The front cover boasts of Shashi Tharoor's praise about the book - ''A delighlightfully interesting and gripping read.'' Allow me to disagree.
The novel is composed of 20 chapters. 10 of them retells the life of Chanakya and the rest reviews the modern political guru Gangasagar Mishra. Though violent n crafty, Chanakya chants with a mission - to unite Bharat under one supreme king Chandragupta Maurya and he succeeds. Mishra's aim is to secure supreme power at any cost and he too attains it through his prodigy Chandini Gupta. I prefer Chanakya.
I'm a sucker for spiced up historical and mythological characters n novels. Howbeit, if you have viewed the TV serial Chanakya and watched politrix movies, better avoid this novel, it has nothing new to offer.
Hey, who is your favorite manipulator? Mine is Krishna ◕‿↼
1 comment:
Dear ivy,
Good read. Real politics sucks. Chanayaka, if believed to be all that manipulative, than here's cheers to him. Mr. Gangasagar, although a well crafted character, reflects all the research undertaken by the author, not to forget the dialogues that were picked up from serials. For that, here's a round of applause for mr. Santhi.
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