The characters were flat and not at all well developed. The writing was poor and the editor needed to do a better job. He has introduced concepts of terrorism, the caste system and the position of women in society in this first book in a planned trilogy.īut that was all I liked about the book. I liked the discussion on what is evil and the fact that what is considered evil or wrong by some people may not be seen in the same way by others. The author has done a good job of integrating all the details known to us about the Indus Valley Civilization and has also given his own explanations for various concepts. A different take on Shiva the destroyer, a god revered by millions of Hindus all over the world, one of the Trimurti (three main Gods, the others being Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver ), known as Natraj - the lord of dance and one of the most passionate men in Hindu mythology. Finally I found it in a tiny little shop, the proprietor telling me that the one I bought was one of the last copies he had left. That is really surprising for a first time Indian author. I went to quite a few book shops and found that it was sold out in most places.

I read the first chapter online and liked it well enough that I decided to buy it. Curious I tried reading up more about it and saw that noted columnists like Anil Dharkar and Sandipan Deb had given it great reviews. I first heard about this book from a friend who had said that the book was a good read. Is the rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva, really that hero? And does he want to be that hero at all? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil? The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracised and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills!

They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived.

In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Shiva the immortals of meluha