After a really really
long time, I read a book that was gripping enough to keep me at the edge of my
seat as I turned each page.
Although it was
released almost a year and half back, I got to know about it only after one of
my colleagues kept raving that it was the book that couldn’t be put down until
it was finished. She claimed it was the next ‘Harry Potter series’ only to be
written by an Indian author. Now being a hardcore Harry Potter fan, I found it
a little unsettling, but nevertheless thought it was a shot worth trying.
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After much an await,
I finally laid my hand on – ‘The immortals of Meluha’ – the first of the ‘Shiva
Trilogy’ written by yet another IIM pass out. Now, don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against the IIM’s guys. But most of the IIM pass-outs who have turned
out to become writers have ventured into the already trodden path of - college
life, rich dads, poor girl friends, sex, inter-religion/inter-caste marriage,
starting their own business and the likes of it. And I thought this guy was no
different.
But, for a change,
Amish’s writing turned out to be different. His writing was a journey of a lesser
known tribesman to become one of the greatest Gods known to the mankind – that
of Shiva, Neelkanth or Mahadev as he comes to be identified as! Not only had he
done his homework on the subject, but he transcended them into such easy
flowing words – that it was impossible to put the book down! The book is
definitely a page turner!
