Author Interview - Raghavan Srinivasan - Author of Yugantar
https://www.bookishelf.com/raghavan-srinivasan/ TBE: Tell us about your book, can you share with us something about the book that isn’t in the blurb? Raghavan Srinivasan: Yugantar is not just a historical fiction . It deals with several philosophical trends popular at the time of the rise of the Mauryan Empire in the north, north-west and south of the subcontinent. It also weaves in an assessment of the political, scientific and technological advancements being made at that time. TBE: What brought about the idea for Yugantar and why did you want to write it? Raghavan Srinivasan: The idea is that though the Indian subcontinent was divided into republics and kingdoms, a fabric of popularly accepted philosophies and cultures has always held it together. Whenever fanaticism and obscurantism raised their head, the subcontinent became vulnerable to internal dissensions and external aggression. Material and spiritual deterioration set in. I took up writing this novel because ...