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The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy, #3) : Book Review

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The Oath of the Vayuputras By Amish Tripathi The third and final part is full of twists n turns. Every chapter disclosed some or the other mystery. The course of events are very well written in the book. No where you are to going to feel it’s going haywire. The flow of events is very well structured, only time when I lost my focus was when Kartik's killing of rhino and Panchavati and Ujjain's description, I think, its bit more detailed than required. Ignoring that part, this series has depicted how as a human being we should live our life. Every character whether it was shiva or sati or a meluhan lady who decided to stay in devagiri at the time of war had given a valuable message to ponder over. What qualities the leader should possess, Gopal ji has explained in crisp n clear manner. Your team members, followers should idolise you, should get inspired from you and should not be scared of you. Not only human being but Amish has even touched upon how societies, dif...

The Supreme Gift : Book Review

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The Supreme Gift By Paulo Coelho It's not Paulo Coelho's original writing but it's an adaptation by him of Henry Drummond's text. Its not his usual style of writing. It's different but in a good way. It helps you understand that Love which is the supreme gift and nothing else. It has very beautifully explained the key ingredients of love but also mentioned that Love is more than the sum of those ingredients. What made me ponder is how evil temper is hundred times worse and has no rival. The instance given to explain the sin of disposition and sin of body is clear and crisp. And at last he explained that on the path to attain salvation final test is Love. It's not our beliefs and our accomplishments will count but what will count is how we loved our fellow men and women.  Quotes/Lines which stuck with me after I finished the book are : 'Faith ,hope and love abide; but the greatest of these is love.' 'More sophisticated...