Book Recommendation by KD

In childhood, we all had our own little stories of introduction with Devtas and those personal interactions with them. Especially the intimate ones—when we wished for something or complained about a small problem, hoping it would be resolved. It slowly became a ritual-like situation where we spoke to them while bowing down during puja or festival times. For a child, this phase is very delicate, as they begin developing a relationship with Devtas, and later, one of them may even become our Ishta Devta. It’s heartening to see someone writing about such an important topic that most of us have forgotten over the years. I never thought I would be so deeply reconnected with memories of talking to Bhagwanji, helping during puja, and getting closer to them through the stories from the Puranas that we used to listen to. Sometimes I feel strange when someone says they don’t know about Shreemad Bhagwat Puran or Shiv Puran, because they hold so many stories of different Devtas. But the...

Some books entertain you. Some challenge you. And then there are books like Swathwa Viprasthitha: The Voyage of the Soul that completely transport you, blurring the delicate line between the world we know and a world that exists just beyond the edge of consciousness. Jijesh V. Saseendran’s fantasy drama offers exactly this kind of immersive journey, creating an experience that lingers long after the last page is turned. At its heart, Swathwa Viprasthitha is a story about the mysteries of the mind and the uncharted territories of the soul. The novel begins in a modern-day setting, with strange events unfolding around a mysterious old book. But what seems like a medical puzzle slowly transforms into something far more profound and a multi-layered narrative begins that bridges centuries, realities, and spiritual dimensions. Rather than following a conventional fantasy structure, the book takes readers on a voyage where the psychological and the mystical are inseparably intertw...