Khyati Gautam
iKṛṣhṇa by Anand Kadakol is an in-depth and elaborative study of Lord Krishna in his own words. In this book, the author has attempted to go in the depth of the tales we have been hearing to date. I was stumped at the onset itself because the beginning was truly vivid. In fact, the author has woven this book in great detail that every bit of it comes alive. I knew a few stories beforehand but the author’s intensive research put in the book brought me a different set of stories. There were a good number of characters which appear overwhelming but because their roles and contribution were clearly defined and executed, reading got easier. The thing which sets this book apart from the other two books is its narration. The book has been written in an easy language but a great deal of text has been used to carve out the details. I absolutely liked the fact that the author has used words and more words to bring life to the story. The plot flows, devoid of any compactness and crispness, it flows in its full glory. And that’s my only point of contention with this book. It’s a big book. And I honestly felt that it could and should have been cut down by a few pages. Because you know, too much of anything can spoil the taste. To all the lovers of Indian mythology, this could be a fascinating read worth you time for its expansive approach towards mythology and the narration that solely belongs to Krishna!
Nikhil Patnaik
@kadakolanandwrites Wow wow wow. What a fascinating reading it was. The book is just awesome. Just fallen in love with this book,specially in the way it was written and most importantly the perspective of the book. We all know that krishna is the most endearing divine hero of India.There are hundreds and thousands of book out there which depicts about the lord krishna. His life, role in epic mahabharat and many other fascinating events of his life. But what make this book stand out from the rest is its perspective. The most important thing in life is "perspective". The angle of looking. How you look at things. Perspective enhance us to see the same thing at different ways.As we cant change the history, but what we can do is to see the same thing just in a different way,which help us to learn some thing different from the same. Full marks to the author mr @kadakolanandwrites for his perspective here. He didn't described krishna as a lord but just as a simple human bein
Abhirami Gangadharan
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iKrishna is such a beautifully written book. I have read many other books on Lord Krishna but this one gave a very different vibe. Lord Krishna handling each of his hurdles without using his divine powers is ecstatic to read. Anand Kadakol must have taken a lot of efforts to make each actions of Lord Krishna reasonable. This book is inspiring in every aspect because of certain reasons. 1) This book is based on Lord Krishna, who is considered as world’s greatest influencer 2) Reading Lord Krishna sorting his issues using divine powers is not something that a human being can practice, but here, the author describes Lord Krishna as a human being who doesn’t use his enormous divine powers but his gifted human grace to overcome the hurdles. iKrishna teaches us how enormous is the power of a curse is. Our one mistake can turn our life upside down. But mistakes are a part of our life and life must go on. That’s the attitude of Lord Krishna, who had faced plenty of difficulties in life that we cannot even imagine about. But his power was in his smile. He was never worried about his future. Unlike read in mythologies, here Lord Krishna being human, does expresses his feelings. His love for his brother Balarama can be seen plainly in the second last part, where he couldn’t control his feelings anymore. Explaining the situation would be a spoiler, so I am not writing more about it. This book took me into such a dimension that I had never thought of. Being a human being, we cannot expect our world to change by just tapping our fingers, it’s through hardwork and efforts Krishna and Balarama have acquired power to handle situations. From iKrishna, what we learn is to be peaceful like Lord Krishna. How he finds solution of various problems through peace of mind is beautiful to read. In this book, the whole story is narrated by Lord Krishna which makes the title even more special. I am not going deep into the chapters as it can take away your unique thoughts about the book. I highly recommend iKrishna to anyone who’s looking out to read the story from a different dimension.
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