God of the Sullied

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God of the Sullied
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Author Gaurav Sharma
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNovel
GenreFiction, Historical fiction
PublishedThink Tank Books
Publication date
September 2018
Publication placeIndia
Media typeBook
Pages240 pages
ISBN 978-81-9362-044-1
OCLC 1100763884

God of the Sullied is an Indian national bestselling [1] historical (mythological) novel written by Gaurav Sharma. [2] It is the first book of The Sullied Warrior Duology and has a sequel, Long Live the Sullied . [3] [4] [5] God of the Sullied is set in the ninth-century Indian state of Rudraputra (fictional location). Several rejections of this book's manuscript resulted in the creation of the book The Indian Story of an Author , a symbolic protest by Gaurav Sharma. [6] [7]

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Publication

The first edition of God of the Sullied was published in September 2018 by Think Tank Books, a Delhi-based publishing house. [8] The Hindi translation of the book by the author came out in September 2020 as Charitranayak Eklavya. [9] [10]

Synopsis

God of the Sullied is a story about an underachieving, innocent and supposedly cursed child, who in the end, conquers the world and demolishes the evil. The story revolves around ninth century India, just after the sudden demise of Adi Shankaracharya – a time when a unique and exotic Ikshavaku tribe lives somewhere in Rudraputra. Their scion, Eklavya, as per the predictions of Maha-Purohit (high priest), would take birth with a purpose of demolishing the evil from the earth. The child is declared mystic. However, he would later be clutched in the hands of Kali, the darkness. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Publishing house founded by writer, for writers". United News of India. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Eklavya, the man behind the sullied myth". Deccan Chronicle. 28 February 2021.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Long Live the Sullied: Tale of Kismet and Karma in Kaliyuga". United News of India. 29 December 2019. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "God of the Sullied: A tale of Kismet and Karma in Kaliyuga". United News of India. 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Sullied Warrior Duology is all set to be concluded". United News of India. 13 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Rejection the reason behind me creating my new book, says Gaurav Sharma". Deccan Chronicle. 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "My experiments with the truth of publishing, Gaurav Sharma's new book". The New Indian Express. 31 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Stay true to your story". Free Press Journal. 21 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "चरित्रनायक एकलव्य: घोर अत्याचार में आशावादी कथा". Outlook Hindi. 8 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "कलियुग में कैसे जिए कोई शापित!:चरित्रनायक एकलव्य की गाथा". Mediawala. 27 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "लेखक गौरव शर्मा का उपन्यास 'गॉड ऑफ़ द सलीड' हुआ प्रकाशित". Dainik Bhaskar. 20 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Of Kismat, Karma and Kaliyuga". The New Indian Express. 6 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "God of the Sullied: A tale of Kismet and Karma in Kaliyuga". United News of India. 30 September 2018.
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