"The Great Indian Novel" – Nothing great about the Author’s Present Political motive

This is a delayed post, but I waited to complete the book

After long pending years, I read ‘The great Indian novel’ by Shashi Tharoor a month back. There is no doubt about the way the story is pinned with the characters in Mahabharata linked with the Congress party of pre-independence and the fall outs after Independence. At many places, “human beauty” is needlessly expressed in Khajuraho style. May be, it is his fantasy to write in such a way or trying to appear like Khushwant Singh style. In my opinion, they didn’t add any value except some ‘Kamasutra’ effect to the story.

Few main characters (whom I could recollect while writing this post) around which the story evolves

Dhritarashtra – Nehru
Bheeshma – Mohandas Gandhi
Karna – Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Vidur - Sardar Patel

Having written so satirical about the way the Congress party has handled the country’s pre and post independence and with almost direct references to some of the in-explainable decisions that was taken by Nehru on the Kashmir issue and India-China conflict, it is shame to note that Shashi Tharoor finally found only the Congress party, for his home-coming, boosting of personal image and foray into Indian Politics. Whatever respects I had for him, got tarnished by his act.

Thus, Indian politics stands out as splendid example of how one can tarnish something or someone to the core, but soon join them in the name of ‘Service to country’ and people will forget all