I had a fantasy of doing time travel and meeting with great soul from the past like Buddha, Jesus Christ etc.
It seems Kratu was the answer to my fanatasy so started reading this novel.
A very tough read since there are too many disjointed characters. I should say first half of the book was relatively ok with good flashback on the previous life of a Kratu but as he begins to grow to be a young man the story's steam is getting lost.
First the premise of an eternal memory because of a curse seems to be too much and also looking for a person in one of his earlier life for ever and forever and not actually trying to search but just showing up in every life and hoping to meet that person is childish.
If you have lived several lives and have been to different realm of existence and your memory is intact you are supposed to be sophisticated.
There are too many character who comes just once and they are simply stereotypic and then you forget and then the author tries to bring that character back for the climax seems once again very ineffective.
Also on the last chapter of the book there is an unnamed guy =and a girl and we have no idea who those people are.
If you go to amazon you will see positive reviews those people could be the disciple of the authors or well wishers who just type good things about the book.
I had similar experience reading a self help from a guru and it looks utterly hopeless but people are heaving praise on it.
Its a dangerous terrain trying to read an Indian contemporary gurus book so please be wary.
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