Bimbal Dweep (en Hindi) - Sushil Chandra

"What exactly is war and why does it happen? Why does it not just quench the bloodlust of rulers but also robs the toiling masses of their humanity? I feel wars are the collective and ultimate consequence of toxins present in all of us." Said one of the bhikshunis.

"Yes dear, I agree. And just look at the irony. Who paid the price of the war between Bimbal Dweep and Raksha Dweep? Both the rulers, whose galloping ambitions caused the war, are enjoying the benefits and their celebrations are continuing. The Ganapati, Drishyamitra became the emperor of Bimbal Dweep, and Senapati Nateshwaran became the all-time hero of Rakshadweep and the throne his doormat." The second bhikshuni agreed.

This novel is a thriller set in an imaginary archipelago south of Jambudweep in the era 300BC, which, despite being imaginary, not only exposes the power games in the real-world layer by layer but analyses the prisms through which the ruling elites look at the world, the society and ideas. And this journey takes us to the ultimate loser in the power clashes- the universal human values.

This novel sketches the ideological landscape giving birth to the economic, social and political conflicts and we are left wondering at the ever- changing world that does it really change?