Last Thursday night there wasn't much else happening and having done writing on this blog, it occurred to me to pick up a book to read a page or two from before falling asleep. Three and a half hours later, at half past two in the morning, the book was almost finished, with maybe ten pages remaining. I picked up God Inside Out: Śiva's Game of Dice the next day, thinking there was probably half the book remaining, but no, I was pretty much done. I read a dense, academic book on mythology in one sitting on a work day at the cost of my sleep. That's how good the book is.
It explores themes of agency, randomness and god's control from a tale in Shiva myth. The writing is fantastic, and I was introduced to so many new concepts, including reading (translated versions of, obviously) Kalidasa's poetry.
It expanded the way I look at the world and philosophy, and it's quite likely I'll go back to referring to this book and reading it quite often in the future.
9.5/10 stars, really great book, would recommend it to anybody with even a little bit of interest in Shiva mythology.
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