my best wishes to Ashwin Sanghi for his unputdownable Krishna Key and Rozabal Line :) It's a request to Aswin to write something as elaborate on Shiva, the Mahadev. I have read Devdutta Patnaik's as well as Amish Tripathy's writings, yet Ashwin's style has appealed me the most. Ashwin claims his writing as fiction but they simply teleport the reader to some mystical world. am waiting for his writing on Mahadev.
it is wonderful that young writers are writing for the sake of it. it shows we are progressing. hope someday a classic would emerge in English.may be a satyajit ray of literature.not merely best seller or pot-boilers. i must admit our regional literature is full of gems. but we need modern classics like that of kafka etc.
Krishna Key was a fantastic read. Fast-paced and awesome research. Liked it much more than Chanakya's Chant which seemed a little Bollywoodish. Hope to see TKK as a movie soon.
Re: My view
by V SR on Dec 05, 2012 07:44 PM
Which clearly means that you have not read any other books with historical connections. His books would have better, if it not had loads of mistakes.
I am not criticising Sanghi. The fact that he had to refer to English sources for his research "Since most of the ancient books were in Sanskrit", tells you how far down the road we have come in our quest for English as the language of personal advancement. And how much we are letting go of our heritage.
Re: Our Loss-No Knowledge of Sanskrit
by mang on Dec 05, 2012 01:23 PM
Oh ya? Why didn't you put your comment in Sanskrit? At least I would have understood!!
Re: Our Loss-No Knowledge of Sanskrit
by Raghavendra Ravi on Dec 14, 2012 03:45 PM
Very Very true. We have lost the ability to communicate intricate idea in our mother tongue(s). Mothers are speaking to 3 yr old children in English - atleast in cities - such is our obsession!
Re: Re: Our Loss-No Knowledge of Sanskrit
by surajit som on Dec 14, 2012 09:29 PM
yes,we should be able to read our classics in originals ,particularly if they are in Sanskrit. but better something rather than nothing !!
I liked all three of his books... The Rozabal Line, Chanakya Chants and The Krishna Key. His ability to mingle historical/mythological information with fiction is what makes his books so entertaining and gripping.
Yes, the book was quite entertaining but had loads of mistakes. The characters were often mis-represented during critical plot scenes. Also, some of the characters need a leap of faith to believe their intellect (e.g. Sir Khan). Also, the historic views get quite abrupt as the pages turn and the short anecdotes are sometimes lost in translation. I still think Chanakya's Chant is way better than this.
Re: Quick take on the book
by V SR on Dec 04, 2012 03:02 PM
I agree. Characters are interchanged and later informed to us through his website as typo errors. Some of the places are shown as interesting to create an attention and suddenly the same places loss interest. Lanugage also needs lots of refinement to compare with Dan Brown, who was master teller.
Yes, the book was quite entertaining but had loads of mistakes. The characters were often mis-represented during critical plot scenes. Also, some of the characters need a leap of faith to believe their intellect (e.g. Sir Khan). Also, the historic views get quite abrupt as the pages turn and the short anecdotes are sometimes lost in translation. I still think Chanakya's Chant is way better than this.
