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ajith_wordshaker's review
4.0
Thanks to Sudha Murty for reminding me some of the stories which I read during childhood and forget after time passes. This book includes even not so popular stories from mythology that have connections to our epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Felt wondering how awesome is the one who created these mythologies in the past with this perfection. Hard to believe these stories as myths. These stories give us insight into how we the people from this Indian subcontinent treated women in the past. Women played a very important role in building our ancient culture and we treat women as the ones who do only the household chores.
“Behind every great work of a man, there always exists the unconditional love from a woman who deserves more recognition than the man himself”.
“Behind every great work of a man, there always exists the unconditional love from a woman who deserves more recognition than the man himself”.
justagirlwholovesbooks's review
4.0
The book was easy to read and introduced many myths that I was not previously aware of. It was quite interesting. It was also nice to read a book talking about the women of indian mythology.
readsndrants's review
3.0
Brilliant stories about amazing women but they missed the flare of Sudha Murthy's usual story telling.
madeyemoody's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
ttaksha_12's review
4.0
Sudha Murty's books are always so entertaining, inspirational and brings back so many memories of the stories we heard in our childhood!
ktrainofthoughts's review
5.0
What is mythology? Mythology is a collection of myths or stories about culture, religion, and beliefs. The stories in mythology allow expanding the imagination. And this book is kind of one.
I am a big fan of the simple yet influential writing style of Sudha Murthy. I read many books about her, and every book holds a different charm.
About the book:
This is a book that holds the stories of 24 powerful women of our mythology, How, they sacrifice and fight to save humankind from the evils. The stories are about different forms of Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Parvati and many unheard names from the mythology.
My musings:
I just love the whole book. listing some which I liked the most:
1. There are many lessons hidden in between these simple stories which we should follow in daily life like how reacting without thinking in anger can cause bad consequences (Shankrahrya curse). We should think twice when we speak I anger or in adverse situations.
2. The writing style is simple and straightforward.
3. For me, this is a good learning book, as I learned many lesser-known stories about our mythology.
4. The beautiful art illustrations make this read interactive.
Overall, this is a magical book to read.
mythreads's review
4.0
Quite ordinary not so 'Unusual' or maybe I felt like this bcoz I had already read or heard many of these stories, except a few.
Still a great compilation of short stories, beautiful illustrations and very easy to read.
My most favourite story was "Soldiers in elephant's stomach", it was the only story (love story) that gave me tinch of goosebumps.
3.5✨
Still a great compilation of short stories, beautiful illustrations and very easy to read.
My most favourite story was "Soldiers in elephant's stomach", it was the only story (love story) that gave me tinch of goosebumps.
3.5✨