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Chanakyas Chant
  • Publisher: Westland
  • ISBN-13:

    9789380658674

  • No. of Pages: 448
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publishing Date: 2011

Chanakyas Chant by Sanghi Ashwin


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Chanakyas Chant

About The Book :

The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father.

Cold, 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.

Satisfied—and a little bored—by his success as a kingmaker, through the simple summoning of his gifted mind, he recedes into the shadows to write his Arthashastra, the ‘science of wealth’.

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 historical spinechiller.

About The Author :

An entrepreneur by profession, Ashwin Sanghi writes extensively on history, religion and politics in his spare time, but historical fiction in the thriller genre is his passion and hobby. Sanghi holds a master’s degree from Yale. He lives in India with his wife Anushika and son Raghuvir.

The central mantra of the book, the Shakti mantra, has been set to music by a very talented composer Ameya Naik and recited by Kushal Gopalka. The music track can be listened to or download FREE as an MP3 at http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/79857

The first chapter of the book is now available online for a FREE preview. It can be viewed at http://www.scribd.com/doc/43514562

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  Chanakya’S Chant - Author-Signed Copy, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Salvadesswaran Srinivasan
Chanakya’s Chant is Ashwin Sanghi’s second novel after The Rozabal Line. It revolves around the life of a Pandit who emerges as a modern day Chanakya. The style is similar to his debut, linking modern events to those that occurred two millennia ago. We have seen this style many times, flipping between two parallel events – only here, the parallel events are from long ago. A Pandit from Kanpur with financial banking from a merchant and manpower from a Muslim strongman manages to unite the people of the city and assume political power. He makes his disciple becomes the most powerful woman in the country, just as Chanakya enthroned Chandragupta Maurya. As he develops the plot, Sanghi touches upon many issues in modern India – religious friction, corruption and the like. He is clearly inspired by real world events such as the tussle between the Ambani brothers, cash for votes, the fodder scam and the 2G scam(yes, that one too!). There are several instances where the media is cleverly used by devious politicians – #MediaMafia, anyone? The description of Uttar Pradesh, I cannot comment upon for I have confined myself to Tamil Nadu most of my life. However, the unhygienic conditions and the slum might very well fit into any large town in India. One could draw parallels between the two central characters and the BSP in Uttar Pradesh too. A minor quibble I see is that Sanghi has portrayed the Keralite as talking English with a funny accent. He cannot be further from the truth here – I know many Keralites who have a neutral accent; I haven’t seen a person speak with the accent he writes. There are several quotes that are wrongly attributed to Chanakya, but the Acknowledgements & References section makes this clear. I do not have a large appetite for historical thrillers, and so I cannot compare this work with many others. It might seem at the outset that Sanghi is developing into a desi Dan Brown, given his penchant for history. I hope we can expect a deviation from thi
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  Chanakya’S Chant - Author-Signed Copy, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Sunil Jhaveri
We were first introduced to the Chanakya story by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi who brought us the famous Doordarshan serial in the 1990's. Ashwin Sanghi's latest novel, is a retelling of that story but with a twist. The novel runs on two parallel tracks: the first being an almost historical account of Chanakya's life and his effort to instal Chandragupta Maurya on the throne of Magadha; the second being the dirty political games being played by Gangasagar Mishra a modern-day Chanakya-equivalent in Uttar Pradesh in his effort to instal his nominee as Prime Minister of India. A fast-read, to say the least, I absolutely loved this book. The rich nuggets of historical detail interwoven with modern political conspiracy kept me turning the pages till late at night. A definite recommendation from me for anyone who enjoys thrillers.
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  Chanakya’S Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Rohit Koshie
An excellent book that had me riveted to it from beginning to end. As a writer, Ashwin Sanghi has a way with words. The visual characterization that his words provide give you the feeling that you're playing GOD. it's like you're watching these events actually happen. Whether it was Gangadhar's guile or Chanakya's brilliance, the portrayal was something you rarely come across except from really good authors. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and as a result also started reading The Rozabal Line. Chanakya's Chant is highly recommended!!!!
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Manoj Patel S N
I liked the manner in which Sanghi has attempted to show that the politics of today is very similar to the politics of 2300 years ago. I also am happy that he has woven historical facts into the story (and not the story into historical facts as he did with The Rozabal Line). An entertaining, enjoyable, exciting and educational read that holds one's attention firmly like a vise grip.
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Padma
The book, ‘Chanakyas Chant written by Ashwin Sanghi gives an account person called as Chanakya who wanted to avenge the murder of his father and succeeds in uniting a country against Alexander the Great where Alexander retreats from taking the full Bharat. To know more about this, get your copy of ‘Chanakyas Chant, today
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Pushpa
Chanakyas Chant, the book describes about the interesting tactics employed by him in defeating Alexander the Great and a number of others by opting for war or by using his wits and intelligence. Bored by his success, he then recedes into rest to write a book called the Arthashastra, the science of wealth.
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Lakshmi
The first few chapters of the book accounts for Chanakya’s skills and his intelligence in fighting a war with Alexander the Great and in protecting the other parts of India while the later chapters account for corruption and political turmoil prevailing currently in India.
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Sayed
The book describes about the association between Chanakya and Chandragupta and wherein Chanakya fights with Alexander where he uses all his decisive methods to topple Alexander from acquiring the full Indian kingdom, Bharat. During the rise of modern India, Chanakya arises form of a new avatar where he has to deal with corruption, greed, vanity, cunningness, unethical principles wherein he has to employ cunningness to break a number of rules in order to install his own candidate as a Prime Minister, who has been a girl.
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  Chanakyas Chant, Posted on: December 28, 2011
Reviewed by: Kini
The book takes you on a travel of ancient and modern India which brings into accounts the politics and political ethics practiced during the ancient times and also brings out different ethics which was practiced in India during her ancient days and during the modern times.
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