Name: The Forbidden Quest of Mysore
Writer: Puneeth JH
Publisher: HALF BAKED BEANS
Publication date: 17 October 2018
ASIN: B07JHRG24N
Pages: 150
Price: Rs.249
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★.5
Blurb:
Around 1500 a famous astrophysicist Yagnabhatta created an ancient enigma, Gandabaerunda. To protect it from falling into the wrong hands, the great King Krishna Devaraya hid it in Mysore. Ever since then, the chase behind it has never stopped. Back in 2017, there lived a self-claimed archaeologist, Amar. He loved an intellectual girl, Pooja. Like every other Indian love story, they too had hurdles. Pooja was elder, and her father was rich. Their families were of a different caste and spoke different languages. Yet they never stopped loving each other. Embrace into the city of palaces as Amar and Pooja go in search of an impossible mission. Can the couple overcome the trials to decode the hidden secrets of the King Raja Wodeyar III? Can they fight the prejudices of the Indian society to get married?
Plotline:
The story revolves around Amar Bharadwaj, a 24-year-old self-claimed archaeologist.
Amar’s love interest, Pooja Naidu worked as a software engineer in one of the most reputed IT companies in Mysore. Even though they knew each other for more than ten years, they struggled to take their relationship ahead because of various reasons. Pooja was 18 days elder, belonged to a moderately rich family and a different caste.
Amar’s father was a noted archaeologist whose researches were appreciated by all. But according to the local news, he had fled away with the treasure he discovered in Mysore. The treasure, in reality, was a deadly weapon Gandabaerunda created by an astrophysicist Yagnabhatta to protect the kingdom of King Krishnadevaraya. The weapon could easily wipe out the entire human existence and thus, the King ordered Yagnabhatta to destroy the weapon and agreed to retain the knowledge regarding the creation of the weapon.
Amar sets onto a quest along with Pooja to find his father and prove him innocent and to do so, he will have to face number of challenges and solve multiple riddles.
Will Amar succeed in finding his father and proving him innocent? Will the societal prejudice take over Amar and Pooja’s love or will they overcome all the hurdles together?
Writer: Puneeth JH
Publisher: HALF BAKED BEANS
Publication date: 17 October 2018
ASIN: B07JHRG24N
Pages: 150
Price: Rs.249
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★.5
Around 1500 a famous astrophysicist Yagnabhatta created an ancient enigma, Gandabaerunda. To protect it from falling into the wrong hands, the great King Krishna Devaraya hid it in Mysore. Ever since then, the chase behind it has never stopped. Back in 2017, there lived a self-claimed archaeologist, Amar. He loved an intellectual girl, Pooja. Like every other Indian love story, they too had hurdles. Pooja was elder, and her father was rich. Their families were of a different caste and spoke different languages. Yet they never stopped loving each other. Embrace into the city of palaces as Amar and Pooja go in search of an impossible mission. Can the couple overcome the trials to decode the hidden secrets of the King Raja Wodeyar III? Can they fight the prejudices of the Indian society to get married?
"The first pancake is always a failure. Just keep calm and check more. You and your father can never be wrong."My thoughts:
Plotline:
The story revolves around Amar Bharadwaj, a 24-year-old self-claimed archaeologist.
Amar’s love interest, Pooja Naidu worked as a software engineer in one of the most reputed IT companies in Mysore. Even though they knew each other for more than ten years, they struggled to take their relationship ahead because of various reasons. Pooja was 18 days elder, belonged to a moderately rich family and a different caste.
Amar’s father was a noted archaeologist whose researches were appreciated by all. But according to the local news, he had fled away with the treasure he discovered in Mysore. The treasure, in reality, was a deadly weapon Gandabaerunda created by an astrophysicist Yagnabhatta to protect the kingdom of King Krishnadevaraya. The weapon could easily wipe out the entire human existence and thus, the King ordered Yagnabhatta to destroy the weapon and agreed to retain the knowledge regarding the creation of the weapon.
Amar sets onto a quest along with Pooja to find his father and prove him innocent and to do so, he will have to face number of challenges and solve multiple riddles.
Will Amar succeed in finding his father and proving him innocent? Will the societal prejudice take over Amar and Pooja’s love or will they overcome all the hurdles together?
Writing style and Language:
⦿ The entire story is narrated in first person perspective.
⦾ The language used is facile and comprehensible.
⦿ The author does a good job at describing the cultural background and history of Mysore.
Book cover:
The book cover is extremely simple but it does depict the 2 story-lines that run simultaneously in this book – history and romance.
Dislikes:
💔 I didn’t really like the development of the romantic angle in this book. The love story seemed unnecessary and irrelevant to me.
💔 I came across quite a few grammatical and punctuation errors.
Recommend?
Anyone who is interested in knowing more about Mysore and its past can give this book a try.
⦿ The entire story is narrated in first person perspective.
⦾ The language used is facile and comprehensible.
⦿ The author does a good job at describing the cultural background and history of Mysore.
Book cover:
The book cover is extremely simple but it does depict the 2 story-lines that run simultaneously in this book – history and romance.
Dislikes:
💔 I didn’t really like the development of the romantic angle in this book. The love story seemed unnecessary and irrelevant to me.
💔 I came across quite a few grammatical and punctuation errors.
Recommend?
Anyone who is interested in knowing more about Mysore and its past can give this book a try.
"Imagine the world where all our clocks tick at different speeds. That means even though we live in the same place, we cannot be with each other."
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