Amish Tripathi

Finally finished listening to this ❤️

Have been a fan of Amish Tripathi and his writing for a long time. I chose the audiobook this time due to time constraints. It was an enthralling experience listening to the audiobook. Amish's writing skills are an absolute treat. The way he describes, explains, and combines contemporary things with history is indeed a treat!

Who can imagine in their wildest dream that Ravana's wife Mandodari read popular philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and quotes a line from his book?

Only Amish can create a world with real and known facts. His show on Discovery titled Legends of Ramayana was aired just before the release of this book. It was a surreal feeling that I could relate to the places shown in the docu-series and mentioned in the book.… (meer)

The story focuses on Shiva, a twenty-one year old warrior who is living with his tribesmen in what is currently Tibet. He comes across a group of Meluhans (Meluha is what is now Western India & Pakistan) who are searching for something or someone. Shiva’s tribe is called the Gunas and another tribe called the Pakratis is hunting them. Shiva detests the needless violence and decides to follow the Meluhan party back to their land. Things seem troublesome in Meluha wherein the Suryavanshi kings (Descendants of the Sun) are the rulers and the people live by Suryavanshi standards. They are facing friction from their eastern neighbors, the land of Swadeep ruled by Chandravanshis (Descendants of the moon) as both sides are clueless in regards to the drying up of the Saraswati River and hence blame each other for their differences.
Shiva then meets Sati,the emperor's daughter and falls in love with her..and you can read the rest :P

Loved the book!I loved the plot but I don't know why something was missing.I loved the way he used the names..like Sati,Shiva,Nandi etc.The author is really creative..I just loved the way he talked about Ram and Lord Rudra and he made it easy to digest.Nice climax ,by the way.I loved the way he described the city of Meluha.I didn't like the way they swore..I mean.who said "Damn it!" in 1900 BC?I hated those parts..and during the war it was just boring at times you know..only that part..overall,the book was just beautiful..It reached my expectations!loved it :)It made understanding Hindu mythology easy! you guys should read it..totally!
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