The Dystopian Uncertainty Principle

A Dazzling marriage of Hindu myth and modern history. Author- Shashi Tharoor ‘They tell me India is an underdeveloped country….’ The author, before the beginning gives us an hasty note of disclaimer that the name of this book is not on the basis of it being great, nor is it authentically Indian or much of a novel, but takes its title from ‘The Mahabharata’ , its primary source of inspiration. In Sanskrit, Maha means great and Bharata means India. But, me after reading this book, have to say that ‘Great’ is a right estimate for its contents. Said to be ‘A Work of Fiction’, this story is an reflection of our modern history, our country and Hindu myth, its gods and the characters of history merged with the heroes and villains of our epics. The result of this is a fine woven tale, entertaining, humorous and witty. The versions of the events of history altered in this book are humorous yet reflective. One of these is ‘ The Great Mango March ’. One particula...

To the desk of - Mr. Shashi Tharoor The author of-'The Great Indian Novel' Dated: 7thSeptember, 2015                               Time: 1.01pm Sir, With an optimism of this reaching you, I write to you and that of your position as the author. I have just finished reading your aforementioned book and no, I am not asking you any questions or giving my opinion. The last very few pages have put me in this state of delirium. But, I remember the first 400 pages and the story contained in these pages yet, maybe the forgetful mind is abstaining from asking questions from these pages. Yudhishtir, at last is the hero, not Gangaji or Pandu or our very own VVji. I understand that. But, he says and I quote- “I believed differently, and have paid the price of being defeated, humiliated, and reduced to irrelevance.” Sir, what does he mean by this? I understand with regards to the story but, please tell me what...