Book: The Mahabharata Code
Author: Karthik KB Rao
Publisher: Notion Press
They
say do not judge a book by its cover, well it does turn out to be true in case
of most books. Well, if the same fact is
applicable for The Mahabharata Code, read on to find out ;)
The book,
as mentioned, is the first person narration of the story which primarily
revolves around author’s fascination of Lord Krishna and the significant role
that he has played in Mahabharata. The protagonist Narayan Rao, as NASA
scientist is sent to another planet which has shown signs of life.
Upon reaching
there, he realizes that he is about to witness the great epic Mahabharata ‘live’
on this another planet, in a parallel galaxy. The major part of the book is
about the unfolding of the epic, as we have read it, rather as the protagonist
has read and heard of it on his own planet ‘earth’. However, the Krishna here
is tech-savvy and uses advanced gadgets instead of ‘magic’. Or did the same
thing happened on our planet also, while we native citizens named it as
miracles??
The way
the story starts is interesting, however, at one level it get a little slow;
especially when the reader is only reading about the same old Mahabharata which
we have been through ‘n’ number of times. That’s when it appears if there is
anything new about the book and why did the author fill the pages with
Mahabharata anecdotes.
There
are many other elements to the story running in parallel, which will not make
any sense while you are reading it… but wait till you reach the end of the
book.
The most
interesting part of the story is the author’s version of Bhagvad Gita (am I
right Mr. Rao?). He has beautifully described the Gita in his own words. Although
at some point he narrates it in an extremely techie language, which might get a
little too verbose for non-techie readers. But you get the point, so that’s
cool.
The imagination
of the author has to be appreciated of building up on such a topic. The book
leaves you with asking for more and many thoughts.
In one of those that parallel universes, is there
at least one planet similar to our earth?
If yes, then will there be a similar country
like India which would shares similar history as ours?
If yes, then will there be a similar person like
me sitting on a laptop and writing a book review on The Mahabharata Code….
Coming
back to where we started from…. The cover of the book is very attractive and so
is the concept of the plot. At some places the treatment could have been
better.
My
rating: 3 Stars
I
received a review copy of the book from the author under a review program by The Book Club in exchange for an
honest and unbiased review.
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