“Observation changes a phenomenon being observed and reality does not exist unless it is measured.”
I received this book from the author and believe me, I am really grateful that he provided me an opportunity to read it. This book turned out to be far more riveting than I was expecting. When the story started somewhere in a distant village of Gudem in Andhra Pradesh in 1940, with this beginning …
“The lone man gawked at the samadhi, a tomb.
AGNIPUTR
He was a cadaverous individual wrapped in a dirty dark lungi around his lower torso. His flat lips were parched and as brittle as a sun-baked twig. He tried with little effect, to wet them with a sandpaper-dried tongue. He liked to think of himself as an aghora tantrik. A necromancer. He lived his life around rotting carcasses. He ate them sometimes or had intercourse with them and at other times called for spirits through them.”
…I was almost sure that I was going to read a historical fantasy, flavored with typical Indian tantrism.
However, soon I realized that this was not only flavored with tantrism and ancient Indian wisdom but the author has also supplied it with condiments of alluring theories of modern quantum physics. When Sheila, A scientist and head of the project (that was to resolve the greatest mystery of science) met a 95 years old blind man, Pichi Rathya, whom she was searching to find the secret, she was astonished by this blind man’s casual take on quantum theories…..
“People think I am crazy, Pichi Rathya, but am I? What is not crazy Miss Sheila? I am a living proof that quantum physics, or at least some part of it, is sound. What if I tell you that this blind old man sees, everything, but at a subatomic level? What if I tell you that this is my curse? What if I tell you that when I die I live on, hence death is also an illusion? I am everywhere and nowhere at the same time.”
I found wisdom, drama, and suspense sprinkled everywhere in this novel.
In fact, this book is a complete package of entertainment!
This is written around an evergreen concept of combat between the Evil and God, but there is almost everything in this novel; you wish to have as a reader. An age-old mystery, a secret, science, village customs, supernatural depictions, interesting characters, a complex but captivating alliance between a lawyer and a scientist, betrayal, an obsessed power-hungry politician, an ancestral castle where is hidden, the secret……. And finally none other than AGNIPUTR!
I truly appreciate the execution part of the author. It was perfect and gave absolute satisfaction to me as a reader. He kept me engaged with the storyline and his lucid and wise writing kept me engrossed in the suspense created by him. I think the writing skill of the author that I witness, is beyond praise, as this book is only the second book from the author. A fast-paced page-turner, full of well-crafted suspense and written in a very lucid, witty, and intelligent way! I will recommend it to everyone!
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