as its primary river, Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. Mumbai-born Amish Tripathi gave up a highly successful career as a banker following the enormous success in India of his first book, The Immortals of Meluha, this was followed by The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras (jointly The Shiva Trilogy). India affected Britain in as many ways as Britain did India and its a welcome change to read a story based around the myths (religion dharma) of India. The books have been translated into a number of languages like English (South Asia), Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bahasa Indonesian, Tamil, English (UK), Estonian, Czech and Spanish, [32] with the author believing that publishing as a whole is gradually being embedded in the Indian business sensibilities. g. if a child capable of being a doctor is born in a farmer’s family, he does not become deprived of becoming a doctor merely because his parents cannot afford it.

Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). When he asks her name and when can he see her again,her friend answers that when he reaches Devgiri,he can ask anyone where he can find Lady Sati and they'll tell him where to find her. In June 2017, it was reported that Sanjay Leela Bhansali bought the film rights from Dharma Productions. The author had some good places where he could have ended this book but he chose to end the book with a cliffhanger and a 'To Be Continued'. If you really want to learn about your culture, you might as well take up a Devdutt Patnaik or a Rajagopalachari.The director was confirmed to be looking into the finer details of the production, along with the screenplay. Swadweep comprises the modern Indian provinces of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and all of the country of Bangladesh, besides most parts of Nepal and Bhutan. Most of all I appreciated what can be summed up as a crude portrayal of a patriarchal society, which is still more than prevalent in rural India, quite a deal larger than the majority. My argument is that "Immortals" is but a story that may go down generations, while the original tales will die a slow death. Overall even though the author had a great idea and some really interesting ways of making it all come together, weak writing and poor editing makes this a very big let down.

A few parts here and there are predictable but the author has tried to effectively maintain the element of attention as he progresses through this wonderful piece of work.One cannot but admire the creative drive that impels a finance professional to embark on such an ambitious odyssey on uncharted seas. Sunita Sudhir of Learn Religions also gave a glowing review stating that 'whether the book fires your imagination to dwell on the larger questions of life or not, it certainly is a populist page-turner. Meluha is a near perfect empire, created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest Hindu kings that ever lived.

There were times when I believed this book to be five-star worthy, but these moments were too few and far in between. He ended the book with a scene where the vikarma are chosen to sacrifice their lives to stave off the enemy. And if you understand Shiva as he is supposed to be understood, then you’ll find more of him in this book than you’d expect.The nature of light and the reason behind the formation of rainbow could not have possibly been known at that time (1900 BC). Throw in arrogance, mix some debauchery and bullheadedness with a lot of anger, you get the perfect Indra. Meanwhile Shiva finds himself falling in love with the one woman who was made for him, the one he cannot have, as the norms of the society dictate.