From time immemorial, human race had wandered the length and breadth of the earth in search of food, shelter and suitable climatic condition. Some of our ancestors had left strong imprints on the face of the Earth to be exhumed, discovered, and deciphered by us. Thus, History had begun recording most of the events and continues recording even in our present day. Upon carefully analysing the History of our past and present we realise that man has experienced cultural crisis, dislocation, displacement and dispossession.
When we turn a few pages of Indian legendary epics,The Ramayana and The Mahabharata, we are astonished to observe that most of the great heroes were forced to live in exile; however, they successfully created or formed their …show more content…
She was used to being obeyed. She was a doctor,.. But in her long years of experience she had also seen a few patients like Shiva, especially from the nobility…such patients had to be reasoned with not instructed. Yet, this was a simple immigrant. Not some noblemen! (p.21)
The above scene from the novel depicts the ingrained attitude of the Meluhan doctorAyurvati. She strongly felt that she was above Shiva, who was after all an ordinary immigrant from a foreign land, an uncivilized and an uncouth barbarian.
Here, we could visualize two contrasting characters, Shiva and Ayurvati. Shiva was born and raised in a village on the foot hills of Mt. Kailash.He led a simple rural life, innocent but very brave, spoke in a substandard language which was unacceptable by many elite and educated people like Ayurvati.
On the other hand, we see Ayurvati who belonged to the civilized, highly sophisticated society and accustomed to an urban life style. She was highly educated, talented, well-trained and a respected doctor in all of Meluha. It was natural for someone who possesseda thorough knowledge of medicines and in particular ‘Somras’, to get infuriated at the defiant and crude behaviour of such an immigrant as Shiva. Yet, Ayurvati remained calm and …show more content…
Later on, in the story it was revealed that Shiva was their Neelkanth,but Daksha had not been honest with him. During one of the meetings with Emperor Daksha,Shiva questioned him thus:
Do you agree that honesty is required to make any friendship work? Even if it means deeply offending your friend with the truth? (p.117) Then Daksha replied to Shiva:
I am truly sorry my Lord, said Daksha. …Somras has considerably positive effects on your body. (p.118)
But Shiva spoke firmly,
Do you know that my tribe was also probably given the Somras that night? And they fell seriously ill, perhaps because of the Somras?
… You should have told us the complete truth at Mt. Kailash. Then you should have let us make an informed choice rather than you making a choice for us. We probably would still have come to Meluha anyway but then it would have been our choice.
“Please forgive us the deception, my Lord.” said Daksha, with guilty regret.
When we turn a few pages of Indian legendary epics,The Ramayana and The Mahabharata, we are astonished to observe that most of the great heroes were forced to live in exile; however, they successfully created or formed their …show more content…
She was used to being obeyed. She was a doctor,.. But in her long years of experience she had also seen a few patients like Shiva, especially from the nobility…such patients had to be reasoned with not instructed. Yet, this was a simple immigrant. Not some noblemen! (p.21)
The above scene from the novel depicts the ingrained attitude of the Meluhan doctorAyurvati. She strongly felt that she was above Shiva, who was after all an ordinary immigrant from a foreign land, an uncivilized and an uncouth barbarian.
Here, we could visualize two contrasting characters, Shiva and Ayurvati. Shiva was born and raised in a village on the foot hills of Mt. Kailash.He led a simple rural life, innocent but very brave, spoke in a substandard language which was unacceptable by many elite and educated people like Ayurvati.
On the other hand, we see Ayurvati who belonged to the civilized, highly sophisticated society and accustomed to an urban life style. She was highly educated, talented, well-trained and a respected doctor in all of Meluha. It was natural for someone who possesseda thorough knowledge of medicines and in particular ‘Somras’, to get infuriated at the defiant and crude behaviour of such an immigrant as Shiva. Yet, Ayurvati remained calm and …show more content…
Later on, in the story it was revealed that Shiva was their Neelkanth,but Daksha had not been honest with him. During one of the meetings with Emperor Daksha,Shiva questioned him thus:
Do you agree that honesty is required to make any friendship work? Even if it means deeply offending your friend with the truth? (p.117) Then Daksha replied to Shiva:
I am truly sorry my Lord, said Daksha. …Somras has considerably positive effects on your body. (p.118)
But Shiva spoke firmly,
Do you know that my tribe was also probably given the Somras that night? And they fell seriously ill, perhaps because of the Somras?
… You should have told us the complete truth at Mt. Kailash. Then you should have let us make an informed choice rather than you making a choice for us. We probably would still have come to Meluha anyway but then it would have been our choice.
“Please forgive us the deception, my Lord.” said Daksha, with guilty regret.