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Blurb of the
book :
Five thousand
years ago, there came to earth a magical being called Krishna, who brought
about innumerable miracles for the good of mankind. Humanity despaired of its
fate if the Blue God were to die but was reassured that he would return in a
fresh avatar when needed in the eventual dark age- the Kaliyug. In modern
times, a poor little rich boy grows up believing that he is that final avatar
and kills everybody who comes in his way to reach his destiny in the same
manner by which Krishna (The 8th avatar of Vishnu) was killed by a
hunter 5000 years ago.
The main aim of
this avatar is to follow the order of his master whom he used to call ‘mataji’
and find four seals followed by a ceramic basement plate which manifests the
existence of Krishna.
My Review:
The Krishna Key, Ashwini
Sanghi’s third novel, is based on ancient secrets of Vedic age and the
Mahabharata. There are several characters in this novel still I would say the
main protagonist is ‘Ravi Mohan Saini’, who is a professor of History. The
story starts with the thrilling murder of Saini's best friend Anil Varshney by
an anonymous killer and the police found Saini culpable. To prove his innocence
he started to find the reason of his friend’s death.
The facts that the
author had written or co-related shows years of research on these areas and for
this I salute to the author. The hideous things about Taj Mahal, Somnath temple,
the holy numbers like 108 and 786 made me feel like I don’t know much about our
Indian history.
Thumbs Up:
The best part of
this novel which I adore the most is the division of each chapter into two
parts, 1st first part is the Mahabharata story and the 2nd
part is a thriller cum fiction story. The anagrams like “Tarak Vakil to Kalki
Avatar”, “SirKhan to Krishna” that the writer had composed is really
commendable. The end of each chapter did act as a page turner.
Thumbs Down:
The
exaggerate description about the ship called Radha. At
the end of the novel the four seals and the ceramic plate have lost their
significance and the climax couldn't hold the pace.
I will give this thriller
cum fiction novel 4 out of 5 stars. :) :)
