AcknowledgementsThey say that writing is a lonely profession. Om Namah Shivaiy.The universe bows to Lord Shiva. You both are everything to me, My words & their meaning, My prayer & my blessing, My moon & my sun, My love & my life,My soul mate & a part of my soul. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the productof the authors imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actualperson living or dead, events and locales is entirely coincidental.Cover Design by Rashmi Pusalkar.Photo of Lord Shiva by Vikram Bawa.Photo of Kailash Mansarovar by Silvio Giroud.Typeset in Garamond by ManjuPrinted at Manipal Technologies Ltd., ManipalThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by any way of trade orotherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the authors priorwritten consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is publishedand without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on thesubsequent purchaser and without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above,no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of thecopyright owner, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles orreviews with appropriate citations.
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Be it the interpretation of Shivas battle cry Har Har Mahadev as Everyman a Mahadev or the valour of Sati who fights her own battles every passage is richin meaning and yet, open to interpretation.
The Indian Express.to me, The Immortals of Meluha is a political commentary with messages for ourworld and a hope that since they flow from the Mahadev himself, they will find greateracceptance. The first part has been on the Indian bestseller charts for quite sometime now. Its author Amish, an IIMgraduate, created a delightful mix of mythology and history by making Lord Shiva thehero of his trilogy. The Deccan ChronicleMuch before the box-office verdict on Rajneeti and Raavan became apparent, Indianreaders gave a thumbs-up to The Immortals Of Meluha. A fast paced story, you are boundto read it cover to cover in one sitting. The HinduAmongst the list of favourite holiday books of 2010. The Hindustan Times.has philosophy as its underlying theme but is racy enough to give its readers theadventure of a lifetime. Business WorldAmongst the top 5 books recommended by Brunch. The end however is a cliff-hanger and leaves onethirsting for more. An essentially mythological story written in amodern style, the novel creates anticipation in the readers mind and compels one toread with great curiosity till the end. What really engages is the authors crafting of Shiva, with almost boy-worship joy The Times of IndiaThe story is gripping and well-paced. Just how much Shiva rocks the imagination is made grandiosely obviousin The Immortals of Meluha. Praise for The Immortals of MeluhaShiva rocks.
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