When it comes to ghost stories, adventures and mythological retelling grandparents are considered Pandora's box.
If you are a fan of Indian mythology or are interested to read about it or have gotten bored of the existing popular Indian mythology writers, this book is a must-try.īeing an Indian, the vast source of mythological learning gets injected into our vain through our grandparents. The author has provided the cast of characters in the beginning, which the reader can refer to when confused. Even though I know all these characters, it is not easy to remember the kingdoms they belong to and their relationships with other characters in the story. There are many characters in the story (Nandi, Brahma, Indra, Saraswati, Ganga, etc.), and I had to create a character map to deal with them. Dhyanesh definitely gives hard competition to other Indian mythology writers like Amish Tripathi, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Devdutt Pattanaik. What I love about the book is the simplicity of the writing and the complexity of the plot weaved together neatly to create a book that really hooks the reader. The world of mythology is turned, twisted, and manipulated to bring to life this piece of fiction, but never is the focus misplaced from the mythology we know. It is mythology and promisingly stays so. The author doesn’t put much effort into modernizing the story.
We see a beautiful love story of Rudra and his lover and the warrior princess-Parvati, who helps him in the fight against Asuras. How Rudra learns to use his gift and fights against Asuras is the plot of the story.
The gift, therefore, becomes a threat to him and his loved ones as Rudra is innately an aggressive person. When Rudra is in rage, his third eye opens up, destroying anyone in his way. Rudra is a celestial warrior prince, born with a gift-HIS THIRD EYE. Rudra means ‘who eradicates problems from their roots’.ĭhyanesh, the 15-year-old author of the book, has made an excellent attempt at presenting the story of Rudra. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. Rudra is a Rigvedic deity associated with wind or storm, Vayu, and the hunt. Shiva is said to be the controller of time itself and has the responsibility of carrying out the process of destruction at the end of creation. Wikipedia: Shiva is one of the 3 principal deities of Hinduism. But the Hindu god that garners the most attention is Shiva. I find so many books in the market about Ram, Raavan, Sita, Draupadi, Krishna, etc., that I have lost the count. Indian mythology is taking over the hearts of readers lately.
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