THE KRISHNA KEY – A Rouletting Thriller
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The KRISHNA KEY is a Treat of Knowledge to the
readers on the Vedic age and Mahabharatha served along with a paced and
rouletting thriller. It also throws light on the modern nuance from the highly
organized data base techniques and information systems to the heinous arts of
pickpocketting, felony and murder. The theme of the story is rightly spelt out
by Ashwin Sanghi as the revelation that “the philosopher is more important than
the stone.”
The KRISHNA KEY is a Treat of Knowledge to the
readers on the Vedic age and Mahabharatha served along with a paced and
rouletting thriller. It also throws light on the modern nuance from the highly
organized data base techniques and information systems to the heinous arts of
pickpocketting, felony and murder. The theme of the story is rightly spelt out
by Ashwin Sanghi as the revelation that “the philosopher is more important than
the stone.”
This pulse racing story is about
the search for the the Krishna key,
constituting 4 seals and a base plate. The four seals found at Dwaraka,
Kalibangan, Kurukshetra and Mathura and are kept
with renowned researchers .The quest for the Krishna
key by the 2 groups of the erudite class and the fanatics headed by self styled
Mataji and her ordained disciple Taarak Vakil ( anagram of Kalki avatar) is the
main story. The most appreciable feature is the added narration of Krishna ’s story right from his forefathers Yayati and
Yadu till his last, duly including Mahabharatha till the Pandavas and Kauravas
go to heaven. One just cannot mince words while praising Sanghi for his
intelligent interlacing of the mythological episodes of Krishna
and Mahabharatha with the main tale of the quest for the Krishna Key.
The story evolves round the
eminent Historian Ravi Mohan Saini and his
Scientist fraternity’s endeavour to decipher the Krishna key on one side
and the Mataji’s fanatic group’s trials
to know the secrets and destroy them to protect Vishnu in Krishna’s form on the
other side. The Krishna Key unfolds the
Syamantaka, the Stone that was used in alchemy to turn base metals to gold. The
lone survivor historian Saini finds out that the Syamantaka is embedded in the
dome of the Taj Mahal .The description of the Taj Mahal and the Hinduistic
story there of is wonderful and convincing..
The characters of Ravi Mohan
Saini, Dr.Bhojraj, Anil Varshney, Professor Rajaram Kurkude and Devendra Chhedi
(all surnames linked to the earlier clans of the Yadavas) -the research oriented
scientists, the fanatic Mataji posing as Saini's doctoral student Priya ,the
super sniffer Police Inspector Radhika Singh , Sunil Garg the corrupt CBI Officer, Sir Khan the
Underground Mafiaman, Taarak Vakil, the Mataji ordained Kalki Avataar and others
really make the story a gripping thriller. The soft spot in the saga is the
gradual love affair , budding and blooming between the Scholar Saini and super
cop Radhika through their running ,escaping, shooting and trapping travails ,
which is beautifully narrated.
The rendition of the mythology of
Krishna and the references to the Vedic Age and the explanation of the numbers
specially 9,18 and 108 in the different aspects is scientifically reasoned out
by Sanghi .The detailed descriptions of Dwaraka, Mathura , Vrindavan , Mount
Kailash and Taj Mahal are wonderful and
exemplary.
Though it is a work of fiction,
The Krishna Key is based on sound research as is reflected from the odd list of
135 items of literature, Audio and Video, as enumerated in the Reference and
Acknowledgements Section, which is given after the end of the story in the
book. Moreover despite the disclaimer given by Sanghi that the historical and
depicted images in the book are not accurate, yet they are convincing and
thought provoking for the layman and the intellectual. We are thankful for the
literary outcome of the immense research done by Sanghi.
The lucid, logical and coherent
analysis of the Syamantaka, the alchemist’s stone ,should be given a standing ovation.
The goal of transformation of the lower forms to higher forms is also likened
to the transformation of the existing self to a better self by meditating with
positive vibrations on any stone or idol. That is why he says that “the
philosopher is more important than the stone”. It is the collective energies of
the devotees that make miracles happen and not the Stone or the idol. This is
the best conclusion and leaves the readers in an unexplainable trance. Thank
you, Sanghiji for the beautiful experience. Awaiting similar enlightenment in
all your future creations.
To sum up, this is a must-buy and
must-read Syamantaka in one’s literary treasure chest.
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