Keepers of the Kalachakra: Bharat Series 5

This book is for total science geeks and aficionados, the details on quantum physics were so much in detail, sometime I got list or lost the plot that was being discussed. In lot of places that info could have been limited to minimum. The flow and plot was good though.

When I read Chanakya Chant for the first time, I was amazed by the plot and the storytelling... Two storylines going in parallel... In different time but yet linked. I liked the book and recommended to my friends.Then I read Krishna Key. I found it Okiesh.Now coming to this book... I enjoyed it... But the major issue is that it involves so much of technicality around Buddhism and other related stuff that sometimes it become tough to understand and most of the times boring.Most of the novel is dedicated to explain those details instead of storytelling.So when u look back after finishing novel, There is little to talk about the story and that what's bothers u.

Well the book started very nicely but this time Aswin could not justify the mythical thoughts or imagination that he did successfully in his earlier books, for example in this book he has been talking abt a duality, so it can be quiet possible a dual of the person could be a terrorist and can be killed any time , also brahmanand must also have a dual going by concept, gradually the theme is getting weaker... But the imagination in Krishna key, Rozabel line, Chanakya chant was awesome, I felt as if actually this has happened but I didn't get this feeling in current book, hence average ... Waiting for the next book from Ashwin

The book talks about linking lots of interesting concepts ike linking quantum mechanics with the historical Indian culture. All are great topics. How ever, it became very boring with too many topics/sub topics and almost looks like a scientific journal article. What it needed is a great editor who could have helped maintain the balance between the story line and the scientific topics. The tempo was lost after the first several pages as the story did not move much. Great topic but poor execution. Could have been as good as Dan Brown's books !!!

Keepers of the Kalachakra is more a treatise by Mr.Sanghi on various Buddhist, Hindu and other philosophies and their intersection with modern science. He provides an interesting introduction to Quantum Physics. I would have appreciated more as a non-fiction book rather than fiction. In his effort to provide the reader with as much information as possible Mr.Sanghi has sacrificed the plot of this book. The book would have been fine without the hero and ends very abruptly.

Having read the author's previous work (Chanakya's Chant - moderately entertaining), I approached this novel with hopes of a good read. What followed was a monstrosity of a novel which was an absolute waste of time and money. The characters in the book are entirely two dimensional with cookie cutter definitions of good and evil. Most of the linkages between ancient philosophies and modern science look like a hastily assembled collection of whatsapp forwards. The villains in the book border on buffoonery, seriously. Like a kitschy bollywood movie from the 90s, every character is daring to launch into a long winded speech on the greatness of the ancients - oh the ancients consequently physics,of the ancients could build formula one cars, oh they knew how to make the best lasagna, etc. -at the drop of a hat. Seriously, when the hero is in a life and death situation, the villain takes time off and launches into a 10 page monologue. No story arc, no semblance of a plot, packed to the gills with pseudoscience and quackery. This hideous work should be abandoned in the rubbish pit and not be allowed to inflict misery on unsuspecting readers.

I haven't finished this book yet probably because I don't care for it. I find the long, hard to pronounce words and names difficult to read. I also don't care too much for the plot as it seems to disjointed for me. Please note that this is not a criticism, it is just my personal opinion.

The book grips you from the first page and keeps you engrossed till it last. A real page turner. Loved it.

The new book on the Bharat Series is a perfect information trove. It made me wonder whether I am reading real account of incidents though it is a fiction. I have read few reviews and I did not take it seriously until I myself read this book completely. The information given referring back to Ramayana and Guatama Buddha has been supported by valid references of close to 60 books which is mind boggling. I seriously wonder as to where would Mr Sanghi find all the time to read so many books to get the content.Getting a content isn't a big task but putting them across together to stitch a perfect story is where the story stands apart. I felt there were too many characters and references but if you delve yourself deep into the story, you would find a perfect connect.What according to me makes a story a real interesting one is to start it with a bang and retain it till the end which is the case in this novel as it begins with few leaders across the world losing their lives mysteriously despite being under huge round of security. While there were many assumptions to these incidents, a shadow group called Minerva has been behind these occurrences. Why were they doing this? What was their ultimate motto?While this was happening in one end, there was another highly secretive group called IG4 which vowed to crack the mystery of the deaths but they themselves gets into deep trouble.There was a super intelligent Indian Research Scholar who gets hired by a relatively new company which agreed to pay double that of what he was promised from SpaceX,Google etc., Why was he been paid so much?Probably the first time ever in Ashwin Sanghi's book, the book had lot of pictorial references which has made this an interesting read.

I had read Chankya' s Chant and Krishna key from Ashwin and had seemingly liked both of them to an extent so I decided to give this one a try. Now that I have gone through the ordeal, I am trying to figure out whether it was a wise decision. For starters the story has a lot of characters that you loose track which sometimes defeat the story itself which is the case with the keepers of Kalachakra.The story starts with a high profile liberal Prime Minister suffering a multiple organ failure under mysterious circumstances. As the plot goes on you understand that there is an entity at work which is keen on starting a global war against the Islamist hardliners and plotting murders of liberal leaders across the world.The Main Potragonist (Vijay) who is a IIT professor and just completed his PHD gets a job in a shady organization called Mellissan labs which is suspected behind the murders. Vijay , though not willingly , tries to uncover the secrets inside Mellissan and establish a link with the murders. The secrets that get revealed and how murders are actually executed becomes the premise of the story.Interesting !!! Right ... Actually not. The problem as I mentioned earlier that there are so many characters and concepts introduced that it becomes really tiring to keep a track of them. Also introduction of new concepts of Buddhism..Hinduism chapter after chapter doesn't really help. The conversation tend to be more of a QA session which is very difficult to digest. The climax too looks tedious ( I literally browsed through pages for the heck of finishing) as Ashwin tries to bring a logical end to the different characters he had introduced.All in all .... KEEPERS OF THE KALACHAKRA ... is definitely not a novel 'for keeps' and I would suggest you give it a pass.

It’s probably the best fiction I have read recently. The combination of ancient & philosophical concepts, world politics, current affairs, drama weaved with effortless storytelling is spell binding.

A very interesting perspective that intertwines fact & fiction - mythology & science and presents a compelling narrative….highly recommend. Worth reading and more

Ashwin is definitely pretty good at throwing in some mind boggling facts and it is heartening to see that he has done is originally this time (The Krishna Key was a rip off, uh oh, Da Vinci code). So kudos to originality this time.The story starts with a series of deaths around the globe of eminent personalities. What perplexed everyone was that there was nothing that explained those deaths. A well explained concept of Yamaj there. Many isolated characters with both strong and weak links, historical and current, come together to figure out the what was happening at the Milesian labs.Characters like Brahmananda and Mikhailov are interesting and the concepts of particle and energy fit well with many situations otherwise very difficult to explain. The unusual detours to Ramayana were a simple turn off as they had little relevance in the story.The events description, no doubt, has been the typically Ashwin Sanghi way, interesting and snippet type that keeps the reader engrossed throughout. If the reader can connect the parts herself, this is a 2 hour read else one can lost in events and connections.All in all, an interesting read, if you are bored with those usual romantic, fiction or crime books and want a mix of reality and tantra (read positive) transfusion, this is a book to grab.