Ayushi Sinha

Read this book only if you have the ability to grasp dark humour and understand what’s comedy and what’s just a perspective. The author and comedian ‘Daniel Sloss’ writes about his life events in a humorous way. He accepts that he might be portrayed as an arrogant man and he playfully admits that he is. Nothing can be more mesmerising than a person accepting the truth even if it makes him look like an ass! The book speaks about raw emotions he went through. It’s not a generalisation of public emotions. It’s about him, about his life and what he felt was right! Nowhere does he promise to provide life lessons, it’s just pure entertainment. Not all books shine a light for a better path, have some fun and read a book as a book and not with an intention of getting an advice about your shitty life! Gave a 4 star because it’s not an amazing literature but everything else is top notch. :)

I decided to read this book as a fan of Asura by Anand, but this book made me feel pity for this man! Mahabharat is a great literature in itself. Twisting characters to suit the agenda is just sad. Ramayan from Ravana’s perspective was still fascinating as they were gods and the true story was never revealed. It’s interesting to see a different POV. But, with Mahabharata, there are facts and real stories to be considered. Insulting and misleading people to believe that lord Krishna and Pandus were the real villains is just mocking our traditions. I started reading with a hope to understand Duryodhan’s POV, but I did not fathom that the writer would change the whole story to make him a protagonist. Duryodhan’s POV might have included the influence of evil figures like Shakuni and Dhritarashtra, but the writer tried to make him stand on a pedestal above Krishna and claimed that he was the only one fighting for the righteousness! That’s just a wrong story, not a perspective! Perspective should follow the timeline and respect the truth, simply creating a false narrative to justify an arrogant and a know it all is nothing but an attempt to justify an accused! If you do not have an idea of Mahabharata please do not read this book! It’s utter nonsense. It will try to justify disrobing of Draupadi and that’s just shameful, it’s nothing more than our law system who tries to sympathise with the rapist rather than the victim!