The path to heaven Its the mysterious path to heaven that promises so much in terms of magic, in te rms of immortality,

in terms of peace and happiness, in terms of bliss. While we in our individual capacity are probably trying hard [or not so hard in my case] to understand and realize this truth, there is little left around us that can e xplain it. I fell for Shiva, for His mysticism, for His charm, for his wilderness, for His gentleness. I religiously stuck to the method of worship attributed to Him, and yes it has made many changes, changes that have taught me to accept life, change s that I cannot define as good or bad, changes that need nerves of steel to even face up to. Shiva is not just a tion of the miracle ld potentially have fy with, Shiva is a to emote. phallic cult, the representations indicate that as a celebra of life and what a profound way to depict something that cou been so grose. Shiva, is that mystery that we need to identi state that we need to achieve, Shiva is a bhava that is hard

Shiva is certainly not a person from some strange land call Meluha and definitel y not a Tibetan tribal who has been forced out of Manasarovar... no seriously, t o any devoted seeker, Shiva is none of that. Shiva cannot be cheapened into bein g a man, because to err is human and Lord Shiva never errs, He is not human, he is a concept of life, He is an energy we need to tap. Unfortunately, the author of that book [Immortals of Meluha] has not done justic e to the divine cult of Shiva, the lack of research is clearly evident. Shiva is not a bunch of mythological stories re-written to suit our so called modern tim es. If you want to know Shiva, you have certainly got to try a lot lot harder th an that. So here I am, trying to understand him. ======================================================= The disaster called Immortals of Meluha Unfortunately, there are not too many in the younger generation who have taken t rouble to understand this mysterious God and hence the Trilogy - Immortals of Me luha looks that much more interesting. Nothing wrong with the plot, but why brin g Shiva into it? As a stand alone story, its worth a read, but as a story that d epicts Shiva, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM IT. To a pure seeker of Shiva, who has devoted their lives to Him and who are waitin g for that moment when they can set eyes on this form of divinity, the book is a heart breaking rendering of a concept completely misunderstood. I tried reading that book, purely for the plot, trying very hard right through the way not to a ssociate this wind hero with Shiva... but unfortunately, I was unable to do so. The very first chapter was hard to digest. Shiva's exit from Mansarovar, other l esser mortals establishing him as "The One", Shiva staying in some place with 4 walls, Sati turning out to be more of a girlfriend... no no no none of this is S hiva. And thats it... I just couldn't give the writer any more justice. He simpl y sucked at his thoughts and at his writing. Seriously, is this what the world c alls a great book!!! I am TOTALLY disillusioned. Here are a few things we should know before we attempt to write on Shiva, or eve n attempt to carve out a picture of a deity, who has serious religious conotatio ns in our land and as an author we need to show some serious responsibility towa

rds facts, towards fiction towards twisting the apparent truth.