BOOK REVIEW

Group Members
Abhishek Gandhi | Vinod Kumar |
Kapil Singhal | Sunil Tholia

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Course Director : Mr. K.K. Goyal

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 Books Written by Amish

Fiction

Non
Fiction

Fiction

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 Educational and Professional
Background
Xaviers, Mumbai

IIM Calcutta

14 Years in Financial Services

Interest in Mythologies

Intersection of Diversified Experience + Mythologies =

Interesting and Engaging Non Fiction

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Idea behind choosing “Immortal India”
• Intersection of the interests of Team Members
Member Inspired by
Abhishek Religio-mythological basis of socio-political issues
Vinod Narratives and Counter narratives on mythology
Kapil Content written in a simple, straight and lucid manner
Sunil Integrative and interdisciplinary nature of the book

• Book of relatively small size – High ROI

• For better comprehending the issues confronting
our country

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 HERBAL

MUSCULAR

WEAPONS

ABODE OF MOUNTAINS

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 God of Contradictions

Anger – Third Eye

Love – Sati, Parvati

Art – Shiva Dance, Nataraja

Intoxicated

Smeared with Ash

ANTI ELITIST GOD

 CONTRADICTIONS IN INDIA

Modern yet Conservative

Technological yet Agricultural

Urban yet Rural

Secular yet Religious

Rich yet Poor

Many More??
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 Literary Recognitions
• Intellectual Property - Inspirational Icon of The
Year 2018
• Kalinga International Literary Award 2018
• Distinguished Alumnus Award 2017 (IIM -
Calcutta)
• Forbes Celebrity 100 List 2017
• Icon of the Year Award 2017

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 Writing Style

Reflection and
Forecast
Past into Present

Mythologies
“weaves significant tidbits from mythologies
into the modern world through narratives and
counter narratives”

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 Writing Style
Ideological
Right of Centre
Bent

Geographical
Indian Subcontinent
Scope

Multidisciplinary
Histriography Perspective

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 Issues Covered
Bane of Freedom of
Casteism Expression

Social

Inter Faith Dialogue Myth of Aryan Invasion

Issues

Religion and
History
Mythology

Purpose of God Forgive but Never Forget

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 Issues Covered
Bane of Freedom of
Casteism Expression

Social

Inter Faith Dialogue Myth of Aryan Invasion

Issues

Religion and
History
Mythology

Purpose of God Forgive but Never Forget

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Bane of Casteism

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LGBT Rights

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Freedom of Expression

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 Issues Covered
Bane of Freedom of
Casteism Expression

Social

Inter Faith Dialogue Myth of Aryan Invasion

Issues

Religion and
History
Mythology

Purpose of God Forgive but Never Forget

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Inter Faith Dialogue

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Purpose of God

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 Issues Covered
Bane of Freedom of
Casteism Expression

Social

Inter Faith Dialogue Myth of Aryan Invasion

Issues

Religion and
History
Mythology

Purpose of God Forgive but Never Forget

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Myth of Aryan Invasion

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Forgive but Never Forget History

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 Contemporary Relevance
• Conscious Acknowledgement of wrongs
• Root Cause Analysis
• Prevention of Mishaps
• Better appreciation of Progressive Rulings
– Section 377
– Women entry in Sabrimala
– Adultery

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 Alternative Readings
• Books Authored by Devdutt Patnaik on Indian
Mythology – My geeta
• Argumentative Indian by Mr. Amartya Sen
• India 2020 by Mr. Nandan Nilekani
• India Unbound by Mr. Gurcharan Das
• Books by Ashwin Sanghi
• Difficulty of being Good by Gurcharan Das

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 Comparision with Similar Books
Name of Book Language Substantiation Geographical Ideological
and Author Simplicity of Assertions Scope Bent
Immortal India
Right of Centre
by Amish
Argumentative
Indian by Dr. Left of Centre
Amartya Sen
Difficulty of
being Good by Right of Centre
Gurcharan Das
My Geeta by
Right of Centre
Devdut Patnaik

High Moderate Low

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Historical Accuracy and Biases

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Views of Academics

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 Thank You

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