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Anand Neelakantan

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in Cochin, India

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http://www.anandneelakantan.com

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Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Mystery & Thrillers

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Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is known for writing mythological fictions and has authored ten books in English and one in Malayalam. He follows the style of telling stories based on the perspective of the antagonists or supporting characters of a larger work. His debut work Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (2012) was based on the Indian epic Ramayana, told from the perspective of Ravana—the first book in his Ramayana series. It was followed by series of books based on characters from Mahabharata and Baahubali. His books have been translated to different languages such as Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali , Gujarati, Assamese, English and Indonesian Bahasa.

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	Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People 3.71 avg rating — 14,050 ratings — published 2012 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ajaya: Roll of the Dice (Epic of the Kaurava Clan, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 5,467 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise of Sivagami (Baahubali: Before the Beginning, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,348 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise of Kali: Duryodhana's Mahabharata (Epic of the Kaurava Clan #2) 4.27 avg rating — 3,247 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanara- The legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara 3.83 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Valmiki's Women 3.90 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shanta : The Story of Rama's Sister 4.12 avg rating — 783 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaturanga (Baahubali: Before the Beginning Book 2) 4.03 avg rating — 745 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ravana's Sister 3.94 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen of Mahishmathi (Baahubali: Before the Beginning Book 3) 4.38 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The union government recently announced 27% reservation for OBC and 10 % reservation for the economically weaker societies in medical courses. As expected, this decision gave rise to extreme reactions supporting and condemning this move from various quarters. Caste is an eternal curse of India and like any other bane, it cannot be just wished away.
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Series by Anand Neelakantan

Epic of the Kaurava Clan (2 books)
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Baahubali: Before the Beginning (3 books)
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“The rich did not care who ruled, as long as they were allowed to be rich. The poor could not afford to care and nobody asked their opinion in any case. Only the middle class mattered and any half-witted ruler knows how to pamper them.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished

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“Most humble men are either hypocrites or have much to be humble about. Success breeds pride and vanity. And pride is the only reward of success.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished

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“Some of the drops of water fell onto my skin and by impulse was to smell the water. It stank. My neighbour whispered in my ear, “It’s cow’s urine and gobar. They use it for purification.” We, the untouchables, were purified with bullshit.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished

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“What makes you think you can survive as a saint in this world, unless you make it your business to exploit the gullible and greedy?”
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Mar 14, 2014 01:56PM

Dear Book-lover & author,

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message 1: by Gatha

Oct 25, 2012 05:48AM

Thanks for the add!!!!!!

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