From the childhood, we all know how lord Rama defeated Ravana, how lord kirshna helped pandvas to fight a war and how these two kings of their chant makes the world more appealing to kindness. But do you know once Rama was ordered to kill a king and hanuman, the greatest devotee of Rama were in situation to protect the one Rama intended to kill? Do you know how Narada used to spread the rumors among three worlds? Do you know how a king stuck upside-down in between heaven and earth?
If you don’t, you must read this book of surprising tales about Rama and Krishna.
All of us has grown up by listening to all the extra adventures mythological stories. Every India is well learned of the tales of gods, no matter which creed and cast they belongs to.’ The upside down king’ is a book which gift the readers a huge amount of unusual tales about the great Hindu gods Rama and Krishna. As we all know, the Lord Rama and Krishna were belongs to the huge chant Ikshvaku amd Yadavas respectively. In this book, there are number of short stories featuring not only the lord but also their dynasty. There are stories which talk about Rama and Krishna’s ancients. Everyone know the Ramayana and Mahabharata or its basic plot but this book goes beyond the basics.
The author has gained an excellent and unique style of presentation tales. As the tales are unusual so the style of presentation. These tales are presented in such a way that it hold the reader’s breath and made the reader to flow with the river of words. This makes the reader run throughout the stories and behind the characters. Another unique feature of this book is, there are plenty of illustrations inside the book which makes the reader more engaging and curious.
Sudha murthy, the author is herself an indeed storyteller as her other books like wise and otherwise or how I tough my grandmother to read and other stories are perfect example of how sudha murthy makes the reader lost in the stories. Easy start and finely concluded end is her speciality. As the author has concluded most of the stories with the proofs of mythological incidents. She has mentioned the names of the places where these tales took place.
A mythological lover must not miss a chance of reading a book which stick to the myth and give away proofs and thoughts to deal with.