Sauvasitika: The struggle of Shantiputra by Ashwin Sanghi

​"Sauvasitika: The struggle of Shantiputra" by Ashwin Sanghi -  Incomplete!

This ebook was published by Westland in 2020 and has 38 pages.

Rahul, a fisherman of Saptadweep islands finds an intricately carved gold pendant with left pointing Swastika. Pankaj, a farmer from Dheeli Reti dessert also finds a similar pendant. Shalini, a blacksmith from coastal Mudirasa find one too. Aruna, a perfumer from Kalisthal too finds one. All these places are part of Chaaranga. Shantiputra from Sukhavati in Shambhala connects with the four. Sankatputra, the dark lord from Madhyabindu is rising. 

Then the book ends.

You read right. Then the book ends. Neither does the book cover says that this is a series nor is the sequel published in last two years. I don’t understand why would one publish a 38 page book with incomplete story. Usually sequels are written when a single full book can’t accommodate the story. Writing a series with first book of 38 pages and then not publishing sequel defies logic. 

I firmly believe that whether to read a series or not is readers prerogative and its author’s duty to tell the readers that this is a series. Author fails to do so. 

The story is written in amateurish style. Probably he wrote when he was in school.  It’s written very simplistically. It’s predictable. 

The sentence that I liked most from this book was “Happiness was not about having what one wanted, but wanting what one had.”

Why did I read this book? Author. 

What I didn't like? Incompleteness. Writing style. 

What did I like? One sentence. 

AVOID.