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I just had to share this with everyone.
(Note: This book is Hindu Mythology, presented in a racy form...a Lord-Of-The-Rings style treatment of Indian Mythology)
It's about book I've started reading a few days ago.."The Immortals of Meluha".
I had heard a lot about it, and had just finished reading "Love in the Time of Cholera" so was on a literary high.
It is the story of a Tibetan (yes, Tibetan) immigrant who, along with his tribe of 'Barbarians' is invited to settle in 'Meluha', a Suryavanshi Kingdom on the banks of the river Saraswati.
He is Shiva, the man who would become a god.
Thrilling stuff, particularly since I'm a Shaivite and particularly interested in Mythology and History.
This books tops the bestseller charts in India right now. In the book, Shiva smokes a lot of Pot and chases after the woman he loves- he is a man with a past. Racy stuff, to be taken as fiction and NOT history. It is very interesting, though on it's views of the origins of the caste system and superstition.
Anybody else read it? if so, Please don;t spoil the ending. I havent finished the book! I'm three-quarters finished.
An extract from an online review:
"The book tries to demystify the concept of the Mahadev that we grown up with. Personally, I have always found Shiva to be the most interesting of all the 1 crore+ gods and deities that we have, simply for the fact that his experiences are something which you can almost identify with, even as a human being! A husband who loses his wife.. a father who kills his own non-biological son unknowingly.. in-law problems.. substance addiction.. hygiene concerns and above all, responsibility and greatness thrust upon him. Other ‘humanly’ characteristics include non-apologetic, sentimental, unassuming, free of deceit and trickery, easy to please, passionate lover and the list could go on and on.. "
Read it if you haven't.
(Note: This book is Hindu Mythology, presented in a racy form...a Lord-Of-The-Rings style treatment of Indian Mythology)
It's about book I've started reading a few days ago.."The Immortals of Meluha".
I had heard a lot about it, and had just finished reading "Love in the Time of Cholera" so was on a literary high.
It is the story of a Tibetan (yes, Tibetan) immigrant who, along with his tribe of 'Barbarians' is invited to settle in 'Meluha', a Suryavanshi Kingdom on the banks of the river Saraswati.
He is Shiva, the man who would become a god.
Thrilling stuff, particularly since I'm a Shaivite and particularly interested in Mythology and History.
This books tops the bestseller charts in India right now. In the book, Shiva smokes a lot of Pot and chases after the woman he loves- he is a man with a past. Racy stuff, to be taken as fiction and NOT history. It is very interesting, though on it's views of the origins of the caste system and superstition.
Anybody else read it? if so, Please don;t spoil the ending. I havent finished the book! I'm three-quarters finished.
An extract from an online review:
"The book tries to demystify the concept of the Mahadev that we grown up with. Personally, I have always found Shiva to be the most interesting of all the 1 crore+ gods and deities that we have, simply for the fact that his experiences are something which you can almost identify with, even as a human being! A husband who loses his wife.. a father who kills his own non-biological son unknowingly.. in-law problems.. substance addiction.. hygiene concerns and above all, responsibility and greatness thrust upon him. Other ‘humanly’ characteristics include non-apologetic, sentimental, unassuming, free of deceit and trickery, easy to please, passionate lover and the list could go on and on.. "
Read it if you haven't.
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