I remember when Rajiv Malhotra requested Amish to write true History. I glad to see Amish has taken this very seriously. We need more such patriotic writing of real History of our land. Specially to defeat the propaganda fake history of invaders and demeaning Bharatiyotto by crroked leftist Historians.
Thanks Amish we need more such valiant efforts from you. View all 3 comments. I don't know what was the involvement of Amish in this book, but it turned out to be a failure on almost every front. The writing team needs writing lessons, or a complete revamp. The story is utterly simplistic where you see every "twist" coming from a mile away.
The story has every bollywood cliche you can think of. The characters are very poorly written, apparently every single human being back then was extremely religious and when I say extremely religious, I mean that everyone's motivation I don't know what was the involvement of Amish in this book, but it turned out to be a failure on almost every front. The characters are very poorly written, apparently every single human being back then was extremely religious and when I say extremely religious, I mean that everyone's motivation for doing anything is their religion or an extreme patriot which again is weird because if the country is divided into multiple kingdoms, why do so many people rally behind India as an entity, and not just their kingdom.
Also there is not a single character that is likeable, usually even in bad stories you find some decent characters, but not here. Coming to the writing, it is pretty bad as well. It is very wooden and straightforward and missing the usual charm. Also, the writing is way too modern; if the story is set in something AD, at least try to not put in modern terminologies and philosophies.
Overall, it was a chore to get through this book, I did not enjoy reading it even a little. Another thing that bugs me is character descriptions. Like, we get it, Suheldev is really hot and has "rippling muscles". No need to mention it a hundred times. Another instance of this is when Suheldev witnesses a female character she has a name but has zero personality so I've already forgotten her name standing in the rain and he notices that her breasts are bigger than he expected them to be and hence finds her really hot.
I get it, breasts are attractive but come on! Did a 15 year old write that? It is obvious that there are going to be more books following this one so I hope they learn from their many, many mistakes. The history of Bharat that we studied during our school days was biased. It is still filled with glorification of Mughals and other Islamic invaders.
My Bharat has a rich history which needs to be taught. Children, students and common man should take pride in this history. So when an author like Amish Tripathi writes a book trying to reveal that history, I was excited. I had to read this book.
Within few pages I was utterly disappointed. What was unveiling in the story was a script of a movie in The history of Bharat that we studied during our school days was biased. What was unveiling in the story was a script of a movie in the 70's Bollywood written by Salim-Javed.
There's a hero who has a person from minority community as his sidekick or best friend. Who sacrifices for hero while upholding his religion and traitors belong to Hindu community. You mean to say that the warriors of ancient Bharat didn't have the valor to fight the enemy on their own? How can you even think about this? You are writing this book pretending it to be part of history.
But this is little history and more fiction. Bollywood did something similar this year with the movie Tanaji where the brave warriors took help of mentally challenged person from minority.
This is disgrace to the legacy of our heroes. There are two things that work in this book. One is the engaging writing. It's difficult to put this book down. Second is the way Suheldev butchers Ghazni and his army to the last man. No survivors. No mercy. This is the way it should be done. But in my honest opinion, you can easily skip this book unless you want to read a script of 70's movie.
Jun 24, Prateek Singh rated it did not like it. My review. No story or character spoilers. Well, Being an ardent fan of amish tripathi I got this newly released Book- Suheldev, The king who saved India as early as I could lay my hands on. Finished it day before yesterday.
And here I am to share my views, don't worry I have no spoilers ahead. So coming to the review part of this book. To all those who have read Amish before, I am hopefully certain that you will find a huge disconnect between Amish Tripathi 's style of writing and the style used in My review.
To all those who have read Amish before, I am hopefully certain that you will find a huge disconnect between Amish Tripathi 's style of writing and the style used in this book. Well that holds true because this book comes from the immortal writers center. But since the head of this project is Amish I won't give him that excuse to entertain.
The books starts off in style. Beggining is promising and the end justifiable, but the central part losses its sheen to bring the much needed suspense and drama. It's more like a pure historical textbook rather than a novelistic fiction. Also, I believe the main character isn't built well, the transitions are missing.
It's just so abrupt to notice some qualities erupt suddenly which the character didn't seem to possess. The development of character is a big negative here. Coming to the presentation of the story. The writers seem to be trying hard to add suspense but everything is just too obvious.
Also , everything keeps jumping here and there and at a certain point I just had to read it because it was Amish afterall. It was like watching the highlights of testmatch , you will know the important facts but that takes away the soul. The only positive I find is a story not gone waste. Atleast some of us will remember Suheldev. Overall, highly disappointed. Its just not Amish. Rating : 1. May 26, Arun Choudhary rated it did not like it.
Illogical Narrative and Propaganda. View all 7 comments. Jun 20, Vikalp Trivedi rated it did not like it Shelves: read-books Originally slated to release in under the Indic Chronicles but cancelled due to some unforeseen circumstances- The Legend Of Suheldev finally released after almost two years, under a new banner - Immortal Writers' Center.
Based on the life of the eleventh century king Suheldev and in a time where our was country continuously razed and looted by the Turk invaders the book had every ingredient to make it a good historical fiction.
The setting and the first chapter of the book were intriguing Originally slated to release in under the Indic Chronicles but cancelled due to some unforeseen circumstances- The Legend Of Suheldev finally released after almost two years, under a new banner - Immortal Writers' Center. The setting and the first chapter of the book were intriguing enough to raise my hopes high to the level that this one is going to be a good historical fiction novel. So what can go wrong after the first chapter?
Maybe some things here and there, right? Let's see. In the second chapter I found a Greek God, with rippling biceps, well chiseled chest and perfect abs wresting with an overweight wrestler and taking a win over him by using his wits. The women present at the wrestling arena ogle at the Greek God's perfect figure as the Greek God celebrate his victory. But moments or some hilariously stupid lines later it is reveled that it is Suheldev- the man on whom the novel is based.
Oh my God! The entire sequence is so badly written that it felt like I am reading screenplay of a daily soap. After initial chapters due to some stupid reason Suheldev self impose an exile and roam around like a bandit to eradicate the Turk camps from India. Might be Amish forgot that he is writing another series based on Ram and he need not to make Suheldev Ram or a bad mix of Ram and Robinhood and give Indians versus Turks angle a Ramayan touch.
Secondly being a vigilante the identity of Suheldev should have been a very secret one but you will find many characters popping up in every chapter who know about the "dreaded" can't stop to laugh while writing "dreaded" Bandit-Prince. There are many Kings who are allies to Mahmud Gaznavi but none of them- not a single one gets to know about the Bandit-Prince yet somehow the stories of exploits of the Bandit-Prince reaches to Mahmud Gaznavi himself.
If Gaznavi knew about Suheldev and he had allies in India why didn't he ordered his allies to attack the kingdom of Shravasti to pull out Suheldev? I tried to ask myself. My brain replied, "Are you looking for logic here? You fool. Not a single character has even a bit of depth. When I first read about Suheldev I read that he was the king who united the Indian Kings against the so called unbeatable armies of Mahmud Gaznavi and in a battle in Bahrich he razed the forces of Gaznavi led by Gaznavi's nephew Salar Masud.
I am not an expert of Indian history but I still think that there must have been some political intrigue the mammoth task of uniting the Indian kings. And to be honest I expected that political intigue from the book.
But what the book has given is a bunch of undercooked characters who somehow are tormented by the Turks and join the crusade of the Bandit-Prince at least till the twelfth chapter because after that my mind completely rebelled against the torcher I was giving to it by reading this book. The other thing which was rivalling the bad character development of Suheldev was the development and portrayal of the Muslim characters on Suheldev's side.
In every chapter there is a Muslim character who is trying to prove that he is the brave and more importantly loyal son of Mother India. I again dared to ask- "logic? For me Amish is the man who has given me- and I am very well sure- to many like me a new perspective on the mythical gods, he is the man who tried to quench the thirst to know the reasons and logics behind the "unquestionable" concepts of Hinduism. He is the man who made the ancient Indian philosophies so accessable and interesting.
I never expected a book like "The Legend Of Suheldev" from this man. Some prayed for victory, some for honour and some to simply live through the day and see their loved ones again. These writers have done most of the research and have written the first draft as well. Amish had brought his storytelling skills to this unique consortium. The plot and story line are "There are no atheists on a battlefield.
The plot and story line are quite simple. Moreover, the book has decent pace as compared to the contemporary fiction published in India. The transition from one scene to another could have been smoother. Additionally, the characters could have had more depth because apart from Suheldev, I do not see any investment done by the team in any other character. Furthermore, some amount of philosophy is a bit cliched.
Now, I will come to the best part of the philosophy of this book. On the other hand, the Hinduism of us Indians is theologically inclusive and liberal, while socially we are intolerant. The co-existence of being social and theologically inclusive.
Just like Sufi culture of India. The book captures the beauty of syncretism when the battle cries like Har Har Mahadev and Allahu Akbar comes from the Indians fighting against the Ghazni Army.
The commentary on the caste system is absolutely brilliant. We, Indians, have been manipulated, divided and brutally oppressed earlier by invaders by turning us towards our own countrymen and later by politicians by using us as a vote bank. Our forefathers are themselves to blame for this. Nevertheless, it is a relatively better book in recent times.
Hopefully, it will inspire people to read more. Suheldev on a stamp Jun 29, Nav Pallav rated it did not like it. A black and white bollywood saga with invading Turks as villains and virtuous Indians as heroes In true bollywood fashion, there was a muslim character on the Indian side who fought against fellow muslim invaders to defend India, chanted Jai maa bharti and sacrificed to carry the day. Astonishingly the villain in chief had a twin brother who was used to create suspense and who fought against his brother to save India.
What a steady fall it has been for Amish, from the Shiva trilogy to the Rama seri A black and white bollywood saga with invading Turks as villains and virtuous Indians as heroes In true bollywood fashion, there was a muslim character on the Indian side who fought against fellow muslim invaders to defend India, chanted Jai maa bharti and sacrificed to carry the day.
What a steady fall it has been for Amish, from the Shiva trilogy to the Rama series and now this crap. Reminds me of those lame Hindi movies. Avoid it. Instead spend money on other amazing books. Legend of Suheldev: King Who Saved India by Amish Tripathi released last month and I was in a great hurry to buy the book because I was very impressed with his previous two series. This book has a different approach to writing as explained below. So basically here the author explains the concept and the entire story to his team, who research and write the first draft o Legend of Suheldev: King Who Saved India by Amish Tripathi released last month and I was in a great hurry to buy the book because I was very impressed with his previous two series.
So basically here the author explains the concept and the entire story to his team, who research and write the first draft over which he then works on. I like the honesty with which this fact has been declared, but I feel this book is nowhere close to his previous works and is a major let down. Due to all the infighting within the country, many kingdoms fall while many submit to the barbaric Turks and accept them as overlords.
Suheldev of Shravasti, then a young Prince starts a guerrilla revolution to secretively combat the Turks, after they have defiled the asuspicious Somnath temple. After the death of his father, Suheldev becomes the King and forms an alliance with other Indian Kings to bring down the fierce Turkic Army of Central Asia.
This story is about the chivalrous, brave and patriotic King Suheldev as he saves Mother India from invaders. Also, I felt the book just rambles on and I feel it could have been much shorter.
Maybe the intent of the book was resonate with the masses and be a blockbuster and commercial success, but somehow did not work for me. Would I recommend this book? I feel this book has just ruined the author for me. Jun 27, Ayush Chauhan rated it it was amazing. This book is a saga of an Indian ruler of a small kingdom Shravasti named Suheldev who fought against Turks. Suheldev sacrificed everything for motherland,broke barriers of caste,religion,gender and formed an army with a single motto to defeat Turks and save motherland India and it's rich culture.
The foundation of the army was love for motherland. Suheldev was a fierce rebel,charismatic leader and an inclusive patriot. Characters are built parallely and introduced to the main storyline at the righ This book is a saga of an Indian ruler of a small kingdom Shravasti named Suheldev who fought against Turks. Characters are built parallely and introduced to the main storyline at the right time. There are several suspenses that will keep your breath on hold and make u read further and further till suspense is revealed.
I found the battle scenes beautifully written by elaboration of every minute details so that you can see them infront of the eyes. Book touches various issue that still prevail and divide the society like casteism,religion,cultural beliefs and gender inequality.
This book sends two strong message- 1. There he discovered he was the Neelkanth, a barbarian long prophesied to be Meluha's savior. But in his hour of victory fighting the Chandravanshis - Meluha's enemy - he discovered they had their own prophecy. Now he must fight to uncover the treachery within his inner circle, and unmask those who are about to destroy all that he has fought for. Shiva is about to learn that good and evil are two sides of the same coin A land in tumult, poverty and chaos.
Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time. Blessed by the Gods with talents beyond all. Cursed by fate to be tested to the extremes. A formidable teenage pirate, he is filled with equal parts courage, cruelty and fearsome resolve. A resolve to be a giant among men, to conquer, plunder, and seize the greatness that he thinks is his right.
A man of contrasts, of brutal violence and scholarly knowledge. A man who will love without reward and kill without remorse. This exhilarating third book of the Ram Chandra series sheds light on Ravaan, the king of Lanka. And the light shines on darkness of the darkest kind.
Is he the greatest villain in history or just a man in a dark place, all the time? Read the epic tale of one of the most complex, violent, passionate and accomplished men of all time. That witnessed the rise of other cultures and watched them turn to dust. It has been celebrated and attacked.
Admired and vilified. But through all these millennia, after all the ups and downs of history, it's still here! And now, after a few centuries of decline, it's driving a new dawn once again. The names may change, but the soul of this great land is immortal. Amish helps you understand India like never before, through a series of sharp articles, nuanced speeches, and intelligent debates. India, AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India? The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent?
Many of the old Indian kingdoms, tired and divided, fall to them. Those who do fight, battle with old codes of chivalry, and are unable to stop the savage Turkic army which repeatedly breaks all rules to win. Then the Turks raid and destroy one of the holiest temples in the land: the magnificent Lord Shiva temple at Somnath. At this most desperate of times, a warrior rises to defend the nation. King Suheldev. The ruler of a small kingdom, he sees what must be done for his motherland, and is willing to sacrifice his all for it.
A fierce rebel. A charismatic leader. An inclusive patriot.
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