VASUDEVA by Dr Narendra Kohli

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VASUDEVA

Biographical Novel based on the Life of Krishna’s father

By

Narendra Kohli

Hindi

2010       22 x 14 cm    544 pages

Paperback        Rs. 225

Narendra Kohli is one of India’s best read writers. His writing is assured and nuanced. His understanding of ancient India and her heroes, both mythical and real, is unparalleled. He looks at history not with the rose-tinted glasses of the romantic, but with the impartiality of a scholar. He is equally at home writing historical novels or contemporary fiction. He has written novels, short stories, memoirs and satirical pieces.

This is the incisively written novelised biography of Vasudeva and Devaki, the parents of Lord Krishna.

Vasudeva and Devaki, despite their noble birth, led tragic lives. Circumstances beyond their control led to their incarceration and the horrific killing of their six newborn babies. They were without any help. No one in the land was willing to help them in any way. For they were imprisoned by Kamsa, Devaki’s brother and the tyrannical ruler of Mathura. Kamsa had been advised by an astrologer that Vasudeva’s child would kill him. So, the cruel Kamsa imprisoned both Vasudeva and Devaki and cold-bloodedly killed each of their newborn infants.

The unceasing cruelty of Kamsa failed to break Vasudeva and Devaki’spirit.  With a great deal of courage and skill, Vasudeva managed to smuggle away Krishna, his seventh child. As Krishna grew older, he came back and destroyed Kamsa and his rule of terror. That encounter is also thrillingly described in this novel.

Narendra Kohli’s sublime skill lies in presenting this classical tale as a political struggle between the tyrannical ruler and the working class. Hence, the strife of Vasudeva is not his alone, it is felt by all of India’s masses. And the fight is not for his own family, but for the survival of the common man.

Like all his books based on ancient Indian mythology, this one also remains contemporary in terms of the protagonist’s dilemmas and how they confront them. And Narendra Kohli has managed to write yet another riveting novel.

We are proud to distribute this one, as well as all the other books by Narendra Kohli and other leading writers of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Urdu.

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