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“Brilliant writing!” #Kartikeya #Review Rubina Ramesh

Jan 01

Kartikeya by Usha Narayanan is a wealth of research and storytelling and something I am sure all mythological lovers will love. While I am a huge fan of Devdutt Patnaik, in whose book reality takes precedence, I must admit, Ms. Narayanan's book has a way of entering your thought process. This is not a quick read and flipping over the pages is not a way to read this book. With this disclaimer firmly established, I must say that I am totally surprised at Ms. Narayanan's take on some of the hidden, or should I say, not much talked about topics of...  Read more

#PremPurana Dramatically different love stories – Shantala Nayak

Mar 26

4.5 stars Prem Purana by Usha Narayanan is a collection of 3 short stories. The first story revolves around a much loved God – Ganesha (and his brides), the second one is the story of the widely feared demon king – Ravana (and Mandodari), and the third tale is of a well known mortal king – Nala (and Damayanti). All 3 of these stories made for interesting reads, as they were informative while being entertaining. Now of-course, since I read a lot in the genre, I was already aware of many of these stories, so there was some amount of r...  Read more