The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi

‘I wish many more would be inspired by the author Amish Tripathi’ - Amitabh Bachchan

The first of Shiva Trilogy, Immortals of Meluha is based on the belief that perhaps the actions, deeds, and karma are the only determining factors to transfigure an ordinary man to a god-like figure or god! Amish Tripathi in his book attempts to humanize the Hindu infinite 'Mahadev'-The God of Gods and the destroyer of evil with philosophy as its underlying thesis and with a refreshing take on mythology.

This book is centered around a person called SHIVA, a common man whose Karma recast him as our Mahadev. It’s not the story we used to hear in our childhood from our parents or the perception we made about the supreme God Shiva watching TV Shows of that time. This story describes Shiva as a simple man who doesn’t believe in any rule and an uncouth immigrant from Tibet who lead the Suryavanshi vengeance, the greatest empire in the history of ancient India, to destroy the evil Chandravanshis.

This book is full of romance, suspense and is a thriller which will give a shock to everyone reading it at the end; the story takes a new shape.

The details and descriptions are incredibly meticulous and mind-capturing. The author has nicely blended mythology, historical and archeological facts in this book.

God’s possessing superhuman strength seemed so human in this book. This book teaches and has logical reasoning for everything that we are today.

At the end of this book, the ‘To be continued...’ leaves you at heights of curiosity and prompts you to read the following sequels.

Amish made me feel like I should complete all the books in the series ASAP. One can anticipate the charm of the wordsmith by the fact that the book had to be reprinted several times to keep up with the demand.

Before you commence, make yourself sure that this is fiction, woven around mythological characters. There is nothing common with Shiva Mahapuran or other mythological literature.

It’s a compulsive page-turner that leaves you looking for part 2, “The secret of Nagas”.

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