Lost in Time

<p><b>'I am the rakshasa Ghatotkacha </b><b>born of the Lord Bhimasena and the lady Hidimba. </b><b>I rule over hill and vale wood and stream protecting the spirit of the forest and all who live in it.' </b> <p/> Young Chintamani Dev Gupta on holiday in a bird camp near Lake Sattal is transported via a wormhole to the days of the Mahabharata. Trapped in time he meets Ghatotkacha and his mother the demoness Hidimba. But the gentle giant a master of illusion and mind-boggling rakshasa technology wields his strength just as well as he knows the age-old secrets of the forest and the elemental forces. And in his enlightening company Chintamani finds himself in the thick of the events of the most enduring Indian epic. <p/> An intense yet tender look at a rare friendship as well as the abiding puzzles of the past this is a fascinating read.</p>