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Tenth Avatar: A Quest for Answers
A brave prince from ancient times, who is also an accomplished yogi with super human powers. A genius mathematician struggling to unlock the secret workings of the universe. The two, separated by thousands of years in time, work together to make humans realize the true nature of the world and the real potential of their lives—guiding them toward the next evolutionary step. Welcome to a world where the astonishing magic of ancient times and cutting edge research in physics and mathematics meet to explore spirituality.
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Published August 24, 2017
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December 12, 2018
The avatar, well not kinda person, the ramayana story is good
Didnt find the 10th avatar story intriguing. Just a normal attempt, but tried to do some extraordinary stuffs.
The Ramayana narrated was much better in alternative sections...
Didnt find the 10th avatar story intriguing. Just a normal attempt, but tried to do some extraordinary stuffs.
The Ramayana narrated was much better in alternative sections...
November 11, 2018
It is a very very badly written book. It seems like the author had one idea ("how cool it would be to recreate Ramayana and run two stories in parallel etc") but it was simply not enough to actually write the whole book. The story is basically nonexistent, writing skills are very very bad, English is very bad and the whole book is basically a huge filler to fill in the chapters. There is nothing new in the Ramayana part of the story and the other story is basically meaningless. There is so much filler that you can randomly skip a few paragraphs or pages every now and then without missing anything.
These last few years there has been a flurry of books based on Indian mythology but I'm again reminded that only very few of those actually work. It is very easy to try to come up with a story based on mythology because the overall structure of the story is already established and the readers are already familiar with the story, so the writer has to do far less world building and expositions. There are authors like Neelakantan (Asura: Tale of the vanquished) who successfully present more grounded versions of ancient fantastical stories and add deep philosophical subtext and commentary and then there are authors like the Virgin comics folks who create even more fantastical modern scifi-like renditions of the mythologies; the author of Tenth Avatar succeeds a neither.
The overall premise here is that some Indian scientist living in USA has some amazing discovery or invention or something which is somehow related to Ramayana. So, two stories run in parallel - one is the standard Ramayana supposedly from the point of view of Hanuman and the other story of Krish the scientist in USA. So, one chapter one is from Ramayana and the chapter two is from modern day and so on. But the problem here is that the two stories have no correlation with each other throughout the book. I was hoping that the two stories will either affect each other or build from each other or at least provide some sort of abstract subtextual commentary on each other in each chapter (like the stories in Alan Moore's Watchmen), but none of that happens here. You can essentially read the two stories completely separately or read one but not the other and you won't miss anything.
The other thing that attracted me was reading a rendition of Ramayana that was grounded in science, I love how some authors are able to rationalize all of the fantasy elements and present them as scifi elements that make sense. The writer attempted to come up with scifi logic for some fantasy stuff but whenever she ran out of ideas she switched to fantasy, so its neither. And the attempted scientific explanations are actually very very bad. But my biggest gripe would be that the story conveniently skips on some of the biggest incidents in Hanuman's life and in Ramayana in general. One example - The whole story of Hanuman flying up to eat the sun and thus losing his powers etc is explained away as Hanuman jumping (with "subtle power" - what exactly is this subtle power!) and falling on his face and therefore hurting his mouth! Can you believe it? Another example - The big story of Hanuman rediscovering his powers and flying over the oceans through various trials to meet Sita was completely gone! The story has just two lines on it in which Hanuman tells Rama that Ravana is a big strong guy and that Sita is safe. A pseudo-scientific explanation of him realizing his powers and fighting through Lanka's defense systems and setting Lanka on fire etc would've been so amazing to read. Most of Hanuman's exploits are going. The story talks about Ramrajya but completely skips over the story of Shambuka.
One big thing when trying to recreate a non-fantasy version of Ramayana is to be able to explain exactly what is special about Ram. Why should Hanuman become such a devoted follower of Ram after one random meeting? The book dismisses the whole thing by saying that Hanuman just felt a random wave of happiness or something when he came closer to Ram. This leaves so much to be desired. I recently read the Ramayana Reloaded graphic novels and in those they try to explain this from Lakshman's point of view - Lakshman asks this same question and initially doubts Ram. But then he observes how Ram is always willing to do the right thing and help people and live by his words even at the risk of his life. He sees how ready Ram is to sacrifice everything for the sake of people and for following his Dharma and all his doubts are cleared. All this happens in less than a page and adds so much more depth to the story, it's amazing stuff for what is essentially a comic book. But the author of Tenth Avatar is unable to do something like that and the sudden obedience to Ram by everyone makes little sense (because the author also rejects the divinity aspect).
The modern day story arc is a completely throwaway filler. It starts with this Indian scientist having some sort of visions. Then various organizations (terrorist and government) start chasing him for some of his invention or discovery but that whole thing is added just to try to add some thrill to the story. We never find out what that great invention was that stirred up everyone, there is zero relevance of it in the entire story. There is something about him going to India, meeting up with his friends, getting married and stuff like that that doesn't do anything to the story. Random irrelevant stuff keeps happening in this arc through the end and then suddenly poof he is told that he is the tenth avatar of Vishnu and he fixes the entire world through yoga in the last 2-3 pages.
The overall world building is very inconsistent too. One one hand the writer is talking about a world where humans can do genetic engineering and ballistic missiles and demons who have machines that can create lifelike images through some molecular this or that pseudoscience and then in the same story the same people are fighting with bows and arrows and traveling on foot!!! Why? If they can create ballistic missiles, can't they create normal guns and tanks etc? Everything defies commonsense (POTENTIAL SPOILERS) - The author tries to explain Vanara as a stronger/faster/bigger but smart like human species created by humans through genetic engineering and these vanaras still just live in jungles waiting for humans to command them; but I can tell you that if there exists a sizable number of species who is smart as humans but also stronger/faster/bigger than humans then humans are going to be in a real risk of going extinct or enslaved. Divyastras are explained as nuclear missiles manufactured by Rishis in their ashrams in jungles and Rishis having complete autonomy to grant those weapons to anyone they choose; now again, this is completely implausible because whoever is funding those weapons and whoever knows that such weapons exist will take control. This thing works in the fantasy setting because there the weapons come from gods, but if you want to manufacture them on earth using science then there's a lot of logistics stuff to write which the author completely misses. The storytelling is very bad too, for example - Hanuman is supposed to be genetically engineered to be immortal but no one tells him about it and he finds it when he meets some Rishi while playing in the jungle by a completely random chance! It makes no sense. If they were waiting for him to grow up before telling him about all this then did the chance meeting with that Rishi messed up their plans? Why can't they make everyone immortal if this is just genetic engineering? If they can't make any more immortals then why do they let these precious few ones like Hanuman put themselves in harms way? I mean, Hanuman (their one in a millionth successful experiment) is running around in Jungles fighting random demons as a child! I tell you, if we make an immortal being today, he will likely not leave a carefully controlled super-safe environment until we figure out how to replicate the experiment.
There are so many of these things all over, I had a big "Why" in my mind every few paragraphs while reading it. I wouldn't call them mistakes but rather I would call them missed opportunities to recreate an amazing world and a story that could've been a best seller.
These last few years there has been a flurry of books based on Indian mythology but I'm again reminded that only very few of those actually work. It is very easy to try to come up with a story based on mythology because the overall structure of the story is already established and the readers are already familiar with the story, so the writer has to do far less world building and expositions. There are authors like Neelakantan (Asura: Tale of the vanquished) who successfully present more grounded versions of ancient fantastical stories and add deep philosophical subtext and commentary and then there are authors like the Virgin comics folks who create even more fantastical modern scifi-like renditions of the mythologies; the author of Tenth Avatar succeeds a neither.
The overall premise here is that some Indian scientist living in USA has some amazing discovery or invention or something which is somehow related to Ramayana. So, two stories run in parallel - one is the standard Ramayana supposedly from the point of view of Hanuman and the other story of Krish the scientist in USA. So, one chapter one is from Ramayana and the chapter two is from modern day and so on. But the problem here is that the two stories have no correlation with each other throughout the book. I was hoping that the two stories will either affect each other or build from each other or at least provide some sort of abstract subtextual commentary on each other in each chapter (like the stories in Alan Moore's Watchmen), but none of that happens here. You can essentially read the two stories completely separately or read one but not the other and you won't miss anything.
The other thing that attracted me was reading a rendition of Ramayana that was grounded in science, I love how some authors are able to rationalize all of the fantasy elements and present them as scifi elements that make sense. The writer attempted to come up with scifi logic for some fantasy stuff but whenever she ran out of ideas she switched to fantasy, so its neither. And the attempted scientific explanations are actually very very bad. But my biggest gripe would be that the story conveniently skips on some of the biggest incidents in Hanuman's life and in Ramayana in general. One example - The whole story of Hanuman flying up to eat the sun and thus losing his powers etc is explained away as Hanuman jumping (with "subtle power" - what exactly is this subtle power!) and falling on his face and therefore hurting his mouth! Can you believe it? Another example - The big story of Hanuman rediscovering his powers and flying over the oceans through various trials to meet Sita was completely gone! The story has just two lines on it in which Hanuman tells Rama that Ravana is a big strong guy and that Sita is safe. A pseudo-scientific explanation of him realizing his powers and fighting through Lanka's defense systems and setting Lanka on fire etc would've been so amazing to read. Most of Hanuman's exploits are going. The story talks about Ramrajya but completely skips over the story of Shambuka.
One big thing when trying to recreate a non-fantasy version of Ramayana is to be able to explain exactly what is special about Ram. Why should Hanuman become such a devoted follower of Ram after one random meeting? The book dismisses the whole thing by saying that Hanuman just felt a random wave of happiness or something when he came closer to Ram. This leaves so much to be desired. I recently read the Ramayana Reloaded graphic novels and in those they try to explain this from Lakshman's point of view - Lakshman asks this same question and initially doubts Ram. But then he observes how Ram is always willing to do the right thing and help people and live by his words even at the risk of his life. He sees how ready Ram is to sacrifice everything for the sake of people and for following his Dharma and all his doubts are cleared. All this happens in less than a page and adds so much more depth to the story, it's amazing stuff for what is essentially a comic book. But the author of Tenth Avatar is unable to do something like that and the sudden obedience to Ram by everyone makes little sense (because the author also rejects the divinity aspect).
The modern day story arc is a completely throwaway filler. It starts with this Indian scientist having some sort of visions. Then various organizations (terrorist and government) start chasing him for some of his invention or discovery but that whole thing is added just to try to add some thrill to the story. We never find out what that great invention was that stirred up everyone, there is zero relevance of it in the entire story. There is something about him going to India, meeting up with his friends, getting married and stuff like that that doesn't do anything to the story. Random irrelevant stuff keeps happening in this arc through the end and then suddenly poof he is told that he is the tenth avatar of Vishnu and he fixes the entire world through yoga in the last 2-3 pages.
The overall world building is very inconsistent too. One one hand the writer is talking about a world where humans can do genetic engineering and ballistic missiles and demons who have machines that can create lifelike images through some molecular this or that pseudoscience and then in the same story the same people are fighting with bows and arrows and traveling on foot!!! Why? If they can create ballistic missiles, can't they create normal guns and tanks etc? Everything defies commonsense (POTENTIAL SPOILERS) - The author tries to explain Vanara as a stronger/faster/bigger but smart like human species created by humans through genetic engineering and these vanaras still just live in jungles waiting for humans to command them; but I can tell you that if there exists a sizable number of species who is smart as humans but also stronger/faster/bigger than humans then humans are going to be in a real risk of going extinct or enslaved. Divyastras are explained as nuclear missiles manufactured by Rishis in their ashrams in jungles and Rishis having complete autonomy to grant those weapons to anyone they choose; now again, this is completely implausible because whoever is funding those weapons and whoever knows that such weapons exist will take control. This thing works in the fantasy setting because there the weapons come from gods, but if you want to manufacture them on earth using science then there's a lot of logistics stuff to write which the author completely misses. The storytelling is very bad too, for example - Hanuman is supposed to be genetically engineered to be immortal but no one tells him about it and he finds it when he meets some Rishi while playing in the jungle by a completely random chance! It makes no sense. If they were waiting for him to grow up before telling him about all this then did the chance meeting with that Rishi messed up their plans? Why can't they make everyone immortal if this is just genetic engineering? If they can't make any more immortals then why do they let these precious few ones like Hanuman put themselves in harms way? I mean, Hanuman (their one in a millionth successful experiment) is running around in Jungles fighting random demons as a child! I tell you, if we make an immortal being today, he will likely not leave a carefully controlled super-safe environment until we figure out how to replicate the experiment.
There are so many of these things all over, I had a big "Why" in my mind every few paragraphs while reading it. I wouldn't call them mistakes but rather I would call them missed opportunities to recreate an amazing world and a story that could've been a best seller.
February 3, 2019
When you don't know where you are coming from or where you are going when writing, you end up writing a Tenth Avatar.
April 30, 2018
The Tenth Avatar is yet another book in the series of books by various authors on the topic of our ancient literature and history. Good part is that each book based on these themes is different, and is not a copy or inspired or similar to the others. That speaks volumes for the imagination of the authors; credit where credit is due. This book is also, like the others, unlike any other, and is a superb piece of imaginative and interesting writing worth a one-time read. Rated 3, maybe 3.5 stars.
THE RAMAYAN PART OF THE BOOK
The book tells two stories – one, the story in the modern day; the other is a retelling of the Ramayan. This retelling is an interpretation of the author; there is a lot of re-interpretation of the classical tale in a form that is, well, post-modern, trying to give a scientifically palatable or acceptable interpretation of the events that took place. This part I have not rated; Ramayan is too old, too ancient and too important a historical event to be evaluated by me. To each his own; I do not accept the re-interpretation. I am not criticizing; I am just stating I do not have enough knowledge of the Ramayan to pass judgement on it, or to even try to make an interpretation. I am an ardent student of our ancient literature; the day I feel confident of re-interpreting them, I shall. Not before.
THE MODERN STORY
The retelling of The Ramayan has no relation to the modern story accept for one small point; that too is not fully relevant. The modern story is that of a scientist, residing in the USA, situated on the cutting edge of modern research alongwith all that it entails. The setting of the book is in The US of A, and has only a partial Indian Connection. It is the story of a scientist who is on the edge of very advanced research that leads to a series of revelations, and how he realizes his true nature, and his connection to The Ramayan, and what he makes of it.
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THE RAMAYAN PART OF THE BOOK
The book tells two stories – one, the story in the modern day; the other is a retelling of the Ramayan. This retelling is an interpretation of the author; there is a lot of re-interpretation of the classical tale in a form that is, well, post-modern, trying to give a scientifically palatable or acceptable interpretation of the events that took place. This part I have not rated; Ramayan is too old, too ancient and too important a historical event to be evaluated by me. To each his own; I do not accept the re-interpretation. I am not criticizing; I am just stating I do not have enough knowledge of the Ramayan to pass judgement on it, or to even try to make an interpretation. I am an ardent student of our ancient literature; the day I feel confident of re-interpreting them, I shall. Not before.
THE MODERN STORY
The retelling of The Ramayan has no relation to the modern story accept for one small point; that too is not fully relevant. The modern story is that of a scientist, residing in the USA, situated on the cutting edge of modern research alongwith all that it entails. The setting of the book is in The US of A, and has only a partial Indian Connection. It is the story of a scientist who is on the edge of very advanced research that leads to a series of revelations, and how he realizes his true nature, and his connection to The Ramayan, and what he makes of it.
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April 27, 2018
Reading and knowing about Mythology is itself sacred. Picking up one event or topic is easy for any writer. But taking many threads from both fact and fiction to intertwine them successfully and create a beautiful tapestry is a master’s work! And it was worth every moment of my time spent reading, this book is the perfect example of uniting mythology with Science/Mathematics.
Although Ramayan is incomplete without Hanuman, most of the facts about him is lesser known to the people. But you will be fascinated to read his stories in this book. In parallel to Hanuman's story, Krishnanujam the renowned mathematician working at California University is into some deep works, which will help one to understand about the universe. But his life is in danger as it attracts evil people. The best part of the book was the war episodes, it gave some goosebumps while reading. Krish and Prisha's love equation could have been better, but once you think about the bigger picture that goes negligible.
The author has done a commendable job in bringing today's youth closer to our roots by giving a scientific platform to our revered ancient history through his books. The story holds your attention just like a sci- fi thriller flick and keeps one spell bound by whirlwind intertwined plots. Altogether, Tenth Avatar is a perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author has written the story flawlessly, with lots of action and suspense, but the ending leaves you hanging with lots of questions in your mind. This book offers everything you want to read so I recommend this book for people who are looking for a decent thriller with mythological/science/history and what not!
Although Ramayan is incomplete without Hanuman, most of the facts about him is lesser known to the people. But you will be fascinated to read his stories in this book. In parallel to Hanuman's story, Krishnanujam the renowned mathematician working at California University is into some deep works, which will help one to understand about the universe. But his life is in danger as it attracts evil people. The best part of the book was the war episodes, it gave some goosebumps while reading. Krish and Prisha's love equation could have been better, but once you think about the bigger picture that goes negligible.
The author has done a commendable job in bringing today's youth closer to our roots by giving a scientific platform to our revered ancient history through his books. The story holds your attention just like a sci- fi thriller flick and keeps one spell bound by whirlwind intertwined plots. Altogether, Tenth Avatar is a perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author has written the story flawlessly, with lots of action and suspense, but the ending leaves you hanging with lots of questions in your mind. This book offers everything you want to read so I recommend this book for people who are looking for a decent thriller with mythological/science/history and what not!
February 16, 2018
So, when I posted my last review, I decided no more indian mythology read for a while now. But then, I saw this book by Kanchan Joshi, Tenth Avatar. And then my thoughts changed. And I picked it up for reading. Leaving Gone Girl incomplete, I finished this one in a few days. And it left me craving for more.
This is a story with two stories running parrellel to each other. On one side we see the Ramayana from Hanuman's eyes and on the other, protagonist is a hotshot scientist, maths lover who goes to Higgs Boson experiment like it's his daily playground:Krish. Now, physics and maths is nightmare stuff for me but the author here, takes us on altogether different approaches that makes it really interesting to go to. Even the Ramayan bit is portrayed with all possible scientific reasoning, so that you have logical circumstances instead of Hanuman flying off the ocean or uprooting the mountain to heal Lakshman. Present day story keeps you interested but for a while it takes on your nerves when it goes too much into details of the science physics and maths and what not.
However I felt there was no need for such long part of Ramayana which goes on for every alternate chapter. It all is deja vu and makes it a wasted opportunity. (Spoiler alert) This track proves only useful when we are almost reaching the end.
Overall, this is not the usual retelling remixing of mythology with current day fiction but needs some brain cell churning. If you are ready for that ride, hop on
November 19, 2018
Overall Verdict:- Good effort, but could be better
When I was about to start this book, I was blown off by its marvellous cover and its colophon narrating what the story is about. It defintely raised the expectation of what was to come inside.
"Tenth Avatar.." is interwoven between Ramayan and present era where the topics of sprituality, divinity and meditation are scientifically and logically explored through the characters.
The book is written in a third person narrative. Personally, it felt that the switch between the eras could had been more smooth. My favourite portion were the chapters where the eras did not change and the story moved seamlessly.
The characters in Ramayan Era are comparatively well narrated as compared to the ones in present with the exception of Krish. There are times where the plot feels too much descriptive and dragging. The end felt rushed and abrupt with a possibility of continuation.
Whilst its debatable as to whether one agrees with the books viewpoints, Dr. Joshi has made an laudible effort with his imagination and writting. But personally I felt that the books overall finishing could had been a lot better.
For Dr. Kanchans Joshi maiden effort my rating for “Tenth Avatar..” would be 3/5.
When I was about to start this book, I was blown off by its marvellous cover and its colophon narrating what the story is about. It defintely raised the expectation of what was to come inside.
"Tenth Avatar.." is interwoven between Ramayan and present era where the topics of sprituality, divinity and meditation are scientifically and logically explored through the characters.
The book is written in a third person narrative. Personally, it felt that the switch between the eras could had been more smooth. My favourite portion were the chapters where the eras did not change and the story moved seamlessly.
The characters in Ramayan Era are comparatively well narrated as compared to the ones in present with the exception of Krish. There are times where the plot feels too much descriptive and dragging. The end felt rushed and abrupt with a possibility of continuation.
Whilst its debatable as to whether one agrees with the books viewpoints, Dr. Joshi has made an laudible effort with his imagination and writting. But personally I felt that the books overall finishing could had been a lot better.
For Dr. Kanchans Joshi maiden effort my rating for “Tenth Avatar..” would be 3/5.
November 21, 2018
It is a pathetic book narration could be better and ending is worst not recommended for serious reader s. Author should either focus on the spiritual aspects or should focus on the scientific aspects here the authour seems to be confused between both
It is a pathetic book narration could be better and ending is worst not recommended for serious reader s. Author should either focus on the spiritual aspects or should focus on the scientific aspects here the authour seems to be confused between both
It is a pathetic book narration could be better and ending is worst not recommended for serious reader s. Author should either focus on the spiritual aspects or should focus on the scientific aspects here the authour seems to be confused between both
October 14, 2018
Intriguing and engrossing
This is my first read of Dr. Kanchan's works. I liked the concept of combining diverse topics mythology, science and history to keep the reader engrossed and looking forward to the next scene. The end could be made a little more exciting and though it has a making of next chapter leaves you asking 'Is that it?'
This is my first read of Dr. Kanchan's works. I liked the concept of combining diverse topics mythology, science and history to keep the reader engrossed and looking forward to the next scene. The end could be made a little more exciting and though it has a making of next chapter leaves you asking 'Is that it?'
March 20, 2019
This book was really promising and the author seems to have a good grasp on physics, mathematics, and India mythology. However, I think there was no need to draw the two parallel stories in such great detail as a connection to the ancient times could have been made even without stretching past events so much. Better presentation could have helped a great deal.
December 30, 2018
Not for Everyone (To put it politely)
This book went completely over my head. Either I'm too stupid for it or ...
Recommended only for those who can read words like "Quantum Democracy Program" and not flinch.
This book went completely over my head. Either I'm too stupid for it or ...
Recommended only for those who can read words like "Quantum Democracy Program" and not flinch.
February 25, 2018
This is a Anand Neelkanthan meets Stephen Hawking with devastating effect. Neither narrative manages to interest the reader. Very avoidable.
February 25, 2018
A must read, recommended for science and history buffs. A real page turner. I learned a lot and I want to know more.
June 17, 2024
"Only when we break the shackles of our perceived limitations can we truly unlock the boundless potential within us."
Book Review: Tenth Avatar - A Quest for Answers by Dr. Kanchan Joshi
Tenth Avatar - A Quest for Answers by Dr. Kanchan Joshi is a fusion of ancient mythology and modern science, exploring the depths of human potential and spirituality. The narrative brings together a brave prince from ancient times, endowed with superhuman yogic abilities, and a contemporary genius mathematician delving into the mysteries of the universe.
Despite being separated by millennia, their shared quest to unveil the true nature of reality and guide humanity towards its next evolutionary step creates a rich storyline.
Joshi’s expertise in both history and advanced scientific research is evident, making the book an educational read. The blend of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge physics invites readers into a world where spirituality and science converge in fascinating ways. This novel is not only a tale of adventure and discovery but also a profound exploration of life's deeper questions.
Born and brought up in India, Kanchan earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California. He has lived in the US for more than 15 years, working in Research & Development.
Publisher - The Write Place
Genre - Indian fiction
Price - Rs 350
Pages - 242
What do you think connects ancient wisdom and modern science?
Book Review: Tenth Avatar - A Quest for Answers by Dr. Kanchan Joshi
Tenth Avatar - A Quest for Answers by Dr. Kanchan Joshi is a fusion of ancient mythology and modern science, exploring the depths of human potential and spirituality. The narrative brings together a brave prince from ancient times, endowed with superhuman yogic abilities, and a contemporary genius mathematician delving into the mysteries of the universe.
Despite being separated by millennia, their shared quest to unveil the true nature of reality and guide humanity towards its next evolutionary step creates a rich storyline.
Joshi’s expertise in both history and advanced scientific research is evident, making the book an educational read. The blend of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge physics invites readers into a world where spirituality and science converge in fascinating ways. This novel is not only a tale of adventure and discovery but also a profound exploration of life's deeper questions.
Born and brought up in India, Kanchan earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California. He has lived in the US for more than 15 years, working in Research & Development.
Publisher - The Write Place
Genre - Indian fiction
Price - Rs 350
Pages - 242
What do you think connects ancient wisdom and modern science?
March 6, 2019
கதாநாயகன் விமான நிலையத்திலிருந்து செல்லும் போது சந்திக்கும் கார் ஓட்டும் விவசாயி, போக்குவரத்து சமிக்கை இருக்கும் சாலையில் மலர் விற்கும் சிறுவன் தவிர வேறு ஒன்றும் சொல்லும் படி இல்லை. தேர்வுத்தாளை நிரப்ப எதை எதையோ எழுதுவதைப் போல் பாதிப் பக்கங்கள் இராமாயணம். சரி, இக்கதைக்கும், அந்த கட்டுக்கதைக்கும் சம்பந்தம் இருக்கு என்றால் ஒரு பக்கமோ, இரண்டு பக்கமோ எழுதுவதை விட்டு பாதிப் பக்கங்களா?
தியானம், +ve energy ஆல் வருமானம் குறைகிறது என்றால் எல்லா பெருமுதலாளிகளும் அப்படியே விட்டு விடுவார்களா? இந்தியா என்ற கூட்டமைப்பு எப்போது உருவானது என்று கூட தெரியாமல் பழங்கால இந்தியா, சமசுகிருதம் பேசும் சவி, கெட்ட வார்த்தைகள் பேசும் இலட்சுமணன், இராவணன் என்று இராமாயணத்தைக் கூட சரியாக எழுதவில்லை. Amazon Prime இல் இந்த புத்தகத்தை தரும் போதே யோசித்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
இதுல to be continued வேற!
தியானம், +ve energy ஆல் வருமானம் குறைகிறது என்றால் எல்லா பெருமுதலாளிகளும் அப்படியே விட்டு விடுவார்களா? இந்தியா என்ற கூட்டமைப்பு எப்போது உருவானது என்று கூட தெரியாமல் பழங்கால இந்தியா, சமசுகிருதம் பேசும் சவி, கெட்ட வார்த்தைகள் பேசும் இலட்சுமணன், இராவணன் என்று இராமாயணத்தைக் கூட சரியாக எழுதவில்லை. Amazon Prime இல் இந்த புத்தகத்தை தரும் போதே யோசித்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
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February 26, 2019
Amateurish - at best.
Piggybacks on the recent trend of taking mythology, throwing in some science and a narrative that moves back and forth. And fails on all counts.
The retelling of the Ramayana (if you can call it that) is poor. From what I know, the Aditya Hridayam is not for identification - it is Abhivaadaye that is used for introductions. There is no chemistry at all between the characters. And even the main protagonist lacks depth. Events in the story are stitched together for the heck of it. The parents-in-law of the protagonist come across as a couple from hell - not the least bit believable. The ending seems to come only because there doesn't seem to be anything else to happen.
All in all, forgettable.
Piggybacks on the recent trend of taking mythology, throwing in some science and a narrative that moves back and forth. And fails on all counts.
The retelling of the Ramayana (if you can call it that) is poor. From what I know, the Aditya Hridayam is not for identification - it is Abhivaadaye that is used for introductions. There is no chemistry at all between the characters. And even the main protagonist lacks depth. Events in the story are stitched together for the heck of it. The parents-in-law of the protagonist come across as a couple from hell - not the least bit believable. The ending seems to come only because there doesn't seem to be anything else to happen.
All in all, forgettable.
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