Preetha Rajah Kannan is a storyteller at heart. She has had a long and varied literary career, from producing stories for kids to figuring out the ancient echoes of mythology. Her route has never been a straight line; instead, it has been a series of transformations, all of which come from her natural urge to tell stories. Whether she was writing for The New Indian Express, editing the Navagraha Purana, or later making up worlds in The Shiva Trilogy and The Tiger Throne: Ponn

Some books don’t just entertain — they stir something deep within. For those of us who believe that Indian mythology is not mythology but...