Review: The Immortals of Meluha

The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"Shiva" the destroyer of evil.

This book is the amalgamation of actual archaeological facts which depicts wonderfully about the indus valley civilization and religious figures like shiva,

 daksha, sati, etc. The thing which I like most is the way author has related all these facts to make a wonderful story. Though the writing style is not good, especially the ending part which is left in a

loose note. It could have been better edited with taking some nuances under consideration. All these gods are in a human form, shiva still enjoys his chillum (marijuana), he is still destroyer of evil but in

a very mundane way. A naive gullible god but can be ferocious when someone crosses their limit. This book might offend chauvinistic people because of the depiction of these gods. Even I am an

ardent follower of shiva but I am more interested in the allegory of religions than the superstitions. Shiva is the god of the gods, for him asuras ( bad people according to the devas) and devas (again bad

people according to asuras) are one and the same. It is only about the persons perception that makes a person good or bad, each and everyone has there own battle to fight. It is just about the way of life. In

this book it has shown how the suryavanshi (depicted as devas) people who are more civilized with all technical and scientific advances still lacks to understand the feelings of the common people, they

are bounded by so many dogmas and beliefs that it has started to suffocate them. On the other hand chandravanshi people( depicted as asuras) who are not so civilized, no dogmas, not any strict rules

are more audacious and palpable freedom can be seen in each and every citizen, though it doesn't look from outside but from inside they are the happiest ones. We all are devas and asuras in our life,

we have met such people in our life who are very charming, innocent looking and reliable but inside their mind they have some nefarious intentions which one can only imagine and on the other hand an

ugly, so called infamous and not so happening type of people actually help during our tough time.

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