Shiva Trilogy

Every book we read has the power to render wings for imagination but very few books gives us more power than the word imagination itself, and Shiva trilogy is one such book. It is hard for one book to keep us occupied and this series of three books kept me occupied for almost three years. Every book that I read kept me busy continuously. Every Hindu knows the family story of lord Shiva, but what makes this book special is the author  has very brilliantly traced the origin of lord Shiva (though imaginary only) and very genuinely roped in all the  other characters beginning from bhadra to mithra. I have always knows Shiva as a god who according to my mother punishes when wrong done and specially he is a very wrathful lord, but throughout my journey with this book I have found a special respect for the lord as a very dignified, justified hero. Right from the beginning of the book I was impressed especially with the characters like Ayurvati,whose is a doctor(Ayurveda)  and the way the city of Meluha has been described with its infra structure like public drainage, quarantine block etc took me to a different level of imagination, awestruck by the knowledge of the ancient Indians. Words like Rudra, Neelkanth, Somras which are usually common only in the regional languages were odd in English, but only for few pages. Forget the grandmother’s version of lord Ganesha having the features of elephant, for you would enjoy the version described in this book. I would always cherish the memories of the journey of imagination through this trilogy. And I would definitely recommend Shiva trilogy a must read for every Indian.