Ramachandra Series (Review series) Amish Tripathi The 'Ramachandra' series is a Indian-Mythological fiction tetralogy by Amish Tripathi. This is the author's second book series.The four books in the series are respectively given in order : Ram : Scion of Ikshvaku Sita : Warrior of Mithila Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta War of Lanka And let me warn you in advance this is not the Ramayana you believe in or are familiar with. Be ready for an ignored Ram, a resilient Sita and a man-who-turned-into-evil-cause-he-lost-the-love-of-his-life Raavan. And hence I welcome you to my first review series... Ram : Scion of Ikshvaku “Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu ,Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate. A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.” May these truly spoken words inspire...
The Palace Of Illusions CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI "Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said.'There's so little in life that's worth it." -Draupadi & Krishna Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's "The Palace Of Illusions" is based on the "Mahabharata". The verse is very familiar to us since a long time , But this book changes our whole point of view. We have always read historical stories which were written by men based on their point of view, but in this book we see the story through the eyes of a woman who is considered the root of the war which consumed several Indian dynasties and erased the Kauravas : Draupadi. So basically, the book is Draupadi's POV of the Mahabharata and its background. From her secret attraction to a mysterious man , who is her husbands' most dangerous enemy to being insulted by him , from being Krishna's friend to becoming his devotee ; we follow Dra...
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS Arundhati Roy "D’you know what happens when you hurt people?’ Ammu said. ‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less ." True indeed. These are words quoted from the 1997 booker prize winning 'The God Of Small Things' by Indian-Malayali writer Arundhati Roy. Set in a Ayemenem, in Kottayam , the story explores around the shattered lives of "two-egg" twins , Estha and Rahel with the background of the "Love Laws" prevalent in Kerala in the 1960s. The novel follows around how their lives get upturned with a single visit from their Anglo-Indian cousin Sophie-Mol .The Sophie mol who smells good . Whom all love. Even Ammu, their mother . As the author says ," The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how . And how much " the story follows around the relationships within siblings , families, between lovers and an unending number of ...
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