Scion of Ishavaku by Amish Tripathi

Book: Scion of Ishavaku.

Author: Amish Tripathi (@authoramish )

Publisher: Westland Publications Ltd. (www.westlandbooks.in)

ISBN : 978 93 85152 14 6

My personal opinion in my previous reviews of author Amish Tripathis books has been, he is an awesome author, he has picked up the vastly neglected genre of Indian mythology and he has a very deft interweave of storyline and fiction and culture. I thought there were some areas which he could improve on. He has vastly improved over his first 2 books.

This is the first book of the Ramachandra series, of the epic  Indian Hindu mythological tale Ramayana. The basics of this tale are known to every child of India. It is played out by travelling theatre troupes every year in the villages and towns of India culminating in Dusherra.

Author Amish has tried a unique technique with this series, he takes the same story and explores it only from the view of one character.

Here Amish starts with Ram. The crown prince of Ayodhya. Avatar of Vishnu. God for millions of Indians. Author is nicely able to give human reasonings for his divinity.

The story is nicely traced through the growing up of the princes of Ayodhya. Each characters strengths.

Then the story focuses mainly on the 14 years of exile of Lord Ram, to keep the sanctity of  a promise.

This story tries to focus on the exile mainly and brief interactions between Rama and the asura Ravana.

But my favorite part of this book is the scene where Lord Rama encounters his future wife , Sita, Divine goddess in her own right. I have yet to read any romantic encounter that has moved me so much.

I am a definite Amish Tripathi fan. Any book of author Amish is a must buy for me.