The Immortals of Meluha: The Shiva Trilogy Book 1

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Just after a week of its publication in February 2010, the book hit the best seller list of several magazines and newspapers, including The Statesman, The Economic Times, The Times of India, Rolling Stone India, among others. The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: ‘When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge. Shiva decides to help the Meluhans in their war against the Chandravanshis, who had joined forces with a cursed Nagas; however, during his journey and the fight that ensues, Shiva learns how his choices actually reflect who he aspires to be and how they lead to dire consequences. Resulto un libro muchísimo mas interesante de lo que pensé originalmente, tiene mucho de mitología hindú, pero también mucho de lógica y sentido común. But, even though I tend to warn people off from the books I hate, for this one I have chosen to remain silent.

Make him follow all the rules and make him do everything that is by the book and make him bow and you have the Maryada Purshottam Ram! Amish intelligently tweaks and warps the cast of familiar characters (familiar to Indians, at least), and paints a fantastical version of Shiva's life that is credible in some parts and amateurish in others. Indian mythology, a subject which in itself offers a vast, vivid, picturesque, setup with a lot of thrills, mysteries, a set of complete civilization which defined the future.

PS: What follows is my cringe worthy original review of the book from 2013 and I haven’t even changed the formatting of my original review. In my case, after reading 50 pages i just wanted it to be over and believe me it was really painful read. This just showed that he did not find it wrong that he was condemning the very same people he had been trying to save throughout the book to an unjust death. The Chandravanshi princess, Anandmayi, tells them that they too have a similar legend that the Neelkanth will come forward to save their land by launching an assault against the 'evil' Suryavanshis. Phrophesised as the "Neelkanth", he reluctantly takes on his destiny and embarks on an adventure across the geography of ancient India.

However, if urine contains the toxic, how come the Meluhans are still alive after having sweated, having swallowed saliva and through snot produced in the nose? If I am not wrong, the Meluhans need to ‘cleanse’ themselves thoroughly every day to not absorb the heavy anti-oxidants and die as a result.The religious texts while sacred (no offence to anyone in anyway) do not act as a proof of reality of how the life of Shiva unfolded.

The intricate setup of the world and the political turmoil of Meluha paint a vivid picture of the era. charges towards the attacker deflecting the arrows shot at him with his sword, is simply preposterous. I have listened to many audiobooks as an avid reader who gets less and less time to enjoy listening and telling stories.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. Buddy read with Avan who helps me a lot in deep Indian beliefs and Hindu Myths that I've never known before. Ultimately when his agent decided to publish the book himself, Tripathi embarked on a promotional campaign. The present Meluhan king, Daksha, sends his emissaries to North India in Tibet, to invite the local tribes to Meluha. Also when an author wants to emphasize how good his protagonist is, it is best done in a subtle manner but here it is loudly proclaimed over and over again by the other characters which annoyed me a lot.