Nishanth
ಕಾಲಕೋಶ, ಇದು ಒಂದು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಲೇಖಕರು ಭಾರತ ದೇಶದ ಅನೇಕ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಥೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ನಮಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಬರ್ಮಾ, ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನದ ಕೆಲವು ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ಸಹ ತಿಳಿಯುತ್ತದೆ.
ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ ಅಂಚಿನಿಂದ ಶುರುವಾಗುವ ನಾಯಕನ ಪಯಣ, ದೆಹಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ, ಪಂಜಾಬಿನ ದುರಂತ ಕಥೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಾಗುವ ಘರ್ಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಗಿಯುವ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಇಡೀ ಭಾರತದ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಕಣ್ಣ ಮುಂದೆ ಸುಳಿಯುವುದು.
ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾದ ಕ್ರಮ ಮತ್ತು ಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಚಕ ಕಥೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ನಮಗೆ ಉಣಬಡಿಸಿದ ಲೇಖಕರು ಅಭಿನಂದನಾರ್ಹರು.
Grew up reading this book numerous times from the local library. After much research, recently found the soft copy online. Such a nice read.
ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿರುವ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಕೃತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೂ ಒಂದು. ಜರ್ಮನಿಯಿಂದ ಶುರುವಾಗುವ ಕಥೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಕರಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರುವು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಮುಂದಿನ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ.
ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಲೇಖಕರ ವೃತ್ತಿಯ ಹಳೆಯ ನೆನಪುಗಳು, ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಬರೆದ ಕಥಾನಕ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಬೇಗ ಓದಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಯಿತು ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಲೂ ಸಹ ನಿಧಾನವೆಂದು ಅನ್ನಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಲ್ಕೆರೆ ಎಂಬ ಊರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿದ್ದ ಅನೂಹ್ಯ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಲೇಖಕರು ಅನಾವರಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವೂ ಸಹ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಬಯಕೆ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ.
ಕಲ್ಕೆರೆ ಎಂಬ ಊರು, ಡಾ. ಕಲ್ಲೂ ರಾಯರು, ಕೆಂಚಪ್ಪ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಕನು ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆರೆಯುವ ರೀತಿ ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ಕಥೆಗಳ ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ಎಂಬಂತೆ ಭಾಸವಾಯಿತು. ಇದರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಎಂಬ ನಿಗೂಢ ಜೇಡದ ಕಾಣದ ಪಾತ್ರ. ಲೇಖಕರಿಗಿರುವ ಕಥೆ ಹೆಣೆಯುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯವನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸಿತು.
ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಮುಗಿಸಿದಾಗ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದು ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಜೇಡದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಉಪಸಂಹಾರವಾಗದೇ ಇದ್ದದ್ದು. ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ನಾಯಕ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಲ್ಕೆರೆಗೆ ಬರುವನೇ?
ಬರಲಿ ಎಂಬುದು ನನ್ನ ಆಶಯ.
Beautiful book portraying how humble Queen Shantala was. Would recommend to everyone
The book revolves around the deep web of caste systems, traditions and the social regime which restrict people to break the boundaries.
Good book. Vishnuvardhan talks about his life without hurting anyone's sentiments..
A story of how people decided fighting against foreign invaders to preserve Hinduism.
Different from your usual Bhyrappa novels. The center point of the story is a man who is knows as the most cunning and deceitful. And there are other characters who suffer from this man and try to make their life better.
The novel depicts the jazzy life of Mohanalal who is gifted with great musical knowledge but he doesn't have anyone who could say his name after his era. His few disciples (all of whom women) whom he also has sexual relations with, cut off from him because of his uncanny nature. Through out the book, we see the story unfold from these characters.
The book teaches us a good bit of Classical music and makes us fall in love with it.
It speaks about the bureaucracy involved in a communal problem and how people do not want to take responsibilities and blame each other instead of working together.
This book impresses the readers with nifty design and the way it is told. The pictures in almost every page are very beautiful and convey the story. But the way the book is written is quite boring and makes it difficult to continue. Main reason for this would be the sheer quantity of material that is there in Greek Mythology. There are 8 major characters on which the book is divided. And each characters' part is filled with numerous stories where there are so many minor characters are involved. The book makes it hard to follow up with characters since each stories are short lived. And these characters though smaller comes later in the story with a major plot point but it is difficult to remember each of the characters. After each story there are author's notes to help relate the story into Hindu and/or other mythology and Devdutt Pattanaik will surprise us with the connections he draws between the stories across civilizations. We come across different types of creatures with unimaginable qualities and it is interesting to learn about it.
My major difficulty on the book is the way such a humongous story is written in 250 odd pages. It simply is not possible and a Herculean task (pun intended!) and we have to appreciate the author for the effort.
If you want to get a quick dose of Greek mythology in a simple and as a easy read, you should read this book. But do not expect to remember everything which is in the book because it is enormous like the god Argus Panoptes who had over 100 eyes and Hydra whose 9 heads keep re-spawning even after beheading them continuously!
Review written for the reading challenge 2018
This books takes us through the minute by minute incidents happened over 3 days - 29th April, 30th April when Hitler commits suicide and the days after that. The narration includes the experiences from many people through interviews and diary entries who are fighting the war. Americans, English, Russians, Japanese and etc. The book also tells us the overall situation of second world war. Even though the character list is huge, we do not feel any disconnect between the pages. The timeline of events feels seamless while reading. One can feel the intensity of the war and its effects on millions of people by reading this and I cannot help but feel sorry for the victims who died in the name of war. The propaganda spread by the Nazi Germany had fooled the German citizens and I wonder do they regret about it looking back after 75 years. The allies of America, England and Russia did well in stopping the catastrophic regime under Hitler but the damage had already been done. Over 6 million Jews were killed 4 years between 1941 and 1945.
When the allies inch closer hour-by-hour to capture Berlin, headquarters of Nazi government the German officers starts to panic and depend on Hitler for the course of action to be taken. But Hitler still believed that he can defeat the allies and when he finally realizes that Berlin has fallen, he decides to take his own life and do not escape. The followers of Hitler who were mesmerized by his charisma also decides to stay with him till the end and most of them commits suicide.
My only complaint if I can use that word is the lack of pictures. There are 4 pictures in total which is not justified for the sheer importance of the book.
A must read book for anyone who is interested in history. Well recommended.
It is a refreshing book. The author writes about her childhood experiences in a way that the reader is transformed into that time and experiences as one's own.
How I Taught My Grandmother to Read is a collection of short stories (24 to be precise) written by Sudha Murty. In this book, Sudha Murty has written stories taken from excerpts of her life experiences and the stories which were told to her by her mother and grandmother.
The book is an easy read. The narration is simple and fast paced. In no point of time, we face difficulty to continue reading. Each story portray a moral lesson for the reader and this alone makes the book very important for children. The lessons which the author convey from the story makes the reader think and contemplate the lesson in their own way. The first story where the author teaches her 62 year old grandmother to read and be on her own instead of depending on others for the help shows how determined was author in sharing the knowledge.
However, the book does seem a bit of self-boasting by the author. In most of the stories, Sudha Murty tells us about how she is loved by her students, how her trust is helping the poor in Karnataka, how her husband rose to fame and so on. It does feel a bit too much to read the egotistic passages. And few stories feel that they are exaggerated as the author says them as real incidents and one cannot help but wonder for the genuineness.
In all fairness, the book is a good read for one time and preferable if you do not want to care for the factual representation. The reader should inherit the good values from the book and try to apply the positive things in life to live better.
A page-turner. Rajkumar remains the greatest ever to grace Kannada film industry with his simple lifestyle and brilliant talent.
The story is about a man who is always in a dilemma about what he should do. The link with Marali Mannige is interesting and is a good excuse for anyone to read this book.
Brilliant read.
The way the story goes through the historical moments with around the lovable characters is spectacular!
Shows the other face of the Portuguese invasion which is not usually taught at schools.
