Writer: Ashwin Sanghvi
Genre: Fiction
The book narrates two stories in parallel. One story is about the erudite Chanakya, whose wily political strategies make Chandrupgta Mayurya the emperor of a united Bharath. In parallel and in today times, is the story of Pandit Gangadhar Mishra, who with his political acumen makes Chandini Gupta as the prime minister of India.
I personally enjoyed the Chanakya era more. However I cannot help but be disappointed in the way the writer has used known quotes and phrases and attributed them to Chanakya. No, it isn't plagiarism as he duly mentions his sources but when you have to say something about the age old Chanakya it just doesn’t make sense for Chanakya to mouth someone else's phrases. After all he is the author of Arthashastra!
It's strictly the story of Chanakya and his protégée that made me finish the book because otherwise the book has no other USP.
1 comment:
I saw the 'Chanakya' TV series again and enjoyed it thoroughly. Its ought to be one of the most well researched series ever. In contrast, the series 'Chandragupta Maurya' running on some TV channel now is a joke.
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