Man created by God was far
from where he stands today, blind to what he saw in the past few decades, numb
to what he felt over the ages. But few deeply rooted instincts are safe inside.
Safe as our holy texts which have been preserved and passed on through
generations though more than a trillion gigabytes of data is generated every
second today. One such is his love for secrets. His appetite for the chill that
runs through his spine when he finds something shocking. He likes to dig deep
into the past, into the dark histories, and forbidden kingdoms. For instance, would
you prefer to watch a documentary on the life of Mr. Manmohan Singh or about
the secret hide-outs of the Indian Mujahideen terrorists? (Those who go with
the former are firmly aware they are cheating their instincts on this one.)
Having understood man’s adoration for invading the privacy that is guarded by
secrets, what if it were to be told that all he sees today is a hidden secret
from the past, what if the technology we can afford today is helping us turn
the pages of God’s secret handbook?
This is what we love to read
about. This is what can captivate our imagination and catapult it beyond unthinkable
boundaries. This is what a DAN BROWN book offers.
Books haven’t been my coffee-mates
for long now. But two books have stood out in an otherwise book-laden 20 years,
books that serve as archetypes of Dan Brown’s intellect and unusually high IQ.
Though a major part of his treasure is yet to be explored, the two books –
Angels and Demons and The Lost symbol blew my socks away, leaving me awestruck
by his thoughts and cognitive ability. Who knew the path of illumination of an
anti-Christ society was a cross? Who can weigh the human soul and prove that human
thoughts could be converted into a physical stimulus? What if the world’s
powerful people held a secret that could change humanity as we see it? Can a
human ever become a God? Well, Dan Brown has answers to these and many more. His
books sure will change the way you look at simple things. Fire is no longer just
a source of heat. It is one of the five elements of the sacred seal of a secret
group, the Illuminati. George Washington is not just the first President of the
United States but also one of the few humans that had undergone Apotheosis –
becoming a God. The holy texts you read are not as simple as they seem to the
naked eye and raw imagination. If read through the lines, bible can be more
powerful than a nuclear weapon.
The amazingly sharp Dr.
Robert Langdon, inhuman and cold blooded murders, magnificent architecture
described in supreme detail giving you a panoramic view, brisk editing, twists
that hold your breath for a while, technology that you wouldn’t have, in your
wildest of dreams, thought ever existed..........all these ingredients cooked
to perfection and presented at astonishing pace is what Dan Brown offers. An offer I couldn’t reject.
So here I am, writing this,
having absorbed about 500 pages in just a week’s time, feels so unlike me.
These books of Dan Brown have certainly given me the impulse much needed to
bring me back to blogging. Brown indeed has brought me back to writing.
