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Ancient strategist's tale echoes in modern politics.
If history and political drama catch your interest, "Chanakya's Chant" could be an engrossing read. It weaves together threads of ancient strategy with contemporary Indian politics through well-crafted parallel narratives. Ashwin Sanghi's tale is bound to resonate if you appreciate stories where the past mirrors the present, revealing timeless truths about power and ambition.
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ISBN: 9789380658674
Authors:
Ashwin Sanghi
Publisher: Westland Limited
Date of Publication: 2010-01-26
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 24124 readers)
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The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, cunning, calculating, cruel and armed with a complete absence of accepted morals, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat and succeeds in uniting a ragged country against the invasion of the army of that demigod, Alexander the Great. Pitting the weak edges of both forces against each other, he pulls off a wicked and astonishing victory and succeeds in installing Chandragupta on the throne of the mighty Mauryan empire. History knows him as the brilliant strategist Chanakya. But history, which exults in repeating itself, revives Chanakya two and a half millennia later, in the avatar of Gangasagar Mishra, a Brahmin teacher in smalltown India who becomes puppeteer to a host of ambitious individuals--including a certain slumchild who grows up into a beautiful and powerful woman. Modern India happens to be just as riven as ancient Bharat by class hatred, corruption and divisive politics and this landscape is Gangasagar's feasting ground. Can this wily pandit--who preys on greed, venality and sexual deviance--bring about another miracle of a united India? Will Chanakya's chant work again? Ashwin Sanghi, the bestselling author of The Rozabal Line, brings you yet another spinechiller.
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Ancient strategist's tale echoes in modern politics.
If history and political drama catch your interest, "Chanakya's Chant" could be an engrossing read. It weaves together threads of ancient strategy with contemporary Indian politics through well-crafted parallel narratives. Ashwin Sanghi's tale is bound to resonate if you appreciate stories where the past mirrors the present, revealing timeless truths about power and ambition.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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