Making Puranas A Bestseller: Satyarth Nayak

India is a land of Gods. Recently we have seen a surge in mythological writings from our favorite authors.

- PRIA

I am grateful to readers everywhere for embracing MAHAGATHA. -Satyarth Nayak

The most recent one that we got a chance to read is Satyarth Nayak's Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas. We all know about our Vedic scriptures and the history of Lord Shiva! The writer behind the successful biography of the veteran actor, Sridevi, is back with his mythological epitome. We are delighted to share that Mahagatha recently went into reprint and it's an overwhelming experience for the readers and the author. We wanted to understand the research and writing process followed by the author in meticulously curating and aligning the stories in a chronological format.

IMPORTANCE OF PURANAS FOR THE YOUTH

With the modern, scientific world taking over our logical brains, we have been asking questions about the validity of the Puranas, and our history on the whole. But does raising questions to eliminate the facts? No!

Satyarth says, "It's really important because the Puranas is an ocean of wisdom that today's generation can really benefit from. I have always wondered about the representation of women in our ancient texts and it was wonderful to see how the Puranas celebrate gender parity." Citing an example of Lord Shiva, he continues, "Shiva assumes the glorious form of Ardhanarishwara to show Brahma that creation is impossible without the female form."

Indeed, if we see the Puranas and hear the stories, for every male figure there was a female, be it a protagonist or an antagonist!

"Stories of Tara and Sangya see them abandoning their husbands for physical reasons and the Puranas never judge them but instead the husbands are made to realize their faults. What also amazed me was how the Puranas celebrate the plurality of thought which is so essential today when we are being forced in the country to adhere to a single grand narrative," Satyarth concludes.