PLOT: 4/5
CHARACTERS: 4.5/5
WRITING: 4.5/5
ENTERTAINMENT: 4.5/5
GENRE: Historic Fiction, Motion, Journey
THEMES: Historical past, Mythology, Battle for Dharma, Naga Sadhus
“The warfare has simply begun and can final for hundreds of years. Our enemies will improve and invade just like the plague. We will be the antidote. Many civilizations will perish and lots of will convert. What is going to survive within the instances to return are the Trinity, trident, and temples.”
– Akshat Gupta, The Naga Warriors: Battle for Gokul
The Bhoomi of Bharat is wealthy with splendid tales of valour and braveness, even within the face of impending doom. Our land is of historical warriors who’ve given their every part—materials possessions, familial ties, and even their lives—for the sake of defending Dharma. It then falls on their successors, we of the present technology, to deliver their tales to mild. To maintain their tales alive and thriving, so that each youngster and grownup is aware of of their unbridled braveness and relentless service to Dharma.
One such stunning try on this endeavour is made by creator Akshat Gupta, who, after the large success of the Hidden Hindu trilogy, is again once more together with his subsequent collection, The Naga Warriors. This collection pays a humble however glorious tribute to Nagas, these nice warrior sadhus who fought many a battle in order that we might survive as a civilization.
What’s the guide all about?
The Naga Warriors: Battle for Gokul is a guide that paperwork and celebrates, albeit in a fictional method, the fierce battle that was fought between Naga sadhus (with their minimal numbers) and the formidable Afghan military (with their imposing numbers) underneath the Afghani ruler Ahmed Shah Abdali. This guide, the primary within the collection, emphasizes the battle of Gokul that the Naga sadhus fought with Abdali’s basic, Sardar Khan, who was all too desperate to wreak havoc on the attractive and spiritual metropolis of Gokul. Whereas the guide is fiction, the episode it’s impressed by is actual historical past, the place the Nagas efficiently saved the dear metropolis from the demonic invaders.
The characters
The anonymous Naga is one attention-grabbing character. The guide begins and ends with him. The 12 months is 2024, and we see him rescuing a British mountaineer from an avalanche. Within the strategy of nursing him again to well being, he begins narrating the epic battle of 1757 and the occasions that led to it.
Ajaa, Shambhuji, Vanraaj, Mathadhish, and Dhruv are another attention-grabbing characters who’re the heroes of the story. Sardar Khan, then again, is vicious and diabolical. Ajaa and Shambhuji are actually inspiring, whereas Vanraaj comes as a nice shock.
The writing
The writing in The Naga Warriors: Battle for Gokul is fast-paced and action-oriented. The story begins within the present time, however the reader is shortly transported to the 12 months 1757. Other than good pacing, attention-grabbing battle sequences, and intriguing characters, what I additionally favored is the creator’s potential to coach readers about many unknown elements of Naga sadhus. On this method, we additionally get many historic and cultural classes. Why do the Nagas smear ashes on their our bodies? What’s the significance of that? Why does an individual must carry out the final rites of all their relations (even those that live) earlier than they’re inducted into the ranks of the Naga sadhus?
Along with that, the guide additionally educates the reader on many elements of Sanatana Dharma and sheds mild on the importance of many ideas and rituals like Shukla Paksha, Chandra Darshana, Shankh, Tripoorn, whereas additionally educating us in regards to the divine weapons of the Devas like Trishul, Vijaya Dhanush, and Sudarshan Chakra.
The battle scenes
For the reason that main a part of the guide is both the battle or the preparation for it, there’s a good quantity of give attention to the storytelling elements of it. The lead-up to the battle, beginning with character introductions, setting of the stage, amping up of non-public ambitions, and relentless pursuit of Dharma by completely different sects, has all been powerfully orchestrated.
A battle, whose result’s already etched in historical past, and whose result’s already recognized, continues to be performed out mysteriously and intriguingly by the introduction of sudden twists and turns. Other than the apparent enemy, there are different gray and shady characters too, who maintain the suspense up and act as a steadiness to absolutely the black and white of different characters.
In the long run
The Naga Warriors: Battle for Gokul is a historic action-adventure fiction enthused with parts of mythology. It’s entertaining and racy, whereas additionally being informative and philosophical at instances. An excellent dharmic fiction, certainly!
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