Books by Ashok K. Banker
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review 1: I had read the author's Ramayana series many years ago and quite enjoyed his fresh take on it. I just finished Govinda, Book 1 in Krishna Udayasankar's The Aryavarta Chronicles where she gives a fresh spin to this immortal myth, just as Banker had done with the Ramayana, although...
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review 1: Slayer of Kamsa - The first of the Krishna Coriolis series.Well, the only reason I picked up this one was because I wanted a full fledged insight into the story of Krishna's life. And this book hasn't been a disappointment on that front. Details, so many details. Even before the ...
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review 1: There are times when one feels that Ashok Banker is overeraching himself. I have been a fan of his earlier volumes of the Ramayana. But this one is simply too much of a stretch - at times it feels like science fiction and the paradox of time travel is what he is trying to explain...
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review 1: I picked this book up with a lot of expectations and anticipation. The only other book I had ever read on Luv and Kush was the good old amar chitra katha. It has great chuldhood memories associated with it. But what I encountered instead was a narrative which was quite dark in it...
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review 1: I had assumed this one to be a part of the Ramayana series, even though the title says Sons of Sita. I was expecting to see more of Rama, of understanding what he went through after exiling Sita. But Banker does not write emotional dramas. It maybe part of the overall story, but ...
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review 1: Having read Banker's fictional series based on the Ramayana, curiosity saw me buying this - his first non-fiction book. It started off pleasantly enough, the narrative jumping from character to character - almost like a tv serial episode that abruptly switches between locations, ...
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review 1: started off at a slow pace but gained momentum nd a lot of speed gradually....the action towards the end of it is breathtaking or rather dz nt give u time to even breathe.....special mention to the details n descriptions....the story writer has definitely made it a point include ...