The result will be declared on our Facebook page. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Keepers of the Kalachakra by Ashwin Sanghi. Book Name: Keepers of the Kalachakra By Ashwin Sanghi A seemingly random selection of heads of state are struck down like flies by unnamed killers who work with the clinical efficiency of butchers. Till you come up gobsmack against an end that you simply did not see coming.
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Except that they leave no trace of their methods. Welcome back to the shadowy and addictive world of Ashwin Sanghi. Sanghi describes a world of people at war with one another—a boomeranging conflict of faiths that results in acts of such slow and planned human cruelty that they defy human imagination. Caught in the midst of this madness is Vijay Sundaram, a geek scientist who is only dimly aware that the wider sky outside his laboratory is stretched taut and close to being torn apart by forces that he wants simply to have nothing to do with.
But events conspire to propel Vijay into the labyrinth of Milesian Labs, a centre of research deep in the forested hills of Uttarakhand. Connection between science and Veda is wonderfully portrayed. Detailed review may appear. Feb 02, Chitra Iyer rated it liked it. A highly anticipated book, Keepers of the Kalachakra is the next in the Bharat series by Ashwin Sanghi. I have absolutely loved his previous works. He is the master of unlocking secrets and mysteries from the past and he weaves it so beautifully into a fast paced thriller backed by tonnes of research, it is a commendable feat indeed!
Sadly, this time his book failed to impress me. Keepers of the Kalachakra begins with some prominent world leaders dropping dead, and some not so prominent. Vijay Sundaram is a scientist who is offered a job at Milesian Labs and it seems to be a lucrative offer.
When he joins the firm, built deep inside the forests of Uttarakhand, he notices some weird things. Soon he realizes what the real reason behind the firm is and unearths some secrets that are not only dangerous for him in person but can alter the course of mankind. Well, the book started off strongly.
There were mysterious murders happening and our protagonist is on the hook right from the beginning. But as the story advanced, I found myself just googling terminologies and references mentioned there. I expected a shocking revelation anytime but nothing happened.
It was like reading a textbook with practical explanation, of course for quantum physics, particle behavior and Buddhist spiritualism, all rolled in one. The story didn't have the usual grip that his books have because, in my opinion, majority of the pages were dedicated to explaining the science behind it all and there were hardly any nail biting sequences.
It did talk a lot about terrorism, Islamists and Hindu mythology. Some of the facts explained were very enlightening, I must mention. The reason I didn't quite like the book was this. The actual story seemed to be dwarfed in front of the huge theories explained. The author intricately built a big framework but, unfortunately, the story in itself lacked significance to match the framework. So, I can't say that I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
For someone who is miles away from a subject such as Physics, it was an extra effort to read and re read some parts just to comprehend. Yeah, I'm illiterate like that! But if you are someone who is even averagely intelligent, I guess you'd find this book very interesting.
So do give it a try and let me know what you thought about it. View all 4 comments. Mythology is - A set of lies that people Rarely Believe.
History is - A set of Lies people have agreed to Believe. Both History and Mythology contains embellishments and sometimes outright Lies. But that doesn't take away the fact that they also contain Core Truths. But events conspire to propel Vijay into the labyrinth of Milesian Labs, a center of research deep in the forested hills of Uttarakhand. Ashwin Sir has always been one of My favorite Authors.
The Krishna Key literally blew my mind by the Facts it provided, the Writing Style and almost everything.
It actually made me fall in love with Mythology Genre. After that, I read all of his book published till date in Bharat Series except 'The Sialkot Saga', So naturally, I had a High expectations from this one too, which this book almost, Just almost stood on the Expectations.
Writing a much about this book will surely ruin it for the reader and writing its Review is one of the Hardest ones for me. Yet, here it goes.
There is not just 1 poignant but many of them or we can say that almost all of the characters play an important and lead role in the story. There is an Organisation named IG4 comprising of Secret Agencies of 4 Nations came together keeping their differences aside to fight the rising terror of Islamist Extremist.
Across the Globe, many popular leaders and Head of many Organisations are getting Killed and the cause of death remains Unknown. IG4 is appointed to hunt down the reasons of these Deaths and bring a Halt to the disarray spreading across. But all of a sudden it is found that IG4 is been compromised. With loads of death and Plot twist, with Einsteins to Buddha, The story takes turns explaining each character and explaining all parallel storylines to weave them into one Larger Plot that keeps the reader on the edge to discover the actual plot and the Motive behind the whole Storyline.
Full Review o n Blog. Link - The Tales of Fugitive Biker May 11, Vani Kaushal rated it really liked it. Vani via Quint A seemingly innocuous job interview with a highly discreet organisation lands a young, quantum physicist in trouble when he is abducted from a busy marketplace in Delhi and assigned to a dangerous mission by a group of intelligence operatives. Away from the hubbub of his daily life, Vijay Sundaram soon finds himself working for a research outfit in Uttarakhand and stumbling upon secrets that promise to accelerate the downward spiral of mankind sooner than expected.
Pitting his prot Vani via Quint A seemingly innocuous job interview with a highly discreet organisation lands a young, quantum physicist in trouble when he is abducted from a busy marketplace in Delhi and assigned to a dangerous mission by a group of intelligence operatives.
Pitting his protagonist against dark forces that are bent on destroying the world, Ashwin Sanghi once again delivers a high-octane thriller, titled, Keepers of the Kalachakra that promises to keep his readers gripped to the book until the very end. Adding to the overall intrigue and a sense of amazement is the way he weaves a plot around religious fundamentalism and laws of Physics — the creative nudge for it came to him in a dream, 'or a nightmare, to be more specific,' he tells me in an email.
The question that popped into my head was this: could my dreams be an alternative universe, my true reality? And that is perhaps the reason why Keepers of the Kalachakra is much more densely packed, complex and intense than all his previous novels, introducing readers to such esoteric concepts as space-time continuum, Akashic Records, Golden Ratio, Schumann Resonance and quantum twins. That last one especially intrigued me enough to ask him if he believed we all had a quantum twin — someone who was not connected to us by birth but quite capable of intimately affecting us, so much so that whatever happened to him also happened to us.
The universe consists of two trillion galaxies like the Milky Way. If we were to represent the entire universe as Earth, then Earth itself would proportionally be the size of a billionth of a pinhead! So the probability of not having a quantum twin in the universe is extremely low!
Kill one and the other will also die. In fact, killing the quantum twin is the cleanest way to kill high-powered leaders — who are always surrounded by several layers of high security — without leaving the slightest trace! The first year was spent on reading because I needed to understand the basics of quantum theory, as also the Kalachakra initiation process. Around two months were spent on developing the plot and another six months to actually write the novel. The remaining four months were spent on rewrites, edits and fact checks.
Aug 23, Jerry Jose rated it did not like it. This book is basically the story of an omniscient immortal sage, a keeper of the Kalachakra, who for some reason opts to sleep through subcontinent's history of foreign invasions, Deccan conquests, colonialism, pandemics, world wars, famines, terrorism and every thing that ruined the ancient knowledge he was supposed to protect. He finally wakes up now, against a foe worthy of his cause - Islamic fundamentalism, by passively arming a fail safe - right wing leaders.
I don't know, the plot is some This book is basically the story of an omniscient immortal sage, a keeper of the Kalachakra, who for some reason opts to sleep through subcontinent's history of foreign invasions, Deccan conquests, colonialism, pandemics, world wars, famines, terrorism and every thing that ruined the ancient knowledge he was supposed to protect.
I don't know, the plot is somewhere on that line and I give up. Also there is this 'baddest motherfucker' officer who can't shut up about getting hurt in Kashmir for some reason and the most textbook hero-herione who serves the role of exposition machines, of everything author researched for his book.
Though those expositions are sometimes illuminating enough to hold one on to his or her conspiracy chair and satiate a sense of false pride by equating everything science to spirituality and eventually to ancient Indian wisdom, author ruins it all by reducing them to literal rituals by the end. I am usually a sucker for these Dan Brown-esque reads, but this one was extremely bad and was written with the intention to confuse since conviction with plot was way out of the equation.
Then there were fragmented yet repeated monographs that uses Huntington's civilizational clash as ultimate truth to assert intrinsic evil for everyone in that previously mentioned Islamic venn diagram. Even if I ignore the blatant generalizations, forced esotericism and ancient-alien type logic, I still can't find any redeeming elements, for this book offers nothing other than what has already been dished out in previous installations.
As someone who has read most of author's books, this one was easily the least enjoyable of all. Aug 26, Prity Malhotra rated it did not like it. Hehe Even Bollywood Movies aren't so Stupid. Its Basically Show off. Jul 14, Manpreet Kaur rated it really liked it. It's a good book. A good combination of science fiction, history, mythology, politics For entertainment, it's a good one.
A 4-star read. You'll enjoy it. You'll speed through it. BUT For a person who is into this kind of genre I think the reason is what I would call 'lazy writing' The author thinks of theories and they're good. You won't buy all of them, not because they're unbelievable or something but because of something la It's a good book.
You won't buy all of them, not because they're unbelievable or something but because of something lacking in writing. So, that's there. More importantly, it's how the whole plot is. It's a lazy one. The author picks up the easiest storyline, he could have made it more intriguing and challenging in different ways but he sticks to the easiest one, kind of made me question whether I would truly want to read more of this lazy writing. However, it's still a good and entertaining read and impresses you with the science fiction part, quite enough.
May 29, Priya N rated it it was ok. This book talks about mythology, science, liberalism, terrorism and few other things. There are some high profile leaders involved here in the story. David has also published seven novels for younger readers. If any problem you can contact our customer manager. Please Live Chat with our customer manager he will must help you find the Book online.
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