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Saturday 14 March 2015
Date Published: February 4, 2015
Publisher: Jaico
Pages: 404
Source: Review copy provided by Blogadda
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Synopsis
Shattered Dreams is the sequel to the national bestseller, Rise of the Sun Prince, in the new spiritual and motivational series Ramayana - The Game of Life. Twelve joyful years have passed in Ayodhya since the wedding of Rama and Sita at the end of Book 1.
Now, in Shattered Dreams, Shubha Vilas narrates the riveting drama of Rama’s exile. Through tales of Rama’s unwavering and enigmatic persona, the book teaches us how to handle reversals positively; through Bharata’s actions, it teaches us to handle temptation; and through Sita’s courage, to explore beyond our comfort zone. This complicated family drama provides deep insights on how human relationships work and how they fail.
With Valmiki’s Ramayana as its guiding light, Shattered Dreams deftly entwines poetic beauty from the Kamba Ramayana and Ramacharitramanas, as well as folk philosophy
My Review
Ramayana and Mahabharata are the epic
mythological tales known to many and have been told and re-told many a times.
But, even if we are aware of these epic tales, have we really understood them
completely? Have we really gone through the details of each and every incident
that takes place and took lessons from them? Have we really discovered the hidden
psychological gems from the epic tales? Have we ever walked into, not only
shoes but also skin of , each one of the Ramayana’s characters and understood
why they did what they did?
No? Well, don’t worry! Shubha Vilas,
a spiritual seeker and motivational speaker, has done it for us.
‘Shattered Dreams’, written by Shubha
Vilas, is the sequel to the national bestseller, ‘Rise of the Sun Prince’ and
is a part of series, ‘Ramayana - The Game of Life.’ To be honest, I was a
little skeptical about the book but, Shubha Vilas’s book has come to me as a
huge surprise and left a lifelong impression on me. And here’s why:
Shubha Vilas has dived in deeper in
the vast ocean of knowledge from the Ramayana and has touched every stone which
was left unturned for all these years. He has presented it to us in his book in
simple and lucid language and has left us bewildered at the knowledge, the
perspectives, and the management skills that can be learnt from the epic tale
of Ramayana. These lessons and skills are also useful in day-to-day life, especially for managers and can be applied to personal relationships. Shubha
Vilas has done what most Ramayana versions probably failed to do all these
years and has left me, someone who never read mythology genre books, completely
hooked to the book. I found myself in utter disbelief that I too enjoyed a
mythology genre book.
Shubha Vilas has done a great job in
carefully arranging chapters and each chapter has innumerable footnotes giving
us the depth missing from the epic tale all these years. If you ask me, footnotes
presented in the book are probably the most prominent feature of this book.
The best part about Shubha Vilas’s book
is the language. His language flows smoothly throughout the book and his words
flow like a river flows through the mountain ranges but only to meet the vast
ocean in the end as if to give a complete sense of satisfaction to his readers.
His words and sentences not only tell an epic tale of Ramayana but also send
his readers in trance!
This book is recommended to all the
readers who want to swim in the vast ocean of psychological depth Shubha Vilas
has explored in the epic tale of Ramayana in very simple and unique language.
In fact, I would recommend readers to get a copy of book one and two and the
entire upcoming series as this is the knowledge and the depth we all have been
waiting for inside the epic tale of Ramayana.
Having said all that, it is just a
formality now to rate this wonderful book by Shubha Vilas. I rate this wonderful
book 4 out of 5 for surprising me with its wonderful insights and giving me a
complete sense of satisfaction by the end of this book.
Huge Thanks to Blogadda for Review copy!
This review is a part of the biggest Book Review Program for Indian Bloggers.
Participate now to get free books!
~RP
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