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