To begin with I like the style how the book unfolds. It is so relatable and reminds me of conversations between me, my Mom, Bro and Appa. We discuss everything just like Nachiket and family.
And also some deep talks with my husband where he points out some things from our epics and I put forward my interpretations. Which then magically comesup in our life shortly after, and wow we are prepared.
So Nachiket and his father-in-law start with what Dharma is and go on with Karma, Envy, Sacrifice, Celibacy, Pride, Humility, Loyalty and such by when his wife and mother-in-law have joined them.
The best part is, there is character scrutiny from both Epics and Amishverse to explain the above concepts to best suit our lives in this modern version of human beings.
When you are simply asked to do good karma or to be honest and loyal, it doesn't explain what we are supposed to do or how to behave in life.
But when you pickup a character revered by everyone from any epic (in this case both original Epics and Amishverse) and slowly disentagle and understand their actions, intentions, choices and situations they are put in.., you get a bigger picture of their life and how else it could have been in a good way OR how they had the choices to be bad/selfish every step of the way but didn't choose them every single time. And also how ignorance and negligence played out and lead to disasters.
Which inturn help us to look at ourselves and our life that we have built in a big picture to clearly see how I have to be in my life and the importance of being alert and diligent.
So Dharma (both concept and this book) is similar to a manual to slide through life with as less friction as possible.
The book gets 5/5.
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