Dec 15
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Usha Narayanan's book Pradyumna is a mythological work based around the events that took place when the world was on the threshold of Kali Yuga. The years span across the time when Lord Krishna was reigning over the kingdom of Dwaraka, India. Pradyumna is the son of Lord Krishna. Pradyumna's destiny forces him to fight it out with the asuras from the monster kingdom.
There are plenty of characters... Read more
Dec 15
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Far too often, I find my reading journey heading down mythology lane. I suppose it is a comfort, that genre, having been fed on tales from Indian mythology thr... Read more
Dec 15
Read Vibhuti Bhandarkar's excellent review online here.
Before I begin to tell you more about this- one of my latest acquisitions and favourite reads, I must warn you that I am a great fan of mythology. And to add to that I'm already sold on the book cover- illustrated by Jay Thakur. A large part of my childhood memories include reading book after book and comic after comic on Indian mythological stories. These books were often full of colourf... Read more
Nov 14
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1. Cover: The cover is very beautifully designed with an eye catching figure of a bulky man in bright colours. One that makes a reader want to grab the book from a shelf instantaneously.
2. Presentation: We rarely get to hear any tales about characters who are not the central ones in either of our epics Ramayana or Mahabharata. Here the author has chosen a lesser known hero and made him larger than life in her words. The prese... Read more
