The Immortals of Meluha

The part 1 of Siva trilogy. The No 1 National best seller of the year 2010. Most of all my favorite genre Mythology. When the recent super hero films delve with the psyche of the normal human behavior, why not gods also. Thinking about it I looked back as to who started this revolution. I guess Sam Raimi and Christoper Nolan gets the credit.

Its very hard to believe fiction wrapped with mythology. Maintaining integrity with the myths is the key thing. It reflects the amount of research done by the author. In the first chapter, Amish Tripathi says Siva is a Tibetian. Now how and why does he say that ? I have never heard of that myth. Might be a strong reason to do so. As you read you forget the myths surrounding it and you get immersed into the story. Sometimes I got a feeling that I am reading a script of a Bollywood story.

In the real mythology, Daksha hates Shiva. But here Daksha worships Shiva. Overall it matches with the real mythology here and there. The dialogues seem to be management buzzwords proving Amish Tripathi is an IIM passout.

The one thing that I liked about this book was the scientific perspective. Really awesome. And the love between Siva and Sati. Brilliant

Irandavadhu Kadhal kadhai

It has been quite some time since I posted. Not that I did not read any novels but I found myself repeating my lines for every book.

But today after reading this, I find it compulsive to write about this book. A perfect novel on feminism by Sujatha. I love this writer. Every man she comes across in her life starting from her dad, lover, husband everybody cheats her. She is highly innocent and mildly arrogant in the beginning. Just read this novel and see how these traits interchange as she is deceived more and more. Even after reaching the sky, when she finally identifies a perfect match for her, she is again disappointed.

After deeply analyzing this novel I identified two things.

One: Though a feminist novel the protagonist reaches success with the help of two men. Of which one helps her for purely selfish reasons. May be Sujatha wanted to make this point. That makes this novel a pseudo feminist novel

Two: Is it right to gain success without any moral values ? Thats what the protagonist according to me does in this novel. She uses the shares given to her by her father. She uses these to gain majority and throws her father out of the company. Maybe that is what reality is all about. A fruit for thought.

Does it sound like Kate Blackwell in "Master of the Game" by Sidney Sheldon ?