– By Amish Tripathi *****
This is surely the best book of the First decade of this Millennium according to me. I am basically a very slow reader. But to my surprise I could complete the book in just two to three days. It is definitely a page turner as Anil Dharker puts it. Never was Lord Shiva portrayed as such a potential human being who rose to become a GOD-like because of his great heroic deeds.
The book contains all the essential elements that have to be present in what is called a Best-seller. There is a powerful story which vaguely reminds us of our epics combined with the reminiscent of the history of the great Indus-Valley Civilization. There is the element of romance which makes our imagination come alive with a feeling of endearment. The description of the wars and attacks was very deatailed and picturesque and reminded one of seeing a live movie. The use of the ancient weapons, which none of us have ever seen other than in very old historical directories shows the care taken by the author to present the facts true to those times. Since there has been no other narration of this order about the rule of Lord Rama and a few hundred years after him, other than the “Manu Smriti” , one will be bound to believe that all that the author has narrated is but a true picture of those ancient times. This aspect of the book is surely going to take its value beyond immeasurable heights.
There is also a tremendous amount of scientific thinking coupled with spiritual thinking evident in the text. The concept of duality, the conflict between what is good and what is evil , the role of the Mahadev- as destroyer of the evil, has been dealt with a lot of thoughtful logic. The introduction to the next book of Shiva trilogy could have been a little more clear but anyway the reader is left to imagine as to what would be the content of the other two books.
On the whole this is a book that everyone should read so as to understand the concept of Shiva more meaningfully.
I rate this book with 5/5.
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