Keepers of the Kalachakra by Ashwin Sanghi

"Keepers of the Kalachakra" by Ashwin Sanghi - More theory than story.  

This book is published by Westland in 2018 and has 420 pages.

A number of world leaders and influential figures start dying. Nobody approaches them, there is no security breach. Symptoms? Swelling of limb and face, kidney failure, blood coagulation and death. All of them are liberals. A group of for intelligence agencies (IG4) of USA, Russia, India and China is formed. Vijay Sundaram, an orphan and a PhD, is offered job at Milesian labs in Uttarakhand. Ahmed Al Mafraqi is rising to form a Caliphite.

Why are the world leaders dying? How are they killed? Who is Brahmananda? What is the objective of Milesian labs? What is Minerva?

This book has a story. But it appears that the story is secondary. Akashik records, Quantum entanglement, Quantum twins, String theory, Kalachakea mandala, Sriyantra, Tibetan Buddhism / Vajrayana Buddhism / Tantric Buddhism, Shambhala, Golden ratio 1.618, binary system first propounded by Pingala  and quantum theory is the core of the book. So instead of these things supporting the story, story serves the purpose of binding them together to retain reader's interest. As a result in the battle of story and quantum theory, story loses the battle along with the reader.

There is a lot of quantum theory and philosophy in this book. It becomes too heavy for average reader. Reader started thinking 'What am I reading? A novel or a text book?" 

There comes a twist in the epilogue. But it  is too little, too late. 

There are a couple of things that I could not digest. If entangled twin really exists then there would be hundreds of thousands of people dying every day without reason. Logic of Brahmananda for his actions is also lame. 

Kalachakra system believes in the correlation between the body, mind, consciousness and the universe. Simply put it's the Buddhist wheel of time. This system is followed by Tantrik Buddhism which is a product of Hinduism and Buddhism. The Kalachakra mandala is explained in detail. 

Book cover shows the union of Kalachakra and Vishwamata or Shiva and Shakti.

Why did I read this book? Ashwin Sanghi. 

What I didn't like? More theory than story. 

What did I like? Theory.

 Give it a miss.