‘This is very important, Major Uma,’ said Divodas. Uma, standing outside her office, sighed. Followed by Shiva, Parvateshwar, Bhagirath, Drapaku and Purvaka. The small cutter had just docked at the Branga office. ‘I’ll come back with the person more important than the Queen of the Nagas herself,’ said Divodas, turning to leave. He knew Uma used to believe in the legend. An angry and bitter Uma, incapable of listening to reason. The snide pun on Kashi’s name convinced Divodas that he was facing a changed Uma. ‘I suggest you turn back and shine your supreme light somewhere else.’ ‘Kashi has really improved your sense of humour, Divodas,’ sneered Uma. ‘I’m carrying someone far more important than the Queen of the Nagas.’ ‘Unless you are carrying the Queen of the Nagas herself on one of your ships, I can’t see anything important enough to let you through!’ ‘Major Uma, it is very important that I meet the King. ‘Really? I guess the King has some important business dealings with Kashi, right?’ĭivodas breathed in deeply. ‘I have to meet the King on a matter of national importance.’ You suffer the consequences of your choice.’ĭivodas realised this was getting nowhere. ‘You think those who live in Branga don’t? You think we don’t love our children? Yet we choose to live in our own land. You know the risks to the life of my child in Branga.’ ‘Why would I need a reason to enter my own country?’ ‘I can’t let you go back unless you give me a good reason.’ ‘What is the matter, Uma?’ asked Divodas. He had thought he could use his friendship with her to gain easy passage into Branga. Though he hadn’t met her in years, they had been friends a long time back. He had been delighted that she had been posted on the gates. Is the unexpected, rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva that hero? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, duty, and by love, Shiva will attempt to move mountains and lead the Suryavanshi to destroy evil.From the Hardcover edition.‘Why are you back so soon? You have enough medicines for a year.’ĭivodas was shocked at the manner in which Major Uma was speaking. The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, a hero will emerge. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracized and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills. The Suryavanshi rulers are challenged with devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. 1900 BC in what modern Indians call the Indus Valley Civilization and the inhabitants called the land of Meluha: a near-perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram-one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived-faces peril as its primary river, the Saraswati, is slowly drying to exctinction. Tripathi devoted years to the research of Hindu mythological stories and history, and discussions with his family about the destiny of the human body, mind and soul to create this sweeping and fascinating adaptation of ancient Hindu mythology for modern fantasy readers. Called “archetypal and stirring” by Deepak Chopra, The Immortals of Meluha heralds an exciting new wave of fantasy writing inspired by the ancient civilizations of the East.
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