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The Taj Conspiracy (2012)

by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

9381626138 (ISBN13: 9789381626139)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Westland Ltd

series

Mehrunisa Trilogy

review 1: Healthy Advice..stay away if you can...the writer has no clue to what she is writing about, the book is inundated with details that are not needed and where the details are needed, you don't seem to end up finding them. For Example: she tells us about the two chandeliers that were looted from the Taj but gives us no description on why the chandeliers were important. how they looked like, any such significant details that would draw it upon the reader that a thing of such immense beauty and importance just got devoured and vanished in the greed of man. But then she proceeds to give us much detail about the fact that 'pyaaz' in a 'pyaaz ki kachori' that the protagonist munches on , is caramelized onions. Like WTF!!!!Also I read reviews from a lot of people about how this boo... moreks gives an account of the various conspiracy theories behind this word famous monument.I would humbly beg to differ. Well yes if you are someone just wanting to know stuff for the heck of it then maybe yes. But if you are really interested in leaning about the various Taj conspiracy theories and its secrets then invest some time in doing some research. Nat geo has this amazing documentary available on youtube, there is another video which is a decent attempt to crack the secret of the famed 'Black Taj'. Infact I have always been enamored by the conspiracy theories around the Taj and having done all that studying and research by myself, I just find the facts given in the book half-baked and somewhat dampening. There are just so many things wrong about this book that I can't keep my hands off writing an extremely nasty review ( I don't do that normally)a) The story is all kaput. While the basis that the Taj Mahal was a hindu temple seemed a good ground to build a decent conspiracy theory, I had not expected the dud at the end with naga sadhus, the Shiva's trishul trembling and all that BS. b) The characters are all half baked and over the place. Why did Arun Toor undertake such a mission? Where does Pamposh fit into the bill? ( just because she was uprooted from her homeland by Muslims and now wanted to take revenge by reclaiming a Muslim tomb as a Hindu temple is just the lamest excuse I have ever heard?) What happens to Jara? What happens to Pamposh? c)The writing is poor and at places seems like the author thinks in Hindi and then just ends up Literally translating the sentences into English ( This BTW is a problem I find with a lot of these new breed nxt gen writers that includes Sanghi as well) . d)If this was the attempt to become India's Dan Brown then its a failure of the grandest order. Forget it Someshwar- Just the amount of research the guy puts into his works is far beyond what you could have thought of for the sad excuse called Taj Conspiracy.
review 2: Ordinary story telling. Decent writing. All in all, a wannabe DaVinci code that has a poor story, Filmi characters that are present everywhere and are capable of doing anything, Abbas Mustan kind of twists which look completely manufactured and an attempted open ending which simply fails to excite.It is slightly informative for those who are unaware of the Taj's story and the associated rumours. I knew everything already so even that didn't excite me. I did get excited when a certain secret trap door appeared inside the taj mahal but that too turned out to be a creative liberty on part of the author. The mystery seemed to be lifted out of a children's school text book. I don't know when our authors will stop writing with a movie in their head. Caution: Dead people come back to life and a beard on a male's face turns him unrecognizable, yet this is not a zombie novel nor a comic caper! less

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