I received a complimentary copy of
Chanakya's Chant very few days after its release... Being an ardent
follower of the Ashwin Sanghi, the author on Twitter, he send me one
as a gesture of goodwill.
With an attractive golden cover, that
fascinate you and drops a hint or two about the time and genre of
this book, Chanakya’s Chant is spellbound read that make you get
consumed in its world of 450 pages. The printing and typing quality
is at par and beautifully comprehensible, plus you find the
Chanakya's Chant hummed in your ears, a master strategy by Yell
graduate author to release music and video teasers prior to his
Novel.
Story of historic King maker Chanakya or the Kautilya told parallel to contemporary Pandit Vidhyasagar, who transits
himself from being the son of a simple teacher to the power behind
everything that happens in the country.
The author done a brilliant job by
pulling together two eras of India's Polity into one book, both
protagonists duals with world around in same pace, fighting tooth and
nail and mastering opponents with ruthless and cold hearted tricks
and with razer sharp brilliance. In spite of a huge gap of milenia
between the two narrative Ashwin Sanghi keeps you indulged in plot.
Pandit Gangasagar - the modern day
Chanakya, steers through and play his art to politics. The plots and
events you can relate to present political scenario: Rise of a leader
from rags to the helm of the power, sex scandals, horse trading of
lawmakers, corporate and multi-million scams, rigging in polls,
Dharmgurus and Tantric advisers and what not. All these multi-layered
plot lines inspires awe and adds to the overall fun
.
The novel starts on mild tone but as
the introduction to the characters gets over it picks up the pace.
You can't help yourself but Marvell at
protagonist's ruthlessness, the sacrifices they make in their life to
achieve their final aim.
The style and tone of this novel is
independent it keeps varying throughout the plot, The author have
adopted a number of quotes from real life political legends to truly
justify the aura of Protagonists; this is one of the things he
acknowledged at the end of the book with references.
The ending of the novel is bit far
fetched but can be digested looking at the trend of current political
scenario of "anything can happen".
All in all it is a wholesome reading
experience and make Ashwin Sanghi stand apart from the Chetan Bhagat
genre of fiction.
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