DIVYASTRA

“After all, even I carry my father’s blood or should I say Ravana’s lineage! Begin the chants of Brahmastra.’...The story begins with a hall full of students, professors, delegates, scientists, senior military and other influential people all eager to witness Dr.Vyas, a Nobel laureate in Physics’ lecture on ‘The Future Of Weaponry’, and soon jumps off to another story of a young man named Shankar who while trying to take control of his mediocre and not-so-happening life gets a call to visit his hometown where his father was breathing his last. Things start getting wild when Shankar’s grandfather starts narrating Indrajit’s story, a story about the Trinity’s Divyastras. The stories of Dr.Vyas, Shankar and Indrajit ultimately merge together and forms a tale so unfathomable and intriguing that you wont be ableto put down the book until you reach the end. This book is absolutely thrilling and so smoothly blends mythology into today’s world making it all quite realistic.The writing style and narration was good but takes some time to pick up the pace. A little proofreading is needed. The characters were well formed and the story is really unpredictable and amusing. I really liked the plot and it was indeed a good read for me.

Divyastra is a beautiful blend of science fiction & Mythology. It talks about the connection of the our vedic science and modern science & how most of the discoveries that are believed to be made by so & so people in the present times were already found and were used in the ancient times . As the name suggests the story mostly revolves around ' Divyastra' or celestial weapons namely Brahmastra, Vaishnavastra & Pashupatastra.Loved the way how the story moves, switching to one another and leaving a thread every now and then making the reader totally intrigued to it. In my opinion a person who reads upto the 3rd chapter will never like to put it down before completing the whole book. There may be certain things which logically may not seem to be possible but it's a fiction and one should totally allow one's imagination to run every possible direction with the book coz that's the beauty of this genre . And the way modern physics theories are used to explain everything connecting to Mythology was wonderful.For a change of taste there's a bit of romance in btw. The cover is also very catchy and is apt with its title( u may see the astras ).There are bit of typos but the story telling lets u ignore it. I liked the book very much. Would like to read a sequel to it.Recommended!!

We'll frankly speaking I thought the book would be boring because it is based on Vedas and other stuff like them but I was totally WRONG .🔘 The story is really interesting.🔘The story line is depicted in modern era.🔘 Language used is elementary.🔘Characters are strongly built.🔘Cover is nothing fancy but it is complimenting the story.🔘I really liked how it ended and hope we get a part 2 to know what happens next.🔘The idea of providing glossary at the end is helpful for those readers who does not know much about Indian history.RECOMMENDATIONDo not judge this book by its coverAnd if you think Hindu mythology is boring then do read this book as it will surely change your perceptionOverall an interesting read

From the very beginning , we readers get a glimpse of the story , by reading the book title "Divyastra " meaning a weapon that can cause massive destruction and are related to Hindu mythology . Even the bookcover is pretty good .Coming to the main plot . I loved the idea of combining mythology and modern day science . The story is gripping from the very beginning and holds you to read more and more and turn the pages one after another .There were some instances when I felt like , the story is dragged . But it again picks up the pace .The narration skills are amazing . Simple and easy to understand .This book is recommended for all #mythology lovers . ..#bookblurb "Thousands of years ago, Indian Yogis possessed the knowledge to obtain the weapons of the gods. However, this knowledge could only be transferred from a Guru to his disciple by word of mouth. In today’s world, one mystic, who calls himself Guruji, still possesses this knowledge and is using it to empower an innocent person’s life. Only, this empowerment could be a deception and the innocent person is a thirteen year old boy with a stutter... In this intertwining tale, an ambitious yet unsuccessful Shankar, in search of his identity, is manipulated to embark on a never-told-before fantasy tale; only to rediscover the father he never knew and unmask the mystical Guruji. Amidst this confounding concoction of ancient myths, deluding personas and dispersed emotions, will Shankar ever be able to separate fact from fiction and find his true identity?"

The combination and the story is unique and I’m experiencing this blend for the first time. The tale is based on the mythical period in the beginning. The story talks about the 10-11 different weapons or divyastras used in Hindu mythology. But when the story moves forward, the mythological genre slowly turns into sci-fi. The author has included the sci-fi touch very brilliantly in this tale. Because he justifies the characters of rishis who are not simply mythological but they actually experimented scientifically everything before believed. The story is a combination of emotions and knowledge. But the ending is a cliff-hanger. The author left some things unanswered. Maybe it will be good in that way.The characters are developed in a manner to drive the story. I really liked Dr. Vyas character in the tale. His ways of explaining things with valid scientific points but infused with mythological references are a very interesting feature to note.The best thing about this book is, it has an amazing plot but it is written in a simple way without any harder plot twists.  The blending of mythology was very good in the narration because in the halfway its signs totally vanish.  This is a perfect entertainment read because the touch of humor is unlikely in sci-fi or mythological genre books, but the author has incorporated it in the story excellently. The cover is catchy and unique. It is enough to generate curiosity about the story with a single look.