From Makaras to Manticores: Around India in 100 Mythical Creatures

by C.G. Salamander, Sheena Deviah (Illustrator)

If you are reading this journal, please stop - right now.

It's mine, meant for my eyes alone. I'm constantly losing my things, and I don't care if you found it in a second-hand bookstore or a tea shop, because this is a private notebook.

My travels around India, documenting a hundred mythical creatures, are deeply personal. I hope to compile my findings and publish them someday. It's then that you can know more about the fierce Asunam that are beguiled by forest music and the Manticores that roam the deserts in the west, or the Thlen that terrorize the north-east and the Makaras that patrol the southern seas...but wait for it! There's no reason for you to be reading someone else's diary. Mail me at thomas.iravathur@gmail.com, so that you can return it. Immediately.

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 22, 2023

About the author

C G Salamander is a writer, comic journalist, and editor who's been published in India and abroad. He’s worked as a commissioning editor, has managed projects for educational publishers, and currently splits his time between Chennai and the Netherlands.

Reviews

[Deepak · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can pick it up and read it in a single sitting. It's full of fascinating creatures that peaked my interest throughout this incredibly woven together piece of epistolary story of a very likable guy.

[Niraj Khandwala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just loved this concept..very unique. Exploring so many supernatural, mythical beasts of India was a great experience. hope the author writes moreon such topics