Manthan: A Gods in the Glass City Saga by Abhishek Mishra The story opens in 1985 on a nameless Himalayan peak, where a dying “Keeper” delivers a terrifying prophecy to his disciple. He warns of a future where men will build a “god” not of wood and stone, but of steel and code—a god that answers but never listens. Fast forward to the present day, and this “God in the Glass” has arrived in the form of Amaravati, a hyper-intelligent city infrastructure spearheaded by the charismatic Vikramaditya Singh.