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Aavarana

  • Mar. 21st, 2007 at 11:13 AM

There seems to be lot of Buzz these days about S L Bairappa's Aavarana. Last sunday had been to a 'samvaada' in Gandhi Bazaar with the author about his latest book.  Heard to most of the reviews there from critics, fans and sounded very interesting. The book has sold out 4 editions within a couple of months and looks like the going is getting stronger.

looking forward to read the book!
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[info]vyasraj wrote:
Mar. 22nd, 2007 04:41 am (UTC)
some where i read that, aavarana is sequel ( or continuum kind of ) to saartha.... so just started reading saartha and then will try aavarana.... any way supposed to be a good book as it has gone for reprint 4 times in a month !!!
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[info]hagarth wrote:
Mar. 23rd, 2007 11:53 am (UTC)
aavaraNa is not a sequel to saartha. Though both are period novels, aavaraNa does not require saartha as a pre-requisite.

Bhyrappa has never hesitated in calling spade a spade and the same holds true with aavaraNa too.
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[info]ashwinne wrote:
Mar. 25th, 2007 02:19 pm (UTC)
What's the subject of the book?
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[info]hagarth wrote:
Mar. 25th, 2007 02:56 pm (UTC)
The central theme is about fabrication of history. The book does try to portray the happenings during the Mughal era in general and Aurangazeb's period in particular. Bhyrappa has researched a lot of content about this period and has provided details that are missing in most history textbooks that we go through.
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[info]ashwinne wrote:
Mar. 25th, 2007 11:16 pm (UTC)
In brief (until I get my hands on the book ...) what was fabricated about the Mughal history?
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[info]hagarth wrote:
Mar. 26th, 2007 03:30 pm (UTC)
The way in which Aurangazed treated non-believers of his faith, the large scale destruction of Hindu temples and idols during his reign are some of the things that the book talks about with elaborate proofs. The book also does talk of several other things during this period which, most probably seem to be true, by themselves are heinous crimes against humanity.

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[info]supreeth wrote:
Mar. 27th, 2007 06:16 am (UTC)
i havent read the book completely yet .. but from the conversations the other day, i thought it also spoke about how a converted person feels about his/her roots and stuff on those lines
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[info]hagarth wrote:
Mar. 27th, 2007 11:34 am (UTC)
Yes, this is also something which the book talks about. But the dominant theme in the book is fabrication of history.
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