The onus of exhibiting mirror to the society is on journalists and writers, mentioned creator Anand Neelakantan, including that his books, even these for youngsters, are ”extremely political” in nature.

Speaking on the maiden version of Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival on Sunday, the ”Asura” author mentioned he has been utilizing satire and irony in his writing to speak about modern points.

”It is the job of a journalist, a author of fiction and non fiction, to indicate the mirror to the society… So even when I’m writing ‘Baahubali’, ‘Asura’, or ‘Ajaya’ and all, the individuals who learn deeply can learn between the strains that I’m not referring to the Hastinapur of these days, my Hastinapur is right now’s India. My Lanka is right now’s India. My Kishkindha and Mahishmati are right now’s India,” the author mentioned, referring to his mythological books.

The 49-year-old added that his books are ”political” whose characters, regardless of their mythological roots, are primarily based on ”individuals round us”.

”So the books are political, however I will not say it on the face. It is for the individuals to search out it. Art turns into deep when it’s interactive. If I begin spoon-feeding you, then it isn’t artwork, it is troll.

”Even the youngsters’s books I write, dad and mom who learn it second time know I’m implying one thing else. The youngsters are studying them in a special context, however once they develop up they may realise there are layers beneath layers, which is very political in nature,” he mentioned.

Known for mythological fiction, Neelakantan has written books primarily based on characters from Hindu scriptures resembling Ramayana and Mahabharata. His bestselling books embrace Bahubali trilogy — ”The Rise of Sivagami”, ”Chaturanga” and ”Queen of Mahishmati” — the official prequel to SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster Baahubali movies. His newest, ”Nala Damayanti”, tells an epic story of affection from the Mahabharata, with an unlikely narrator, Hemanga, the golden swan of Manasarovar. Using the epic Mahabharata because the stage, this mythological fiction talks of the resilience and resolve of an unlikely hero and brings forth the plight of the underdog, the human race, and speaks of the one treatment that may reserve it, love.

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