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  • The Hidden Hindu

  • Written by: Akshat Gupta
  • Narrated by: Vivek Bhatia
  • Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (166 ratings)

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The Hidden Hindu

Written by: Akshat Gupta
Narrated by: Vivek Bhatia
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Publisher's Summary

Prithvi, a twenty-one-year-old, is searching for a mysterious middle-aged aghori (Shiva devotee), Om Shastri, who was traced more than 200 years ago before he was captured and transported to a high-tech facility on an isolated Indian island. When the aghori was drugged and hypnotized for interrogation by a team of specialists, he claimed to have witnessed all four yugas (the epochs in Hinduism) and even participated in both Ramayana and Mahabharata. Om's revelations of his incredible past that defied the nature of mortality left everyone baffled. The team also discovers that Om had been in search of the other immortals from every yuga. These bizarre secrets could shake up the ancient beliefs of the present and alter the course of the future. So who is Om Shastri? Why was he captured? Board the boat of Om Shastri's secrets, Prithvi's pursuit and adventures of other enigmatic immortals of Hindu mythology in this exciting and revealing journey.

©2021 Akshat Gupta (P)2023 Random House Audio

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heavy on fiction but interesting enough

as a build up to the next volumes it's a good attempt. narration was quite expressionless though

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WOW....

Excellent book. great story, though a bit over imaginative. But I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The big disappointment is that the 2nd and 3rd part doesn't come in the audio version. Requesting audible to do the needful.

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Neat Storyline; Poor Narration

While I enjoyed how the writer stitched together the different aspects of the Hindu mythology, the narration was dead and inaccurate with poor pronunciations, accents, and pauses. It was so pathetic, I wanted to stop listening, but the story kept me engaged.

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the pronunciation of Hindi names is not proper

the beginning was very captivating and engaging and was read well with expression but by the third chapter narrator was not able to pronounce properly name of Dronacharya's son Ashwatthama , reading it as 'Ashwa' atma'...
also satyug as' Satya yug',dwapar as' dwa - paar yug'. didn't sound good at all...

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great story

kept me hooked to the end but the pronunciation was not that upto the mark for some hindi terms

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such a dull narration

expressionless painfully plain narration its making it difficult to complete the book. hopefully next book onwards they will change the performer.

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Lots to improve

Looks like even one what’s to be Amish these days. Lack of good vocabulary, unnecessary intention to write a film like script & over narration by the narrator only makes this a painful audible. Recommend to give this a pass.

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beautifully knitted story.

Beautiful plot. smartly chosen words. story progressing while keeping the interest intact. just loved it.

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An average and poorly narrated story

The story is average and has too many inconsistencies that have been exacerbated by the narrator’s accent and consistently pathetic pronunciation of several key words, including Ashwatthama. Overall I would give it a 3.Star rating at best.

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distoring Hindu mythology

Here author has tried to prove that all the news spreading on media about Tajmahal, Ashwathama, Hanuman ji is correct and used it to build his story.
story in this book is a mix of Hindu mythological characters and authors imagination. in this process he has forgotten that these characters are deep routed in Hindu relegion and using these names can distort it in future generations. All ready complex concepts will become mystical and confusing readint this book.

Narration of names is very distorted here and name teller is prnouncing does not go with this story. Pronouncing some names differently here changes very essence of the names and its meanings.

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