BOOK REVIEW

Presented by, Midhun Ramachandran

THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA

Author- Amish Tripathy

About the author- Tripathy holds a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He worked in financial service industry for nearly 14 years before turning to writing. The Immortals of Meluha was the first in the Shiva Trilogy. The trilogy is a fictionalized biography of the Indian deity Shiva. It narrates how Shiva was just a man, 4000 years ago but is today remembered as the Mahadev (the God of Gods)

o Shiva o Sati- A Meluhan princess, she is the daughter of King Daksha o Nandi A captain in the Meluhan army o Veer Bhadra A captain of Shiva's army and his close childhood friend o Bahaspati The chief Meluhan scientist o Daksha The King of the Meluhans o Kanakhla The chief minister of Daksha's royal court o Parvateshvar Head of Meluhan Army and a Suryavanshi o Ayurvati The Chief of Medicine o Suryavanshis The Suryavanshis are followers of Shri Ram and the Solar Calendar o Chandravanshis The Chandravanshis are followers of the Lunar Calendar. o Naga A cursed race of people who have physical deformities

The immortals of meluha is the first novel of the Shiva trilogy series by Amish Tripathy. The story takes place in the imaginary land of Meluha, today it is known as the Indus Valley civilization. Years back it was known as the mystic land of Meluha, and how they are saved from their wars by a nomad named Shiva. It begins with the Meluhan king Daksha inviting tribes to stay at his country, one of them being Shiva's tribe.

They soon come to recognize Shiva as their saviour called Neelkanth, after he consumes Somras, a legendary healing potion, which turns his throat blue. Shiva decides to help the Meluhans in their war against the Chandravanshis, who had joined forces with a cursed group called Nagas. However, in his journey and the resulting fight that ensues, Shiva learns how his choices actually reflected who he aspires to be, and how it led to the consequences.

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