Ashvamedha
Author : Aparna Sinha
Publishers : Shristi Publishers
ISBN-10 : 9382665765
ISBN-13 : 978-9382665762
My Review :
Politics is the worst thing that can happen to a person. It doesn't allow you to differentiate between good or bad. Opportunities can make a foe your friend and vice-versa. You can trust a politician.
Ashvamedha, a novel written by Aparna Sinha and published by Shristi Publishers clearly gives us an insight of the above views. In this novel, the lead character is Ashwin Jamwal, the young dynamic leader who has hold in the masses and especially girls for his charming personality. He is the President of Nationalistic Party. Though an IAS by profession, he was sick of the corrupt system. So he joined the party. He sacrified his love, Adya in a way to correct the system and to become the most powerful person in India and the world.
How did Ashwin become the P.M. of India..?
What was his past..? Who was Hades?
Why did Hades want to destroy the world..?
Did Arun, the only and best friend of Ashwin plan to kill Ashwin..?
You need to read this exciting story to know how the events unfolded.
Ashvamedha isn't a typical story about love, lust, politics and others. It has more to it. It shows us to what extent a person can go to control what he wants.
The characterisation is superb. Whether is is Hades, Ashwin, Arun, Adya or others, all of them are beautifully crafted and presented. The author must be congratulated to give such a beautiful characterisation in the novel.
Moreover the plot is engaging and it keeps the reader hooked to the novel till the end. The reader won't want to keep the novel down such is the content. However the story won't be liked by one who doesn't like poitics or hate it.
The plot has all the elements to be depicted into a motion picture. Whether it is thrill, romance, politics or the fear, it shall surely be one of the best movies if produced.
So overall, a good read with a lot of politics and less of a romance. A person who even has a bit of political understanding and likes politics shall surely like the book.
About the story :
"You have to dethrone a powerful man to become the most powerful. I was itching to defeat the single most powerful person, but there wasn't any. I was left with only one choice — to create one."
Little does Ashwin Jamwal know that the last twenty-five years of his life have been controlled by a master manipulator, who wanted to make him the most powerful man on earth, though for a reason! Ashwin steps up to take oath as the youngest Prime Minister of India and is unknowingly thrown into a vortex of power and authority as the entire world is threatened by a faceless enemy — Hades.
The world starts to look up to Ashwin as the savior, but he was just a pawn, reared only to be sacrificed in the end.
A story of greed, lies, deceptions, manipulations and corruption, Ashvamedha is a thriller revolving around the infamous game of power in a maddening bid to seek absolute control.
About the Author :
Equipped with a Master's in management, when she was forced to quit her lucrative job because of a chronic disease, she focused on her sole passion – writing.
