Title : Rudravan
Author : Rahul Rajan
As the blurb of the book goes : "Ravan... The greatest villain of our legends, burnt down every year, reduced to ashes again and again, only to rise anew. His is a cycle of death and rebirth that never ends, a legend that refuses to die. And there is a reason for that.
The tale of Ravan still screams to be told, to break free of the falsehoods that have buried his truth. But in the vastness of our myths, there are bits and pieces of his legend scattered all around, leading us to the truth of what could well be the greatest unsolved mystery of all time. The truth of Ravan's life, and his death by a God in mortal flesh...
Ravan's origin, as the descendent of Lord Brahma, his devotion to Shiva and his conquest of Swarga speak of a great king, stronger and wiser than even the Devas. How then does he succumb to lust, cowardice and finally, foolhardiness?
And what was Ravan's sin that made his death necessary? The abduction of Sita was a mere front, for the Ram avatar had been born long before that. Why did Vishnu stand against him, when he was blessed by both shiva and Brahma? How was Ravan, blessed with invincibility, defeated so conveniently, by a God in human flesh? Could Ravan not have thought of that, and prepared against it?
And why did Shiva allow the death of his greatest worshipper, the one he himself had named?
What if the Ramayana was just a part of greater story, a cosmic game of chess between Vishnu and Ravan? What if our greatest epic is merely the end of a tale that had begun long ago?
My View : How many of us know the story of Ravan, just a few facts about him learnt from the epic tale of Ramayana? Author Rahul with his book Rudravan comes with the tale of Ravan, where you not only get to know about the story of Ravan in depth, but also a strong wild imagination attached to it to make it an entertaining and interesting story.
But, what actually it has for the readers in a 400+ pages book. Well, that's I leave up to you, because the content deserves your time. All I can say for now is, it has something that can take you to a journey where you can find yourself totally engaged and you can feel yourself involved in a different world. You might think that such huge number of pages must be overcrowded with unwanted content, but when you go through it you would realize how Rahul has made the utilization of each of the space he's been provided with.
From writing style to the art of story-telling, from wild imagination to the use of mythological character, Rahul's words deserve to be read by the readers who atleast have inclination towards mythological story.
Rating : 4.3/5
Reviewer : Shweta Kesari
Author : Rahul Rajan
As the blurb of the book goes : "Ravan... The greatest villain of our legends, burnt down every year, reduced to ashes again and again, only to rise anew. His is a cycle of death and rebirth that never ends, a legend that refuses to die. And there is a reason for that.
The tale of Ravan still screams to be told, to break free of the falsehoods that have buried his truth. But in the vastness of our myths, there are bits and pieces of his legend scattered all around, leading us to the truth of what could well be the greatest unsolved mystery of all time. The truth of Ravan's life, and his death by a God in mortal flesh...
Ravan's origin, as the descendent of Lord Brahma, his devotion to Shiva and his conquest of Swarga speak of a great king, stronger and wiser than even the Devas. How then does he succumb to lust, cowardice and finally, foolhardiness?
And what was Ravan's sin that made his death necessary? The abduction of Sita was a mere front, for the Ram avatar had been born long before that. Why did Vishnu stand against him, when he was blessed by both shiva and Brahma? How was Ravan, blessed with invincibility, defeated so conveniently, by a God in human flesh? Could Ravan not have thought of that, and prepared against it?
And why did Shiva allow the death of his greatest worshipper, the one he himself had named?
What if the Ramayana was just a part of greater story, a cosmic game of chess between Vishnu and Ravan? What if our greatest epic is merely the end of a tale that had begun long ago?
My View : How many of us know the story of Ravan, just a few facts about him learnt from the epic tale of Ramayana? Author Rahul with his book Rudravan comes with the tale of Ravan, where you not only get to know about the story of Ravan in depth, but also a strong wild imagination attached to it to make it an entertaining and interesting story.
But, what actually it has for the readers in a 400+ pages book. Well, that's I leave up to you, because the content deserves your time. All I can say for now is, it has something that can take you to a journey where you can find yourself totally engaged and you can feel yourself involved in a different world. You might think that such huge number of pages must be overcrowded with unwanted content, but when you go through it you would realize how Rahul has made the utilization of each of the space he's been provided with.
From writing style to the art of story-telling, from wild imagination to the use of mythological character, Rahul's words deserve to be read by the readers who atleast have inclination towards mythological story.
Rating : 4.3/5
Reviewer : Shweta Kesari
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