Krishna Gopeswara : The truth of Vrishnis by Sanjay Dixit - book review
Krishna Gopeswara book 1 By Sanjay Dixit Rating 2.5/5 Genres Fiction, Mythology, Lord Krishna. Even though the story is based on the events from the life of Lord Sri Krishna, reading them from the thesis of Sanjay Dixit felt totally silly and preposterous. Most of the events and situations were devious from what the scriptures and sacred texts like Srimad Baghavatam say. I am not writing this from the place of bias for Krishna - his being my most cherished and favorite God. It felt acceptable to make Shiva the God into Shiva a human warrior in the Immortals of Meluha series but to remove magic and mysticism from Krishna is like removing fangs from the most powerful snake in the universe. It is utter hogwash and ridiculous. Sanjay Dixit tries to explain and attribute most of the miraculous and mystical events in the childhood and puberty of Krishna to luck and careful military planning. I was fuming while he happily explained away Govardhana inci...