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Scion of Ikshvaku!

   
     After reading the Shiva trilogy I was quite impressed with Amish Tripathi and his style of writing. He keeps the plot exciting and at the same time the language he uses is easy to understand. I am not that avid a reader and prefer these kind of books where I don't have to look up my dictionary often. Coming back to the book. Shiva's trilogy was interesting and I liked it but I didn't knew much about the actual mythological backdrop on which it was based. On the contrary, I have recently finished Sita by Devdutt Pattanaik (which is also an excellent book and is a simple account of  the Ramayana). That made  the book even more interesting for me. Amish Tripathi has tried to be as parallel to the original story as he can but without intersecting the plots anywhere. The basic story and the twists take place as in the original but the circumstances that lead to each of these twists is novel, different and interesting. He keeps the reader engaged. There is a secret back story just as in the Shiva trilogy (which hasn't been revealed in the first book and hasn't been revealed in the first book). Working on a parallel story is difficult , be it writing a book or making a movie. One of the best example of this was Rang de Basanti. It was a cult movie and Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra did a wonderful job of setting the legendary story of the revolutionaries in the modern setup. And he did manage to keep the plot parallel to the original without deviating much. I feel Amish too has done a great job. The character traits , their origins their relations have been kept same as that of the original epic and at the same time the plots that connect these are different. The interactions in between these characters has also been given a humane touch (For eg one finds Bharat and Laxman pulling Ram's leg quite often). The book doesn't divulge into the core philosophy of Ramayana, but there are few references here and there.

All in all it's a good read. Eagerly waiting for the second part. 

This is the opening quote of the book and I loved this one. 

P.S.: Google Books is an awesome application if you are into ebooks and like to read them on multiple devices. It is available for iOS and android. It not only syncs your books on all your devices but also remembers the page where you left the book last time. This way you can resume reading on another device at the same point you left on the first one.

P.P.S: I know there are people who prefer actual books over ebooks.. But then ebooks give you the portability. You can read it anywhere and everywhere . Also the other advantage of google play books (or for that matter an e book reader ) is the in built dictionary for quick reference.

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