By Arindam Nath
Bridging Souls—A trip from Mahabharata to Bharata is a thought-provoking and scholarly ebook that juxtaposes the occasions of Mahabharata with the socio-political atmosphere of modern day India. it really is an erudite treatise that analyzes Mahabharata-related matters just like the beginning of the Pandavas, their use of assorted guns within the Kurukshetra battle and the position of many different characters at the sidelines, with knowledge in addition to intelligence. It makes for racy studying because the narrative criss-crosses among the prior and the current, with an endearing love tale and an exhilarating homicide secret, intertwined with the cerebral interpretation of the Mahabharata. noticeably unorthodox and hard-hitting, the booklet is probably going to make the reader adventure an important shift in his figuring out of the Mahabharata.
This publication is an try and take a clean examine the episodes of previous, recorded within the well-known epic Mahabharata. it truly is guaranteed to bring up a couple of eyebrows and should be even surprise plenty of devoted believers, yet for a metamorphosis, one may well try and evaluation to make your mind up if we will settle for these practices today.
--G M Srivastava, I.P.S. (Retd.), Former DGP Tripura and Assam
Bridging Souls, a desirable travelogue penned via Arindam Nath, actually bridges innumerable souls and hearts throughout peninsular India. Nath’s labour of affection additionally refocuses at the crucial cultural continuity during this old kingdom down the annals of historical past. extra remarkably, the racy fluent form of narrative makes the ebook unputdownable until eventually the top.
--Sekhar Dutta, Senior Journalist of The Telegraph
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