He is a common man, a leader, a dancer and his karma makes him God.

The book unveils Lord Shiva in a new perspective. The book grips the reader’s interest till the end, Amish’s imagination has helped create an ancient India where the whole trilogy is set. For those who enjoy fiction and mythology, would find themselves the perfect read. I’m interested in where this is going.Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi, published by Wetland Press is the first novel from the Shiva trilogy series, the other two being ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ and the ‘Oath of Vayuputras’. They don’t have gun powder or even crossbows, but there is some reference to divine weapons that could even be nuclear. They understand anti-oxidants, for instance. The Meluhans, while just entering the bronze age, seem to have very sophisticated knowledge of medicine and chemistry. The basic question facing him is what is the difference between good and evil? A prophecy indicates that he will deliver them from their enemies.Īt this point, Shiva is not a god, he’s just a regular guy trying to deal with a new culture that has huge expectations of him. In addition, Shiva develops a blue throat indicating that he is of special importance to the Meluhans. Once they reach Meluha, each member of the tribe is given a medicine which rids them off all illness and confers virtual immortality. He and his tribe are invited by the Meluhans to immigrate into their country, which is peaceful and prosperous, unlike the area where Shiva is from where his tribe is constantly waring with neighboring tribes and struggling for survival. In Immortals of Meluha, one of the main Hindu gods, Shiva, is actually a mortal human and chieftain of a small tribe in Tibet. I am learning a lot about Hindu mythology, although I am not sure what is part of the standard mythology and what is the novel’s own invention.

The novel is a pretty good read though and definitely a look at the world through a non-western lens.

Meluha book pdf