The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi!!!

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   This post will always remind me of my bad times. On the day of Mahashivratri, I picked up the first book of Shiva Trilogy- The Immortals of Meluha and completed it in two days. Then I picked up the second one- The Secret of the Nagas and completed it yet in another two days. Finally, I picked up the recently released on 28th February, the third and the last book of the trilogy- The Oath Of The Vayuputras and got stuck with it. Many things that should not have happened, happened with my life and mood. I picked it up on 19th March and completed it today on 11th April. I have never taken such a long period to read any book. And by experiencing this slow reading, I have decided that let any bad time come in my life, I will always read books with the same enthusiasm. :-) Let's come back on the book. Amish Tripathi has given his 100% to the last part of the trilogy and thus the book ended up in being the thickest of all the three books. :-) But he has given the perfect ending to the trilogy. He has not disappointed me. Though the The Immortals of Meluha still stays to be my favorite of all the three because it also had humor in it but still the whole trilogy is the best cake that you can ever experience in your town. I can easily claim that the name of the author and book are not over-hyped. It is getting what it deserves.

  SYNOPSIS:

The Oath of the Vayuputras is the final book of the Shiva Trilogy. In the earlier books of the trilogy, Shiva finds out that the Nagas are not his enemies and joins hands with them to reach the root of all evil. This book will have answers to ‘the Neelkanth’s’ questions about his fate, the choices he made previously and karma.

Further, in the concluding book of the trilogy, Shiva reaches Panchavati, the capital of Naga where he will come face to face with his greatest enemy. Will he win the battle over his wicked enemies, who are out to destroy him and his legacy?

The Oath of the Vayuputras will also reveal the reason of Shiva’s close friend Brahaspati’s disappearance and reappearance at the end of the second book, The Secret of the Nagas. Further the relationship between Daksha, the king of Meluha and the mysterious temple priests will also be exposed in this last part of the trilogy. Shiva seeks helps from the Vayuputras in the quest to conquer all evil.

The great warrior will encounter the real intentions of some characters he deemed to be close to him. Some new characters will add that extra vitality to the entire plot, especially Shiva’s greatest enemy whose name sends shivers down the spines of many great warriors.

An interesting journey of a warrior who is turned into a God by his followers because of his deeds and war against the evil, this book is sure to have its readers’ full attention. A good read which will make one reflect on their actions, this book like the two earlier books of the trilogy focuses on philosophy, religion and the never ending battle between the good and the evil.

     

       Coming to the author, Amish Tripathi has one good thing- he is clear with what he wants to convey. He is assured about his ideologies. He is crystal clear with each sentence that he writes. With all the three books, he has maintained a monotonous quality and that is the devotion towards the protagonist of the book- Lord Shiva. No doubt why this publisher- Westland has paid him an advance of 5 crore rupees for the next trilogy that he would be writing. The only complain that I have with him is the increasing cost of his books with each release. We know that as demand increases, the rate of the product also increases in direct proportion to it. But as youth should be the core target audience as they need to know about religion, myth, philosophy more than anyone else, the price of the book should be affordable to them. Amish Tripathi has earned 22 crore+ as an author. It would have sounded cool even if it would have been 10 crore +. Hence, my dear favorite author, please cut the cost of your book and keep it at the cost at which Meluha was when it released for the first time. 

              Coming to the review, the book starts with Shiva being informed about how Somras which everyone considers as the liquid of God is evil and not appropriate for consumption. Shiva then reacts to it and asks everyone to stop the usage. From here the story of this book begins. There are his own people who wants to use Somras and promote it even when they know that Shiva can destroy them. And as it's evident, the battle between Good and the Evil starts. The way Shiva turns against his own Meluha is shocking. Parvateshwar's execution's sentence scene is an emotional moment. Tara's whole scenario is also interesting. The way Daksha and his companions plan against Shiva are some furious moments for the readers in the book. :-) The involvement of Ganesh and Kartik in the story is as if two mini-Shiva are also added and hence it turns more charming. Later on, THE FINAL CALL chapter made me weep like hell. The chapters post-THE FINAL CALL are the USP of this book for me. The conclusion to the trilogy is made too appropriately to even describe it in words. How a human- Shiva turned into GOD is so perfectly narrated that I want to fall into the tale once again. 

             The only drawback that I would say is the slow progress of the book in the middle. Amish Tripathi has added many unwanted scenes and plots in the book. I felt many inclusions out of proportions. They could have been expelled. Another doubting element for me is the title of the book. Why the name- THE OATH OF THE VAYUPUTRAS? It wasn't the basic plot. Instead, THE EVIL OF THE SOMRAS would have worked better. Else, I don't think that there's anything which I would like to pinpoint. I give it 4/5 stars. And I recommend all of you to read all the three parts in one go when you get vacation or something. Reading this trilogy in breaks can confuse you. So please, whenever you read, be ready to get lost in this world that resides in our very own India, some 4000 years ago. :-) 

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  ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!! 

When Goddesses decide to land down on Earth!!!

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    In life, people come and go. Every thing seems to be temporary after some times. We are always unsure about few things that are close to us. But the only thing that we are always assured about is no one else but our Mothers. Mother is such an important part of our life that she stays with us in every ups and downs. She makes it sure that we are well even when she knows that nothing in world can please us at the moment. She is always careful about us. She manages the whole world but before that, she always try to feed her children first. She can leave world for her child. She can sacrifice any damn thing but can never do anything that sounds unfavorable for her child. There are innumerable examples where a mother has parted ways with her husband because he was coming in between of her child's progress. For the whole life, a mother takes an adamant oath of living alone and nourishing her child even when she knows the path is all difficult and dangerous from here. Never in life do I think of hurting my mother badly. Occasional fighting and arguments are part of life but I make it sure that anything I do will make my mother proud of me. Anything I do will never make her feel ashamed of her son. Though the things don't remain same always but still I keep trying. Every time I achieve something, my mother is the first person I call. I know the amount of pure love she has for me. Never in life can she think of profiteering from me and my position. She will give me things but will never take anything that is mine. This is how lovely my mother is. Today she turns 46 years old. It happens, according to me, only once in life that the age of mother is exactly double of her son's. This is currently the state with me and my mom. I am 23 and she has turned 46 today. I am exactly half of her. :-)

              My mother is one lady whom I have seen continuously working since I gained my consciousness. I see myself resting sometimes or going out of form but this lady has never said," Beta, aaj main bimaar hoon. Jaa bahaar se khaana le aa". Let any situation come, she is always ready to do what comes under her duty. She makes it sure that she never misses out her responsibilities. I don't remember a single day when she has not given me college tiffin saying that she is in certain problems or calamities. It is me who plays with her, switches her alarm off to make her sleep little more as she works for the whole day which results in making her wake up late and then I miss my tiffin. But that is all because of me. From her side, what I have experienced is just perfection. Any time, I call her and say that I am bringing this and this number of friends and she never over-reacts or fall at her knees. She says with confidence,"Theek hai. Aur kisi ko bahaar khaane mat dena main bana rahi hoon". This is her aura. She does to make it sure that no one faces any problem until and unless she is present on Earth and around them. 

              My successes give her strength while my failures break her. But as life is not in control of anyone, I can just see her plight but can never change the situation for her. The only thing that is possible for me is to work harder. A little support is all that I ask from her. I get it but as it is said, in bad times, the one who does the most for you seems to be the biggest criminal. And I shout at her some times. How sad! But this one thing is too humane. Hence I sometimes think that its not even in my control. But whatever, at the end of the day, it's all love and dedication plus devotion for her. I want to make her experience almost every thing that she has not from last 4.5 decades of her life and 2.4 decades of her marriage. Only when I'll fulfill all her wishes and also those things which has never come into her imaginations to fulfill will I consider myself a genuine ideal son. 

               My mother has given me what even I was incapable of giving myself. Being a boy, there are certain limitations that I have been unable to cross but she being a lady has achieved almost every thing that she can. I don't know how does she have this amount of energy and accomplishment in life. She will always remain to be an idol for me. She manages her house, kitchen, relations and every damn thing while I am unable to manage whatever things I have considered as my habit. The day I'll feel that I am as successful as her, I'll feel that I have accomplished everything in life. Even my father has surrendered himself against her. :-) On this 46th Birthday, I promise her that I will give her the Veeru she has not even dreamed of. I have best potentials. Yes. Because I am her son. :-) And being her son, I know that I can achieve anything as some genes of hers play a part in me too. :-) May God Always Bless Her. I need all of you to pray for her good health.

 Thanks.

 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!! 

Silence is the Best Weapon.. Let it prevail !!!

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       Does telling the one who does not feel any good about you about the good that you have done to them has any meaning? 

       Does letting someone understand what their fault has been proliferates the density of Friendship/Relationship?      

    Can an argument or a healthy discussion repair all the loopholes in the relationship? 

         I don't think answer of any of these questions could be positive. It should never be. People around me who know my attitude always say that I should talk to the person I feel I have problems with. They say that I should tolerate them more. They say that I should make them know what I was expecting and what bad they did in return. They say that an argument itself can bring things in control as they will realize that its them in fault and not me. But my heart, soul and mind, the learning of all these years say that I shouldn't discuss any glitches I have with them. I feel that a person will change him/herself if he/she really feels that they are wrong. And if in a relationship I'll have to tell their mistakes, its better not to have the relationship. A bonding never takes place until and unless there's no belonging-ness. Belonging is important. And when you discuss such matters, it shows that its diminishing. 

          For me, being "silent" is the best healer of every thing. It's better to stay quiet and show everyone as if I am as normal as I always was. Or to fake that I am not in the mood of talking and conversing. Whatever but never discuss the pain that they have given to me. Never let them know through my words the amount of hurt they have caused. Stay silent and see what's their take on the issue. Life is so vast. People keep coming and going. If someone wants to go, if someone wants to show that their selfishness is above anything in world, it's better to walk away. Staying in a relationship isn't important if there's no clapping from both the sides. I have tried a lot at personal level. I have thrown the "I" factor long back and always worked as team. I compromised at almost every level. With some with their behavior. With some with their morals and values. With some for their belief. With some because of their backgrounds. With some because of their childishness. But now I want them to compromise with me for my weirdness. And now is the test of friendship. Now I am wanting to see if they stay or not. 

           Some will keep trying. But a trial does not assures if the person is serious about continuing or is doing just for the sake of not getting into bad book of ours. I and everyone understands such friends. This world is full of so-called Friends. The real one shines automatically. Neither one has to say nor prove. When bad time goes, a wise person automatically comes to know which people really worked for him. There is difference between wishing to work for someone and willing to work and then really working. The last part turns me on. Friendship is a dull thing for me until and unless a friend does not understand what my silence, my life says. If everything has to be said by me, done by me, asked by me, its better to make new friends then. On demand, even they will make me feel good. But the one who does this without I asking for it are the ones who makes me sure about them. These people are surely being with me for a long time.

            Clapping in my good times can be done even by a stranger but the one who comes to support me in my worst scenarios are the one who would be considered once the time changes again. And unfortunately, no one comes to support in bad times. They leave you and go for the betterment of their own selves. They find new funny and successful friends. They leave you. You become waste and useless for them until they realize that some works of their life can be accomplished in a smoother way if accompanied by you. This is how the whole process is. And in such times, you should take some hardcore decisions. All life of yours is already spent in sacrificing yourself for their benefits but what they always saw was your 1 or 2 mistakes. From now onward, make it sure that you don't help anyone by sacrificing yourself. Help only when you find that you are free and are willing to. Not when they need you. You are already been used extensively. Now is the time to wake up and understand things.

            Every time when I have done what people have done to me, I am been talked about as if I am the first one to start. They claim the down shift of the friendship from the time I started acting weird. They don't include their numerous tiny and major faults because of which I had to take such decisions. I am always blamed. I am always questioned as to why did I do it. I am always gossiped about. I am fine. I know that there are certain things of mine in which you were sometimes a support but I was never dependent upon you. I am always ready to live my life by myself and on my own terms. Like all of you, I don't impose my terms upon others. I keep my terms and conditions confined only up to myself. What you blamed me for is what you are yourself doing. This is what happens when a Friendship is made or retained or kept only because of selfishness. This should be prohibited.

            In all these circumstances, conditions, instances, I don't complain. I never tell the persons their mistakes even if they make me sit with them and discuss. I keep on iterating that there's nothing that I have in my heart. I make them feel assured that the reason of my absence in their life since a time being is not because of them but because of some other reasons. What is the benefit out of this? I, unlike others, don't do things for friends to make them feel obliged towards me. i do it because that's the way I am. That's what my mother has taught me since childhood- to keep helping others. But one lesson that I learnt while helping others is that never make them know what all you have done for them or compromised because of them. Once said, everything becomes ZERO. Till the time you don't speak it out, it remains there. Understand!!! Never go to clear things by telling the problems. A real friend understands what problem you are in or have from him/her. Silence is all that you should be in. It's the best hathyaar. :-) Try controlling yourself once. You will see magical changes. 

 Thanks.

 ABHILASH RUHELA - VEERU!!!