Abstract

This paper considers 'culture' as a framework in which people live their lives and communicate shared meanings with each other. Culture has been a dynamic system through which a society constructs, represents, enacts and understands itself. research documents the way human consciousness cognizes and registers the world around her/him. 'The Shiva Trilogy authored by Amish Tripathi combines the narrative excess with philosophical debate. fiction depicts that the culture evolves as men sacrifice their duty (swadharma) for the greater good, Universal Dharma. Oath of Vayuputras, enlivens consciousness and promotes the experience of a new sense of Self. It contends that the engagement of self in action, purifies man. Knowledge liberates an individual. While the study discusses the issues of liberation, emancipation, equal rights and womanhood, it gives significance to humans and their relations, as self does not exist in seclusion. While enriching the differences, this fiction strengthens the cultural integrity of India. Through recreation, The Shiva Trilogy becomes the living inspirational scripture capable of providing spiritual direction to the present world.

Highlights

  • We as individuals and societies are all so different, yet at the same time so similar

  • The Immortals of Meluha, introduces the readers to ancient Indian culture, the second one, The Secret of Nagas philosophizes the concept of good and evil, as perceived in Indian society

  • The concluding novel, The Oath of Vayuputras, argues and to a great extent convinces that the culture of the nation, that ignores the Laws of Nature, violates it, while the one that follows Laws of Nature leads its nation towards enlightenment

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Introduction

We as individuals and societies are all so different, yet at the same time so similar. This paper will discuss that the culture of nations is governed by Laws of Nature which structure and administer people and nations. All the elements of the life and their inter-relationships leading to evolution are ruled by Natural Law. Amish Tripathi, a young debutante novelist of India rewrites Shiva Purana, a sacred Hindu text as a novel with two sequels. The Immortals of Meluha, introduces the readers to ancient Indian culture, the second one, The Secret of Nagas philosophizes the concept of good and evil, as perceived in Indian society. The concluding novel, The Oath of Vayuputras, argues and to a great extent convinces that the culture of the nation, that ignores the Laws of Nature, violates it, while the one that follows Laws of Nature leads its nation towards enlightenment.

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