We love reading the fictional retellings of ancient Indian scriptures. Actually, only India has a tradition to wholeheartedly accept various retelling of very important scriptures. Be it Ramayana or Mahabharata (referring just popular ones), you may find hundreds of versions of the same across the country. Bharatiya culture is the only one where you can love the Gods or their ... Read More »
The historical/mythological fiction genre has gained popularity in India in last decade with a lot of brilliant books re-telling our well-loved legends. Some of these stick to the established versions of the epics, but provide insights and observations like Devdutt Pattanaik, while others re-interpret the epics with their own version of characters as well as timelines. Here, at ThinkerViews we ... Read More »
Exploring the modern take on Indian legends we have been reading Shatrujeet Nath‘s Vikramaditya Veergatha books and we have shared our reviews on the first two books of this series with you in past few weeks: The Guardians of the Halahala The Conspiracy at Meru And now continuing with the series, let’s talk about the latest installment in the series: ... Read More »
Hi Friends, Have you participated in our February 2020 Book Giveaways? Here is one more book giveaway for our regular readers. Book Giveaway For March 2020 You will be glad to know that, this month we are offering a paperback copy of Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara by Anand Neelakantan :). The book has already made its ... Read More »
The name Vikramaditya symbolises the Ideal King in Indian minds – the Pardukhbhanjan king that went out in the nights to find out how his people were, the king who achieved many impossible feats with from Gods and help of his supernatural friend Vaitala, the king who is a hero, in so many folk tales spreading across Bharatvarsha and captured ... Read More »
Growing up in India means reading and listening to endless stories of adventures featuring Devas, Danavas, Asuras, Rakshasas and of course humans. The treasure chest of Indian mythological tales described in the Puranas and history of the Indian subcontinent captured in epics and numerous works of literature is filled with many larger than life stories. It is an endless well ... Read More »
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