The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi

The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A thoroughly enjoyable book if you can keep aside the faith and accept that Lord Shiva is an ordinary marijuana smoking human with his limitations and his abilities.
The book is based on the story where Shiva gets married to Daksha's daughter Sati. The books portrays Devagiri, placed somewhere in the the present day Kashmir, as the area where the Suryavanshis live. They are ruled by Daksha. They lead a very disciplined and a practically disease free life. They live to more than 100 years and they continue to be youthful throughout. This health is attributed to the somras that they partake. The somras is prepared with herbs and waters of river Saraswathi prepared by their scientists.

The Chandravanshis have Ayodhya as their capital and are a direct opposite of the Suryavanshis. They lead a laid back happy go lucky life with no discipline. They are at loggerheads with each other. Both believe in the legend of a Neelkant whom they believe will lead them to their destiny.

Shiva is a tribal leading a life of strife near the lake Manasarovar. Nandi comes and takes Shiva with him as an immigrant to Devagiri. Here he and his tribe members are given the somras. He and his tribe members go through a night of fever and pain and are attended to by the Suryavanshi doctors. His frost bitten toe is restored, the pain in his body disappears, he gets new strength and most importantly his neck turns blue.

Emperor Daksha and his entourage start paying homage to him as the Neelkant. Soon he becomes revered in the land and he finds himself falling in love with the Daksha's daughter Sati.

Read the book for the rest of the story. Definitely worth the money.

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